Mahler: Symphony No. 7
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Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
[ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 5 June 2019
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When Iván Fischer founded the Budapest Festival Orchestra more than 30 years ago he made a personal dream become true. Core of the philosophy of the orchestra is the total absence of daily routine. It is about taking the risk, the initiative and freedom to do things differently. Every concert is therefore a joyful discovery of uncharted territory, a journey to new horizons in music. It feels unexpected and surprising as if it was played for the very first time. The Festival Orchestra is driven by an openness towards the new and the unknown, by curiosity and attention to details. It is the innovative approach to music, the musician's dedication and their permanent strive for excellence that made Budapest Festival Orchestra the youngest of the top 10 ranked ensembles in the world.
GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Orchestral
"Fischer contrasts gracious, chamber-textured dances with brilliant fanfares and toppling masses to absolute perfection. Throughout there's a transparency to the recorded sound, even in the heftiest passages, which is beautifully underlined by natural, state-of-the-art recording." BBC Music Orchestral choice June 2019
"I honestly can't remember hearing a performance of this extraordinary symphony that was so plainly in love with its ethos, its originality, its sonority. Iván Fischer reads the 'small print' of the score with such thoroughness that he makes most other readings feel like generalisations by comparison. It's one of those performances that makes one think of the piece differently, and that in itself is cause for celebration and reassessment." Gramophone Recording Of The Month April 2019
"His strikes me as a considered approach, in every sense of the word, but that's not so suggest it's without nuance or character...Hein Dekker and Jared Sacks's judiciously balanced, 'hear through' recording is a great asset in this respect, Mahler's smaller, easy-to-miss epiphanies beautifully caught. As for the playing, it's beyond reproach, with ravishing harps and well-blended Wagnerian brass." MusicWeb
