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Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV - Zádor: Piano Quintet, Accordion Concerto, Suite for Brass Instruments, Fantasy (2024) [24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 22, 2024

Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV & Mariusz Smolij - Zádor: Piano Quintet, Accordion Concerto, Suite for Brass Instruments & Hungarian Fantasy (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 73:42 minutes | 1,41 GB
Classical | Label: Naxos Records, Official Digital Download

Devoted to music that celebrated the human spirit, Eugene Zádor took pleasure in composing for unusual ensembles. One such example of what he called ‘underprivileged’ instruments was the accordion and his delightful concerto for the instrument is tonal but coloured by a communicative, contemporary vocabulary. As befits the man who was Miklós Rózsa’s exclusive film-score orchestrator, Zádor finds glorious sonority and colour in the Suite for Brass Instruments . The evocative smaller pieces have been arranged by Mariusz Smolij as has the characterful and wide-ranging Piano Quintet of 1933 that won the Hungarian National State Prize.

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Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV - Zádor: Piano Quintet, Accordion Concerto, Suite for Brass Instruments, Fantasy (2024) [24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 22, 2024

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Budapest Symphony Orchestra & Alfred Walter - Spohr: Symphony No. 4 & Overtures (2016) Music

Posted by SERTiL at June 26, 2017

Beethoven's friend Louis Spohr was one of the most significant symphonists of his day and his nine works in the genre divide fairly evenly into those which follow classical traditions and four which have titles. Symphony No. 4 in F major, Op. 86 is subtitled Die Weihe der Töne (The Consecration of Sound) and is a programmatic work, based on an eponymous poem by Carl Pfeiffer, that offers both a novel symphonic form and a powerful musical narrative. Spohr was also a hugely influential figure in the development of German opera, as the two overtures clearly demonstrate.

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Jenő Jandó, András Ligeti, Budapest Symphony Orchestra - Grieg & Schumann: Piano Concertos (1988) Re-Up Music

Posted by tirexiss at July 29, 2019

ALthough not very famous, Jeno Jando is a marvelous pianist. He combines lyrical beaty with power and emotion. Both of these attributes are evident in this disc, which contains the piano concertos of Grieg and Schumann, both in the key of a-minor. In Grieg's concerto, Jando creates a perfect balance between Lisztian virtuosity and Grieg's own Norweigan nationalism. The Schumann concerto is my favorite piece on the album, and Schumann's raw emotion comes out perfectly in Jando's interpretation. A word should also be said for the wonderful orchestration of these pieces. This is a wonderful CD both to introduce these romantic piano concertos and to offer a wonderful interpretation of them.

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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer - Mahler: Symphony No.9 (2015) Vinyl & HR

Posted by v3122 at March 11, 2022

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Hong-Mei Xiao, Budapest Symphony Orchestra & Janos Kovacs - English Works for Viola & Orchestra (2017) Music

Posted by SERTiL at Nov. 20, 2017

The viola has long languished in the shadow of its smaller and more popular sibling, the violin. While it has been an essential ensemble and orchestral instrument, the viola has had relatively little music written for it in solo rolesin both the chamber and (especially) concerto genres. But owing largely to the influence of 20th-century English viola virtuoso Lionel Tertis, a number of prominent English composers have been inspired to write new music for this overlooked instrument.

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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer - Mahler: Symphony No. 1 'Titan' (2012) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at March 21, 2023

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivàn Fischer - Mahler: Symphony No.1 'Titan' (2012)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 55:45 minutes | 1,29 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time - 55:45 minutes | 994 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Written when the composer was only in his late twenties, Mahler's first symphony is a study in optimism. 'In full sail' (his original title for the second movement) could be a motto for the whole work. In this vast symphony, we hear his love of nature and beauty, Mahler's childhood memories, fragments of distant military music, birdsong and even Yiddish folk tunes as they blend together into a paean to life and hope. The work's tribute to Beethoven is seen in its architecture, as it takes cues from his idol's famous ninth symphony. The fact that Mahler's first was debuted in the Hungarian capital Budapest gives Ivan Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra a unique connection to its history.

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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer - Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (2009) Vinyl & HR

Posted by v3122 at Jan. 8, 2022

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer - Brahms: Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56a (2009)
SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | ~ 3.54 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (SACD-ISO => Tracks.dff) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | ~ 1.04 GB
or 24-bit/96 kHz | Flac(Tracks) | ~ 1.01 Gb
Classical, Orchestra | Label: Channel Classics

Ivan Fischer tunrs his attention to Brahms following three acclaimed and Award-winning recordings of Mahler. Stunning interpretation of Brahms Symphony No.1 – once again Ivan Fisher forces the the listener to re-appraise familiar repertoire…

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Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer - Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" & Coriolan Overture (2024) [24/192] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at April 2, 2024

Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer - Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" & Coriolan Overture (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 60:37 minutes | 2,09 GB
Classical | Label: Channel Classics Records, Official Digital Download

Continuing his cycle of Beethoven’s symphonies with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer releases Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’ paired with the Coriolan Overture . These warhorses of the symphonic repertoire showcase how Beethoven writes not only dramatically, but also profoundly lyrically. Fischer’s process of recording the cycle has been notably drawn out, having first insisted on performing and touring the music with his outstanding orchestra before committing to a studio recording. Previous releases feature Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 . They have been roundly praised, with The Guardian saying “the performance of the Seventh ranks, without question, among the greatest ever recorded. Utterly compelling.”

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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer - Beethoven: Symphonies No. 4, 6 (2014) Vinyl & HR

Posted by v3122 at Feb. 5, 2022

Two fundamentally different symphonies: both works explore feelings from an entirely different point of view. The Fourth is about human feelings and moods: obsession, love (what a melody in the second movement!), happiness, fun, wit, (Beethoven’s most humorous finale!). The Sixth is about feelings that nature awakens in us: calmness, meditation, thankfulness…

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