Boston Early Music Festival
Charpentier: Baroque Operas [ Cpo / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620 [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Alfred Reiter, Norman Reinhardt, Ana Durlovski, Bernarda Bobro / Patrick Summers (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2013 ] Staged by: David Pountney Subtitles: E, G, F, Sp, Kor, Chin Sound Format: DD 2.0, dts 5.1 Picture: 16:9, HD Booklet: E, G Total Running Time: 150 mins |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
The Passenger, Op. 97 (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Michelle Breedt, Roberto Sacca, Elena Kelessidi, Artur Rucinski, Svetlana Doneva / Teodor Currentzis (cond) [ Arthaus Musik Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2015 ] Continuing its tradition of unearthing little-known 20th-century operas, the Bregenz Festival presented the first staged production of Polish-Russian composer Mieczysław Weinberg's 'The Passenger' in 2010.. |
ANDRE TCHAIKOVSKY
The Merchant of Venice (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Richard Angas (Duke of Venice), Christopher Ainslie, Charles Workman, Adrian Clarke, Norman Patzke / Erik Nielsen [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Apr/2015 ] "Bergian in idiom, it's a fine if uneven piece...Magdalena Anna Hofmann is a superb Portia; Jason Bridges exudes charm as Lorenzo; Eröd and Ainslie are heartbreaking and unforgettable." (The Guardian) |
THOMAS LARCHER
Larcher: Das Jagdgewehr [The Hunting Gun] (complete opera) Bregenz Festival / Sarah Aristidou, Giulia Peri, Olivia Vermeulen, Robin Tritschler, Andre Schuen / Michael Boder (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 1/May/2020 ] "a clear, powerful text, some striking imagery and a luminous score of great beauty and originality ensure this opera's success." (The Observer) |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / The Firebird Suite / etc Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] "Fischer's The Rite of Spring is sensual and revealing...There's a elasticity to Fischer's conducting that keeps Stravinsky's score pliable" (Gramophone Award Nomination 2012) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 / Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations' / etc Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "I would rank Fischer as one of the truly great conductors now active." (ClassicsToday 10 / 10) |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Instrumental music (Incls 'La Scala di Seta' Overture & 'Variations for solo clarinet, solo string quartet and orchestra') Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "What a delightful and surprising disc this is! Channel Classics' engineering is state of the art, in all formats. A wonderful release!" (ClassicsToday 10/10) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies No. 7 / etc Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] "Fischer… offers a sparkling performance of the popular overture to Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers, and his account of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony is impressive, with the major-mode episodes of the famous second movement warm and glowing, and |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphonies No 7 in D minor / American Suite in A major, Op. 98a Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2010 ] "The turmoil of the opening movement of Dvorak's Seventh Symphony has rarely sounded so thrilling. The Budapest Festival Orchestra's cellos and double basses bite into this work with panther-like agility...Ivan Fischer balances vigour with softness"... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 6 'Pastoral' Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] 'Two fundamentally different symphonies: both works explore feelings from an entirely different point of view. The Fourth is about human feelings and moods: obsession, love (what a melody in the second movement!), happiness, fun, wit, (Beethoven's... |
DVORAK
Symphonies Nos 8 & 9 "From the New World" Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2010 ] |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Titan' Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "Fischer's orchestra always trusts his elasticity, and that's apparent from the very start: every little detail of the natural panorama is freely inflected...A vivid interpretation which deserves a place of honour" BBC Music |
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2 / Overtures Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2014 ] Ivan Fischer's follow up to his rapturously received recording of Brahms' Symphony No.1 in 2009 - "monumental in every sense of the word...Outstanding." as Andrew Clements in The Guardian put it. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 / Romeo and Juliet Overture Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2005 ] " Warmly recommended, even if you already have these works in your collection." Evening Standard **** - SACD in 5.0 Surround Sound - playable on all compact disc players |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Orchestral -- "Fischer and his brilliant Budapest band give us Mahler with the personal touch. Another spectacular release in a Mahler discography that is shaping up to be as exciting as any since Bernstein's."... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] "Collectors of the Fischer cycle will want his distinctive view of every piece. This could be the most controversial of the lot." (Gramophone) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 30/Nov/2005 ] "In sum, this is a rendition surprisingly easy on the ear, but one that achieves this quality without making too many expressive compromises along the way. It also fits neatly onto a single disc." (ClassicsToday 9/10) |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7 in E Major Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "The works "lithe" and "Bruckner" don't tend to go together. Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra force you to break with habit. This account of the expansive Seventh Symphony is at once vigorous and lean...It won't be to all tastes. It s |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Jun/2019 ] "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 |