Because the Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection," is extremely varied in material, wide-ranging in expression, and subdivided to the point of seeming like a patchwork of interludes and symphonic fragments, it has often proved to be the most difficult of Gustav Mahler's symphonies to interpret with clarity and consistency. Many conductors and ...
Hungarian Debussy -- oxymoron or something else?Something else. Although it may seem unlikely at first, Hungarian pianist Zoltán Kocsis is one heck of a Debussy player. Of course, he's not a Walter Gieseking Debussy player -- he nails the notes -- nor a Pascal Rogé Debussy player -- he lifts the pedals -- nor a Jean-Yves Thibaudet Debussy player - ...
Audiophiles may desire this hybrid SACD of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 and the Romeo and Juliet Overture for its splendid sound quality, but music lovers may curb their enthusiasm, because there is little here to rave about. From the opening fanfares, it is immediately apparent that Channel Classics has employed DSD mastering and 5.0 surround ...
Richard Strauss composed his 1914 ballet Josephs Legende, Op. 63, for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, with Vaslav Nijinski in mind for the role of Joseph. However, Nijinski, who had starred in Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps the year before, abandoned the troupe to elope with Hungarian dancer Romola de Pulszky and was summarily fired by ...
Best known for performing music by modern Hungarian composers such as Bartók and Kódaly, and also for his numerous Mozart recordings in the 1990s, Iván Fischer takes a surprising turn in his repertoire by recording Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in A minor, "Tragic," with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, a bold undertaking for any maestro, but one for ...
Some listeners doubted András Schiff's credentials when his recording of Bartók's three piano concertos was released in 1996. Prior to that, Schiff had been best known for his Decca recordings of Bach, Mozart, and Schubert, and though his move to Teldec had widened his repertoire, the jump to Bartók seemed to some precipitous. They should have had ...
This fine recording of Dvorák's Cello Concerto by Dutch cellist Pieter Wispelwey with Hungarian conductor Iván Fischer leading the Budapest Festival Orchestra is as generous, honest, and compelling as the music itself. Wispelwey has a rich, ringing tone that can ride over orchestral tutti fortes yet still sound fully present in intimate ...
Fans of Gustav Mahler's joyous Symphony No. 4 in G major will relish this buoyant performance by Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, featuring soprano Miah Persson, for it is wholly in keeping with the light tone and merry spirit of the score and is as delightful as any other recording on the market. Along with the Second and Third ...
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