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There is much thoughtful and spirited playing to enjoy here...Worthwhile recordings both stimulate pleasure and provoke thought, and the Ragazze have achieved this admirably. — More…
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Tides of Life
RecommendedArrangements for string ensemble and baritone by David Matthews
Candida Thompson (violin) & Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Netherlands Female Youth Choir
In his orchestrations Matthews makes inspired and sensitive use of string colour and intimate solos…and in Schubert's Ständchen for vocal ensemble, the demure-sounding girls' choir, supported... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th February 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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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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Fischer… offers a sparkling performance of the popular overture to Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers, and his account of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony is impressive, with the major-mode episodes... — More…
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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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Gramophone Magazine, June 2004, Editor's Choice
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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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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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Right from the opening pp tremolando you can tell that as an interpretation this is going to be something off the beaten track. Rather than cue the familiar shimmering haze, Fischer prefers... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th July 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Bringing these hugely talented musicians together results in some exceptionally insightful playing. Furthermore, the way this enormously eclectic recital is arranged has an immediacy that replicates... — More…
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