Thierry Fischer

Skride's way with Stravinsky's Violin Concerto confirms it as a masterpiece of grace, charm and scintillating joie de vivre...Skride engages happily with the [Martin's] beguiling range of light... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Well, here is Berlioz’s pixilated symphony pixelated for your pleasure, and I guarantee you will hear details exposed you have never heard before. A winning release in every respect; strongly... — Fanfare, September/October 2020 More…

If the present first instalment is any indication, we can expect breezy, forward-looking Mahler…apart from some less than immaculate pockets of brass intonation, the orchestra acquits itself... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2015 More…

Fischer has a fine grasp of the work’s structure, so that the first movement’s conclusion is truly climactic. He is able, too, to sculpt Mahler’s huge second-movement Goethe setting with real... — Classical Music, March 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

this latest account impressively combines accuracy with atmosphere in sound of clarity and lustre. Informatively annotated by Paul Griffiths, it can be warmly recommended to those new to and... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…

Nevsky is given a sober reading here...From its plaintive opening trumpet call, the playing of the Utah Symphony is much more sprightly in a fine account of the Lieutenant Kijé Suite. Fischer... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

In between [the Concertos] comes the Fantasie for piano and orchestra (1889), a thematically taut score that finds Roscoe and Yates in imaginative dialogue. Highly recommended, this should secure... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Originally for just 20 instruments, Schmitt shortened and revised Salomé, creating a richly orchestrated tour de force. Thierry Fischer is a committed advocate of this often mesmerizing score,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This album covers 50 years of Jean Françaix's droll, deadpan and meltingly lyrical work. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 More…