Budapest Festival Orchestra

Bartok: Violin Concertos / Thomas Zehetmair, violin; Budapest Festival Orch., Fischer

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-06-25

Conductors: Fischer, Ivan
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra

Bartok's two violin concertos span an entire lifetime: the first one a work from his youth, with late romantic roots and the mature second concerto,...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No.1 "Titan" / Ivan Fischer

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2012-09-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Performers: Budapest Festival Orchestra; Fischer, Ivan [Conductor]
Conductors: Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra

Written when the composer was only in his late twenties, Mahler's first symphony is a study in optimism. 'In full sail' (his original title for...continue...

Debussy: Piano Edition / Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Zoltán Kocsis

6 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Conductors: Fischer, Ivan
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra

A Decca Classics unlimited edition, including Jean-Yves Thibaudet's acclaimed recordings of the solo piano music, as well as Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky's Deutsche Grammophon, recordings...continue...

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring; Firebird Suite; Scherzo, Tango / Ivan Fischer

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra no 2; Scherzo à la russe; Tango
Conductors: Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: ; Budapest Festival Orchestra

The concept for The Rite of Spring originated with the Russian philosopher and painter Nicholas Roerich. Roerich shared his idea with Stravinsky in 1910 -...continue...
Recording information: Palace of Arts, Budapest (12/2010)....continue...

Bartók: Piano Concertos 1-3 / Andras Schiff, piano

1 CD / Apex / 2011-08-30

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Piano no 1, Sz 83; Concerto for Piano no 2, Sz 95; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119
Performers: Schiff, Andras
Conductors: Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra

Artists Andras Schiff, Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra present Bartók's Piano Concertos 1-3 in this summer release. Béla Bartók was a Hungarian composer...continue...
Recording information: Italian Cultural Institute, Budapest, Hungary (04/1996)....continue...

Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle / Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48
Conductors: Fischer, Ivan
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra

In the album notes, Iván Fischer discusses Bluebeard's Castle. "Despite occasional successful stagings of this opera, it is concert performances that stir up the feelings...continue...
Recording information: Italian Institute, Budapest (08/16/2002-08/19/2002)....continue...

Schubert: Symphony No. 9; Five German Dances / Ivan Fischer

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2011-06-14

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Minuets (5) and Trios (6) for string quartet , D. 89
Conductors: Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra

The partnership between Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra has proved to be one of the greatest success stories in classical music. On their...continue...
Recording information: Palace of Arts, Budapest (06/2010)....continue...

Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Fischer, Goode, Budapest Festival Orchestra

3 CD / Nonesuch / 2009-05-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. ...
Performers: Goode, Richard
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: ; Budapest Festival Orchestra

"The recordings fare well as a set of the concertos, with generally sensitive, well-played contributions from Ivan Fischer's accomplished Budapest Festival Orchestra. They impress with...continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 5

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in A major, K 429/L 132; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199...
Performers: Adlam, Derek; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Feng, Ning; Giacometti, Paolo; Hoppe, Thomas; Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Jarnot, Konrad; Lazic, Dejan [Piano]; Mees, Reinhild; Podger, Rachel [Violin]; Qiao, Ta...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván;
Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet; Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Budapest Festival Orchestra; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); Netherlands Bach Society

Channel Classics' fifth mid-priced Super Artists on Super Audio sampler could not be more varied. The musical selections on this disc travel from Bach to...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 7; Rossini, etc / Fischer, et al

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2008-04-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto for Clarinet no 1 in F minor, J. 114 (Op. 73); Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Johann Wilhelm Wilms: Symphony...
Performers: Acs, Akos
Conductors: Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra

As co-founder and Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Maestro, Ivan Fischer can take the credit for creating a vibrant orchestra with an enviable...continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 3

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Anonymous: Allegro; Ludwig August Lebrun: Concerto for Oboe no 3 in D major; Sofia Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun; George Frederick Handel: Suite in G minor; Mariano Mores: Taquito militar; Mau...
Performers: Brüggen, Daniel; Cooper, Gary; Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Driever, Bertho; Dufour, Marc; Escalera, Katia; Gerritsen, Elsbeth; Giacometti, Paolo; Goldstein, Marleene; Groot, Peter de; Jacobs, ...
Conductors: ; de Vriend, Jan Willem; Reuss, Daniel; Dijkstra, Peter; Veldhoven, Jos van; Herbers, Werner; Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ebony Band; Florilegium Ensemble; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam; Netherlands Bach Society Baroque Orchestra; Netherlands Bach Society Choir; Ra...

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Artist Portrait - András Schiff

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-08-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Arabeske for piano in C major, Op. 18; Nachtstück no 3 (Mit grosser Lebhaftigkeit), for piaon in B flat major, Op. 23/3; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 1...
Performers: Höbarth, Erich; Kulhan, Jaroslav; Panocha, Jiri; Perényi, Miklós [Cello]; Schiff, Andras; Schmid, Elmar; Sehmoutka, Miroslav; Shiokawa, Yuuko; Várjon, Dénes
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Holliger, Heinz; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle

"Schiff's playing can be either delicate as porcelain or bold as brass; he can tease, storm, sing or hold his listeners captive with a rapt...continue...

Stravinsky, Berg: Violin Concerti / Kaplan, Foster, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 2002-09-24

Works: Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin in D major
Performers: Kaplan, Mark
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra

"On this rather short disc, the American violinist Mark Kaplan is more convincing in the Stravinsky concerto. His rendition of it bounces along almost playfully,...continue...