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Review of MAHLER Symphony No 7 (Fischer)

MAHLER Symphony No 7 (Fischer)

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Channel Classics

I honestly can’t remember hearing a performance of this extraordinary symphony that was so plainly in love with its ethos,...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 04/2019

Review of HAYDN Late Symphonies Vol 4 (Fischer)

HAYDN Late Symphonies Vol 4 (Fischer)

Adám Fischer | Danish Chamber Orchestra

Naxos

Aficionados of Adám Fischer’s revisiting of Haydn’s ‘London’ Symphonies will know what to expect from this final instalment. His nimble...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2024

Review of MAHLER Symphony No 4 (Fischer)

MAHLER Symphony No 4 (Fischer)

Adám Fischer | Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra | Hanna-Elisabeth Muller

Avi

Adam Fischer launched his Dusseldorf Mahler cycle with an accomplished and individual account of the nighthawkish Seventh Symphony. I commented...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 01/2017

Review of MAHLER Symphony No 2 (Fischer)

MAHLER Symphony No 2 (Fischer)

Adám Fischer | Choir of the Städtische Musikverein zu Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra | Nadine Weissmann | Tünde Szabóki

Avi Music

As Adám Fischer’s Düsseldorf Mahler cycle has evolved, a clearer picture has emerged of his choices and priorities. He’s a...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2021

Review of HAYDN Symphonies Nos 99-101 (Fischer)

HAYDN Symphonies Nos 99-101 (Fischer)

Adám Fischer | Danish Chamber Orchestra

Naxos

As always with Adám Fischer’s Haydn, there’s much to delight and plenty to argue with here. Trademark Fischerisms abound: tempo...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW2024

Review of Fischer-Dieskau sings Sacred Arias

Fischer-Dieskau sings Sacred Arias

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Edinburgh Festival Chorus | Edith Mathis | Gundula Janowitz | Hans Stadlmair | Herbert von Karajan | Karl Richter | London Philharmonic Orchestra

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Edition

Conflating recognisable pit-stops in Fischer-Dieskau's career with some rarities, this varied compilation is an imaginative celebration of his unique approach...

Reviewed in issue 6/2000

Review of MESSIAEN Des canyons aux étoiles... (Fischer)

MESSIAEN Des canyons aux étoiles... (Fischer)

Jason Hardink | Stefan Dohr | Thierry Fischer | Utah Symphony Orchestra

Hyperion

The Utah Symphony has enjoyed something of a golden era under the direction of Thierry Fischer, and this latest release...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 05/2023

Review of SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No 3 (Fischer)

SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No 3 (Fischer)

Paul Jacobs | Thierry Fischer | Utah Symphony Orchestra

Hyperion

Thierry Fischer leads a superb, thoroughly enjoyable reading of Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony. While he doesn’t generate quite as much heat...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2019

Review of MAHLER Symphony No 8 (Fischer)

MAHLER Symphony No 8 (Fischer)

Amy Owens | Barry Banks | Celena Shafer | Charlotte Hellekant | Choristers of the Madeleine Choir School | Markus Werba | Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Orla Boylan | Tamara Mumford | Thierry Fischer

Reference Recordings

The Utah Symphony were the first American orchestra to record a complete Mahler cycle. Under Thierry Fischer, Utah’s music director...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2018

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