Fischer, Thierry

Frank Martin: The Complete Works for Flute in chamber music and with orchestra / Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Piemontesi, piano; Berndt, organ

2 CD / Musiques Suisses / 2013-01-07

Works: Frank Martin: Ballade for flute & piano; Sonata da chiesa, version for flute & strings (orchestrated by V. Desarzens); Ballade no 2 for flute & piano (or flute, string orchestra & piano) (after Balla...
Performers: Berndt, Tobias [Organ]; Pahud, Emmanuel; Piemontesi, Francesco
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: ; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Recording information: Victoria Hall, Genève (02/29/2012-03/02/2012)....continue...

Stravinsky: Circus Polka; Honegger: Pacific 231; Rugby; Martin: Violin Concerto / Baiba Skride, violin

1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-10-30

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin in D major; Circus Polka; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphonique no 1), H. 53; Rugby, tone poem for orchestra (Mouv...
Performers: Skride, Baiba [Violin]
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra Wales

It would be harder to find a more different approach to the template of the traditional three-movement concerto than that found in the piece by...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall (06/28/2011-06/30/2011)....continue...

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 55: Widor: Concertos nos 1 & 2 / Markus Becker, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-11-08

Works: Charles-Marie Widor: Concerto for Piano no 1, in F minor, Op. 39; Fantaisie in A flat major, Op. 62; Concerto for Piano no 2, in C minor, Op. 77
Performers: Becker, Markus [Piano]
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Charles-Marie Widor was born in Lyon to a family of organ builders and consequently became an organist of great skill and an assistant to Camille...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff (06/30/2010-07/02/2010)....continue...

Music from Diaghilev's Ballet Russes

3 CD / Signum UK / 2011-10-03

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3; L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Pétrouchka; Le sacre du printemps; Anatol Lyadov: Baba-Yaga, Op. 56; The enchante...
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry

The relatively short artistic collaboration between Igor Stravinsky and Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russes resulted in works that remained consistently popular with audiences the world over...continue...

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Francis Poulenc: Les Biches

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-06-04

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Francis Poulenc: Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The conclusion to a three part-series of Igor Stravinsky's ballets from Sergei Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer....continue...
Recording information: St David's Hall, Cardiff (06/19/2009)....continue...

Martin: Der Sturm / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Choir, Thierry Fischer, Robert Holl, Christine Buffle

3 CD / Hyperion / 2011-05-10

Works: Frank Martin: Der Sturm, opera in 3 acts
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Orchestra

This recording is a particularly significant addition to the Hyperion catalogue. Not only is Frank Martin's wonderful three-act opera Der Sturm the first full-length live...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (10/11/2008)....continue...

Rare French Works for Violin and Orchestra - Cantaloube, Faure, Guiroud, Lalo, Saint-Saens / Philippe Graffin, violin / Ulster Orchestra, Thierry Fischer

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-03-08

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Concerto for Violin in D minor (fragment), Op. 14; Camille Saint-Saëns: Morceau de concert, for violin & orchestra in G major, Op. 62; Edouard Lalo: Fantaisie norveggienn...
Performers: Graffin, Philippe
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: ; Ulster Orchestra

This is a collection of absolute gems. The one-movement Concerto by Fauré is the only movement to have survived from an original three-movement violin concerto,...continue...
Recording information: Ulster Hall, Belfast (05/31/2001-06/01/2001)....continue...

Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka

1 CD / Signum UK / 2010-07-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Anatol Lyadov: Baba-Yaga, Op. 56; The enchanted lake, Op. 62; Kikimora, Op. 63
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry

Stravinsky: Works for the Ballet Russes / Fischer, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-09-03

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3; L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

These recordings capture the excitement and vibrancy of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in live performance - the first recording made in their new...continue...

Reference Gold - Saint-Saëns: Violin, Cello Concertos, etc / Thierry, Vogler, Wang, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-04-14

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Op. 33; La muse et le poète, for violin, cello & piano (or orchestra), Op. 132; Concerto for Violin no 3 in B minor, Op. 61
Performers: Vogler, Jan; Wang, Mira [Violin]
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Hannover

D'Indy: Wallenstein, Saugefleurie, etc / Power, Fischer, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-02-10

Works: Vincent d'Indy: Wallenstein, Op. 12; Choral varié, Op. 55; Saugefleurie, Op. 21; Lied, Op. 19
Performers: Power, Lawrence
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Vincent d'Indy is one of many great nineteenth-century composers whose reputation has suffered through the vagaries of fashion. Yet his fine body of works shows...continue...

