Artist: Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Pieter Wispelwey |
Artist: Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra "Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony, lasting one and a half hours or more, is not only his longest work but at the same time an exuberant and sunny ode to nature, mankind, the world and indeed life itself. And for this song of praise the composer requires both room and lavish means." |
Artist: Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra Fischer’s performance of the Sixth is quite similar to Abbado’s recent live recording for DG. Textures are generally light and transparent, with a swift opening march that, by the same token, never sounds unduly rushed or trivialized. |
Artist: Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra This new recording from October 2009 is just simply wonderful. Over the last five years, and more so recently, it seems that many musicians and conductors have been taking a bite at the Brahms apple. |
Artist: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer "The sound is distinctive, the music-making personal. … the crowning glory is, as it should be, the finale… The "special effects" of Mahler's elaborate Judgement Day fresco have rarely been so magically realised. |
Artist: Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra A wonderful performance of Mahler's 4th Symphony conducted by Iván Fischer featuring Swedish soprano Miah Persson. |
Artist: Leonard Bernstein This 16-disc set contains what is without a doubt the most distinguished collection of Mahler performances ever to have been assembled in one place. DG has sensibly collected all of Bernstein's Mahler for Polygram labels, including the London "Das Lied von der Erde" |
Artist: Various Artists 29th January 2012 sees the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Frederick Delius. To celebrate this occasion, Decca will release, on 24th January 2012, a special 8CD Commemorative Special Edition Box Set, containing many of the greatest Delius recordings on Decca |
Artist: Stephen Marchionda Stephen Marchionda has arranged these sonatas for guitar himself. It is surprising that this has not been done before. Marchionda reveals sides of these sonatas that one would never have been able to tease out of them on the harpsichord. |
Artist: Robert Stolz The ever-more comprehensive Sony Classical Masters series is pleased to announce ten new releases. Ranging from symphony cycles to solo piano music, these budget-priced box sets celebrate some of the leading musicians of recent times. |