Budapest Festival Orchestra
The Budapest Festival Orchestra is far from being the ad hoc summer ensemble its name might suggest. With a varied repertory, an international touring schedule, and a top-flight set of soloists annually, the orchestra was named one of the top ten in the world by Gramophone magazine.
The Budapest Festival Orchestra was formed in 1983 by conductor Iván Fischer and pianist Zoltán Kocsis, drawing its members from the ranks of the most talented young musicians in Hungary; Fischer has remained the chief conductor since the orchestra's inception. The group garnered critical acclaim from the start, and by 1992, it was considered a permanent fixture of orchestral music in Budapest, giving concerts at the Béla Bartók National Auditorium as well as abroad. In 2000, the Budapest Festival Orchestra inaugurated full orchestral seasons. It has been backed by its own foundation, supported by the city of Budapest. Away from home, the orchestra has appeared at such major halls as the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and appears at major summer festivals. It has attracted to Budapest such internationally renowned soloists as Gidon Kremer, Yehudi Menuhin, and Georg Solti, who until his death was the group's permanent guest conductor. The group has often participated in operatic productions, and its repertory ranges from the Baroque to contemporary music. In the latter category, it has often favored the works of Hungarian composers. The orchestra has also often performed and recorded the music of Mahler, and Fischer founded the Budapest Mahlerfest.
Beginning in the 1990s, the Budapest Festival Orchestra has been much in demand among recording companies. The group has recorded for Philips, Decca, and most often, Channel Classics, where it issued a recording of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde in 2020. The Budapest Festival Orchestra maintains an orchestral academy for recent university graduates.
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" & Coriolan Overture
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 5 avr. 2024
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 1 janv. 2006
Diapason d'or24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 5 mai 2017
4 étoiles Classica5 de Diapason24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 - Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 7 oct. 2016
5 de Diapason24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer, Miah Persson
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 9 mars 2009
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Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 11 oct. 2005
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 & Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 8 juin 2004
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Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 8 oct. 2013
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Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 18 mai 2015
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 4 sept. 2020
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4, And Other Works
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 11 juin 2021
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 & Suite in A Major
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 1 juin 2010
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Mendelssohn: Overture & Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 22 juin 2018
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Dvorak: Symphonies Nos.8 & 9 - "From The New World"
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 2001
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Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 1 août 2012
Diapason d'or24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, Firebird Suite, Scherzo, Tango
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 1 févr. 2012
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Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 29 mars 2019
Gramophone: Recording of the Month24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 & Serenade No. 2
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 11 juin 2021
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 11 oct. 2019
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major & Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral"
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 1 nov. 2010
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Classique - Paru chez Channel Classics le 1 janv. 2009
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo