Michael Halasz
Exemplifying the efficacy of good recordings, conductor Michael Halász has achieved worldwide recognition for his extensive Naxos discography. Fully prepared to seize the opportunity to preserve his interpretations on disc, the conductor has won strong approbation for both orchestral works and several operas, which critics determined warranted highest recommendation. After his successful recording of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, even stronger accolades awaited his Fidelio with Inga Nielsen, Gösta Winbergh, and Kurt Moll, singers who matched the best efforts of other legendary casts. For detail and propulsiveness, Halász's own work demanded comparison with the best of those who had preceded him. In 2021, Halász, leading the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, issued albums featuring symphonic works of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and the premiere recordings of six of John Abraham Fisher's symphonies.
Halász was born on May 21, 1938, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Trained as a bassoonist, Halász began his professional career as principal bassoonist in the Philharmonia Hungarica. After eight years with that ensemble, he elected to train as a conductor in Essen, subsequently making his podium debut at Munich's Gardenplatztheater in 1972. For the next three years, he directed the theater's operetta productions before moving to Frankfurt to assume the position of principal Kapellmeister under Christoph von Dohnányi. In Frankfurt, he learned an extensive opera repertory, and, in 1977, he followed Dohnányi to Hamburg to continue his work as principal Kapellmeister. The following year, Halász was appointed general music director at the Hagen Opera and remained in that position until his engagement as resident conductor at the Vienna Staatsoper in 1991. Halász remained in his Vienna post until 2011, and since then, he has had an ongoing relationship with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra in Pardubice.
While primarily devoting himself to his chief positions, the conductor has accepted guest-conducting engagements and has been a frequent visitor to the recording studio. In addition to his opera recordings, Halász has recorded numerous orchestral works for Naxos, most notably symphonies of Beethoven and Mahler, and two volumes of symphonic poems by Liszt, the latter greeted with especially warm reviews. His collaboration with cellist Maria Kliegel in the cello concertos of Elgar and Dvorák also elicited positive remarks. Important works in the choral repertory, too, have been recorded by Halász, including Fauré's Requiem and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, and Mozart's Mass in C minor and Kyrie in D minor. For the Naxos sister label Marco Polo, Halász has recorded works by Anton Rubinstein, Nikolay Myaskovsky, and Franz Schmidt. Franz Schreker's opera Der Ferne Klang, recorded for Marco Polo, was subsequently re-released on the Naxos label. In 2020, Halász continued his Naxos partnership with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, recording John Abraham Fisher's first six symphonies as well as a symphony and the symphonies concertantes of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, with both albums issued in 2021.
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SCHREKER: Der Ferne Klang
Elena Grigorescu, Thomas Harper, Hagen Opera Chorus, Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Opera - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 04/06/1991
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Poèmes symphoniques
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 25/07/2006
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Orchestral Highlights
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmónica De Málaga, Michael Halasz, Uwe Mund, Ali Rahbari
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 01/01/2007
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Rubinstein: Violin Concerto, Op. 46 / Don Quixote, Op. 87
Takako Nishizaki, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Concertos - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 01/01/1985
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 / Academic Festival Overture
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Amadis em 27/10/2016
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Tchaikovsky : Casse-noisette - Rimsky-Korsakov : La Nuit de Noël
Prunella Scales, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz, Igor Golovschin
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Naxos em 01/01/2000
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MAHLER: Lied von der Erde (Das)
Thomas Harper, Ruxandra Donose, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Michael Halasz
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Naxos em 12/07/1995
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Symphonie n° 4 - Symphonie en ut majeur
Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 13/11/1994
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MYASKOVSKY: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 10
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 01/01/1991
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Mahler, G.: Symphony No. 9 (Copy)
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 11/01/1994
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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 / Leonora No. 2
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 01/01/1991
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz, Richard Edlinger
Classical - Lançado por AMADIS em 01/01/1988
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Poèmes Symphoniques
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 25/01/2007
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Highlights from N
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 01/08/2006
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 8
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz, Richard Edlinger
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 21/10/2016
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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 / Leonore Overture No. 1
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 01/01/1991
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STRAUSS, R.: Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Le) / Intermezzo, Op. 72
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 23/08/1999
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Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Naxos Special Projects em 01/06/2015
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Schmidt: Symphony No. 1 & Notre Dame (Excerpts)
Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Amadis em 02/04/2021
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BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 / Academic Festival Overture
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 01/01/1991
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 / Leonore Overture No. 2
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Amadis em 20/10/2016
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