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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Choral Finalist
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2007, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, January 2007, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2003, Editor's Choice
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
RecommendedGerhild Romberger (contralto), Robert Dean Smith (tenor)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Robert Dean Smith is a strong heroic-tenor; the awkward middle-to-upper range writing seems no problem or strain for him, though he’s not the most expressive of interpreters...Fischer’s mezzo,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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If you chanced on this recording you’d be very impressed, I hope. A superb orchestra and a deeply committed conductor...if this is the way you get to know this work, no injustice will be done. — More…
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[Fischer] and his Budapest Festival Orchestra certainly acquit themselves rather well. Their tempos are sometimes slow enough to please Klemperer and Goodall fans, but they're lightened by the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th June 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2004, Editor's Choice
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Mozart - Complete Sonatas for Keyboard & Violin, Volumes 7 & 8
Gary Cooper (piano) & Rachel Podger (violin), with Alison McGillivray (cello)
Cooper and Podger perform the variations with typical verve… it’s impossible to ignore the individuality, vitality and commitment of their performances. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2009, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Fischer's approach is certainly involved with the work's expressive character, but also with Dvorak's strong symphonic control. The musical argument in the first movement is powerful...Fischer... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2020, Also Recommended
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61
RecommendedBudapest Festival Orchestra & Pro Musica (women's choir), Iván Fischer
Fischer is alive to the magical atmosphere of Felix Mendelssohn’s score and nowhere more keenly than at the start of the overture, where the four wind chords are extended beyond their usual... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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As so often with Ivan Fischer, it's the breadth of insight that impresses here...the outer movements and Scherzo have plenty of muscular energy, and yet the lines can sing too...The recorded... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Orchestral Choice
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Record Review, July 2011, Recording of the Week
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