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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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Fedorova’s Chopin is unfailingly sensitive, poetic and tasteful, the phrases flexibly shaped even when the technical going gets tough. In Liszt and Scriabin, too, she never forces her tone and... — More…
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Fedorova has been playing Chopin’s Fantaisie for years, and it shows; her excellent performance proves to be the disc’s high point. The pianist’s well-integrated tempo relationships between... — More…
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Iván Fischer conducts Borodin & Tchaikovsky
RecommendedBudapest Festival Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, Iván Fischer
Fischer once again doesn’t disappoint; indeed, he’s brought to light elements of this work, in particular textural detaileven during the loud brass-led sections, the strings can still be heard... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd September 2016
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Virtuosismo - Paganini & Vieuxtemps
Ning Feng (violin)
Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Rossen Milanov
If you had never heard these works before you would gasp in amazement at such fearless, sure-fingered playing from the soloist…he executes all difficulties without apparently breaking sweat…And... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
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Elgar & Lutoslawski: Cello Concertos
RecommendedPieter Wispelwey (cello)
The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen
The utterly sympathetic performance of the Elgar displays both elasticity and plentiful re-creative fantasy. A notable achievement in every way. — More…
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Building a Library, June 2014, Recommendation on single disc
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The performance of the Second Serenade is entirely enjoyable. Fischer coaxes his Budapest wind players to deliver some beautifully mellifluous playing, especially in the slow movement and the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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Schwartz’s warm, silky playing matches Fedorova’s rounded piano touch. The top of the bass range lacks the penetrating quality of its smaller relatives, but Schwartz compensates with gravitas... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4
István Kádár (violin), András Szabó (viola), Attila Martos (bass)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
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BBC Music Magazine, Orchestral Choice
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it is even more integrated in thematic structure than the First, and it is that balance between detailed focus and spontaneity that Ivan Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra strike so... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th December 2014
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