Honegger: Cantate de Noël, Cello Concerto, etc / Fischer, Rutherford, Gerhardt, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-11-11

Works: Arthur Honegger: Horace victorieux, "mimed symphony" for orchestra ("Symphonie mimée"), H. 38; Concerto for Cello in C major, H. 72; Prélude, fugue, postlude, for orchestra (extracted from ...
Performers: Court, Robert; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Rutherford, James
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Honegger's 'Une Cantate de Noel' is Christmas music with a difference. His last work and one of his most popular compositions, it was written for...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Violin, Cello Concertos, etc / Thierry, Vogler, Wang, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Op. 33; La muse et le poète, for violin, cello & piano (or orchestra), Op. 132; Concerto for Violin no 3 in B minor, Op. 61
Performers: Vogler, Jan; Wang, Mira [Violin]
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Hannover

Otterloo: Symphonietta for Triple Woodwind & 4 Horns, etc

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2008-04-08

Works: Willem Van Otterloo: Symphonietta for winds; Suite for string orchestra; Intrada, for brass & percussion; Serenade for brass and percussion; Franz Schubert: Fantasy for Piano 4 hands in F minor, D 94...
Conductors: Hamel, Micha; Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: ; Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra

These are rarely recorded compositions from a world-famous conductor. These beautiful orchestral works are in the style of Bartok and the composers of his time....continue...

Schmitt: Psaume XLVII, etc / Fischer, Buffle, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-07-10

Works: Florent Schmitt: Psaume 47, Op. 38; Suite sans espirit de suite, for piano, Op. 89; Le Tragédie de Salomé, ballet, Op. 50
Performers: Buffle, Christine; Humphries, Charles; Walker, Jennifer
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: BBC National Chorus of Wales

"the magnificent engineering really counts in this brilliant but also very heavily scored music. The BBC National Orchestra plays with plenty of power; the strings...continue...

Mozart: Bassoon, Flute Concertos, etc / Fischer, Végh, et al

1 CD / ASV / 2006-09-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute no 1 in G major, K. 313 (K. 285c); Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191 (186e); Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major
Performers: Fischer, Thierry; Sprenkels, Charlotte; Wilkie, Matthew
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry; Végh, Sándor
Ensemble: ; Chamber Orchestra of Europe

"Fischer and Sprenkels perform the gorgeous Flute-and-Harp Concerto. This rather mature work is one of my favorites. The performance, similar to the other two concertos,...continue...

Français: Le Roi Nu, etc / Fischer, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-04-12

Works: Jean Françaix: Le Roi Nu (The Naked King), ballet in 4 scenes after Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Cl; Les Demoiselles de la Nuit (The Ladies of the Night), ballet for cats in 2 sc...
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

The third in Hyperion's series of orchestral recordings featuring music by Jean Francaix perfectly encapsulates the world of his humorous, civilized and quintessentially French composer....continue...

Françaix: Piano Concertino, etc / Cassard, Fischer, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-04-01

Works: Jean Françaix: Le malheurs de Sophie, ballet; Concertino for piano & orchestra; Les bosquets de Cythère, waltzes (7) for orchestra
Performers: Cassard, Philippe
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

'Music so agreeably appealing needs no further comment from me, and when the performances are as idiomatic and perky as these, captured in such fine...continue...

Françaix: Scuola di Ballo, Sérénade, Symphonie, etc /Fischer

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-05-01

Works: Jean Françaix: Symphony no 3 in G major (1953); Sérénade for small orchestra; Ouverture anacréontique, for symphony orchestra; Pavane pour un Génie vivant (à la memoire ...
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"This round-up covers 50 years of [Francaix's] creative life, starting from the Serenade which helped get his name around in his precocious early twenties. With...continue...

Stravinsky: Mavra, etc / Fischer, Netherlands Wind Ensemble

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-04-21

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Mavra; Concertino for 12 instruments; Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble

This unique disc will prove an invaluable addition to the Stravinsky catalog. Each of the works featured here has been somehow neglected until now: this...continue...