Ferenc Fricsay
Born: 9th August 1914, Budapest
Died: 20th February 1963, Basel, Switzerland.
Nationality: Hungarian
Although his international career only last from 1948 to 1961, his conducting, both stylized and electrifying, had already placed him in the ranks of the most promising conductors of the second half of the 20th century. Fortunately, there are a large number of documents to attest to this and they form the basis of this portrait. The intense final years of Ferenc Fricsay, due to the little time he had left to live, is the real subject of this film, its angle of approach. Fricsay's marvelous technique, elegant and intense, as well as his verbal flare in rehearsals are the facets of his personality explored in depth in this portrait.
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Rita Streich, Maria Stader, Ernst Haefliger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Josef Greindl RIAS-Kammerchor & RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
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Henze: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Tristan
Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Homero Francesch (piano), Siegfried Behrend (guitar) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, RIAS-Sinfonie-Orchester, Hans Werner Henze, Ferenc Fricsay
2 Presto CDs: $24.75Download from $16.75 -
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra and Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Presto CD: $17.00Download from $8.25 -
Mozart: Requiem and Adagio & Fugue
Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano), Gertrude Pitzinger (contralto), Helmut Krebs (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass) RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Chor der St. Hedwig's-Kathedrale Berlin, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Presto CD: $17.00
