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Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer just seems to be getting better and better, and the commercial success of this Channel Classics release gives encouraging indications that in a musical world that tends to pursue the latest phenomenon, there is still room for a well-considered performance from a veteran. Fischer has conducted Mendelssohn's Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream before with various ensembles, but here, with his hand-shaped Budapest Festival Orchestra that he has led for years, he produces a version that is just about nonpareil. Fischer's tempos are quick, yet there isn't a phrase that coasts along on momentum: each one has something to say. The famed Wedding March has not a hint of triteness, and the overture lives up to Fischer's bold claim that the players were making the music "for the fairies." Sample the Dance of the Clowns for a taste of Fischer's sense of humor in general and for his ability to make small passages vivid, like the consequent phrase of the opening material. Other advantages are the little-known Eastern European singers and the Pro Arte Women's Choir of Nyiregyhaza in the vocal passages, and the three little-performed songs by Fanny Mendelssohn that wind down the program, looking in places beyond Felix's music stylistically.
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Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - August Wilhelm Schlegel, Lyricist - Barbara Kozelj, MainArtist - Anna Lucia Richter, Soloist, MainArtist - Pro Musica, MainArtist
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - August Wilhelm Schlegel, Lyricist - Anna Lucia Richter, Soloist, MainArtist - Pro Musica, MainArtist
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ludwig Hölty, Lyricist - Anna Lucia Richter, Soloist, MainArtist - Fanny Hensel, Composer
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Ludwig Tieck, Lyricist - Anna Lucia Richter, Soloist, MainArtist - Fanny Hensel, Composer
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ivan Fischer, Conductor, MainArtist - Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Emanuel Geibel, Lyricist - Anna Lucia Richter, Soloist, MainArtist - Fanny Hensel, Composer
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
Albumbeschreibung
Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer just seems to be getting better and better, and the commercial success of this Channel Classics release gives encouraging indications that in a musical world that tends to pursue the latest phenomenon, there is still room for a well-considered performance from a veteran. Fischer has conducted Mendelssohn's Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream before with various ensembles, but here, with his hand-shaped Budapest Festival Orchestra that he has led for years, he produces a version that is just about nonpareil. Fischer's tempos are quick, yet there isn't a phrase that coasts along on momentum: each one has something to say. The famed Wedding March has not a hint of triteness, and the overture lives up to Fischer's bold claim that the players were making the music "for the fairies." Sample the Dance of the Clowns for a taste of Fischer's sense of humor in general and for his ability to make small passages vivid, like the consequent phrase of the opening material. Other advantages are the little-known Eastern European singers and the Pro Arte Women's Choir of Nyiregyhaza in the vocal passages, and the three little-performed songs by Fanny Mendelssohn that wind down the program, looking in places beyond Felix's music stylistically.
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:28
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Iván Fischer Budapest Festival Orchestra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Channel Classics
- Genre: Klassiek
2018 Channel Classics Records 2018 Channel Classics Records
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