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Mozart Symphonies Vol. 3
Adám Fischer | Danish National Chamber Orchestra
First, a puzzle. The booklet-note says ‘We have consulted Neal Zaslaw’s outstanding studies (Mozart’s Symphonies; Oxford: 1989) and have chosen...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 12/2011
BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 1 & 2
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Louis Schwizgebel-Wang | Thierry Fischer
The Swiss-Chinese pianist...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2015
Liszt Faust Symphony
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Hans-Peter Blochwitz | Hungarian Radio Chorus
Ivan Fischer’s latest Budapest Festival bull’s-eye realizes the full breadth of Liszt’s vision, focusing to near-perfection Faust’s anguish (starting with...
Reviewed in issue 4/1998
Brahms Piano Concerto No 2. Furtwängler Symphonic Concerto - exc
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Edwin Fischer | Wilhelm Furtwängler
This live German Radio recording of Brahms's B flat Concerto by Fischer, Furtwangler and the Berlin Philharmonic has long been...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1999
Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen
According to Wagner's stage directions, Brunnhilde launches the great closing scene of Gotterdammerung in a tone of ''solemn exaltation'', commanding...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/1992
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra; 3 Village Scenes; Kossuth
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Slovak Folk Ensemble Chorus
Hearing this superb CD reminded me of a letter published in our Awards 1998 issue (page 6) where Mr Michael...
Reviewed in issue 1/1999
Dusapin Perelà: Man of Smoke
For all the dearth of performances outside western Europe, Pascal Dusapin (b1955) is among the most significant composers at work...
Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 7/2005
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde (Larsson, Skelton)
Adám Fischer | Anna Larsson | Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra | Stuart Skelton
Adám Fischer’s fascinating (if slightly eccentric) booklet notes speak of the words of Das Lied von der Erde being almost...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 06/2019
Ravel (L')Enfant et les sortilèges
A violinist and cellist, rehearsing Ravel’s Duo Sonata, complained to the composer how hard it was to play. ‘Good’, said...
Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 1/2005
Haydn: Symphonies
Adám Fischer | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
These two discs offer in separate format four more from the Nimbus set of the complete Haydn ''London'' Symphonies which...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1990
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