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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer - Budapest Live (200*)  Vinyl & HR

Posted by v3122 at Jan. 29, 2022
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer - Budapest Live (200*)

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer - Budapest Live (200?)
SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | ~ 4.43 GB
or DSD64 2.0 & 5.0 (SACD-ISO => Tracks.dff) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | ~ 1.09 or GB
or 24-bit/96 kHz | Flac 2.0 & 5.0 (Tracks) | ~ 1.02 or Gb
Classical, Orchestral | Philips | Artwork: 67 Mb

~ Dvorak, Bartok, Kodaly, Liszt, Sarasate, Ökrös, Ravel, Johann Strauss ~
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer - Mahler: Symphony No.9 (2015)

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer - Mahler: Symphony No.9 (2015)
DSD64 2.0 | 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Time: 01:15:54 | ~ 3.08 GB
or 24-bit/96 kHz | Flac(Tracks) | ~ 1.06 Gb
Classical | Channel Classics Records | Official Digital Download

~ Recorded at Palace of Arts, Budapest. 30 November, 1-2 December 2013 ~
Quatuor Parisii & Budapest Strings - Dubois: Chamber Music (2021)

Quatuor Parisii & Budapest Strings - Dubois: Chamber Music (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 374 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 183 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:18:242
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics

The music of Théodore Dubois (1837–1924) has rather been overshadowed by that of other French composers of the same period, not least Fauré and Saint-Saëns. But Dubois does not deserve his relative neglect: not only was he a superlative craftsman, but he could also unfold a fetching melody and had a strong sense of musical narrative. This recital of chamber works for oboe and strings is noteworthy for a further quality, one often underestimated: much of the music is, quite simply, charming.
Concerto Budapest & András Keller - Béla Bartók: Hungarian Pictures, Concerto for Orchestra (2023)

Concerto Budapest & András Keller - Béla Bartók: Hungarian Pictures, Concerto for Orchestra (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 165 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 127 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:47:38
Classical | Label: TACET Musikproduktion

This recording (like the entire TACET catalogue) not only captivates on first listen, but invites you to savor countless small details, each twist a treasure that Andras Keller and the musicians of Concerto Budapest bring out as knowledgeably as they do lovingly.

The Rough Guide to Budapest (Rough Guides Main), 8th Edition  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Feb. 9, 2024
The Rough Guide to Budapest (Rough Guides Main), 8th Edition

The Rough Guide to Budapest (Rough Guides Main), 8th Edition by Rough Guides
English | April 2nd, 2024 | ISBN: 1789196884 | 248 pages | True EPUB | 45.01 MB

This Budapest guidebook is perfect for independent travellers planning a longer trip. It features all of the must-see sights and a wide range of off-the-beaten-track places. It also provides detailed practical information on preparing for a trip and what to do on the ground. And this Budapest travel guidebook is printed on paper from responsible sources, and verified to meet the FSC's strict environmental and social standards.

DK Eyewitness Top 10 Budapest (Pocket Travel Guide)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Grev27 at July 24, 2022
DK Eyewitness Top 10 Budapest (Pocket Travel Guide)

DK Eyewitness Top 10 Budapest (Pocket Travel Guide) by DK Eyewitness
English | ISBN: 024146286X | 128 pages | EPUB | July 21, 2022 | 172 Mb
Budapest FO, Ivan Fischer - Zoltan Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite; Dances of Galanta & Marosszek; Children's Choruses (1999)

Zoltán Kodály: Háry János Suite; Dances of Galánta & Marosszék; Children's Choruses (1999)
Children's Choir Magnificat, Budapest; Children's Choir Miraculum, Kecskemét
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 282 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 151 Mb | Scans ~ 67 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Philips | # 462 824-2 | Time: 01:06:13

Coupling the Hary Janos Suite with Kodaly ’ s two highly contrasted sets of Hungarian dances, urban and rural, is a time - honoured gambit, but Fischer has had the birght idea of adding some of the composer ’ s children ’ s choruses, and instrumental movements from the seldom - heard Hary Janos Singspiel that was the ultimate source for the perennially popular suite, in order to give a broader picture of Kodaly, both as musician and musical humorist. On the whole it works well: the Singspiel extracts are very slight, but the choruses are highly characteristic – and flawlessly sung by superbly disciplined childrens ’ choirs trained, inevitably, in the ‘ Kodaly Method ’. Nevertheless the three principal orchestral works remain the point for buying the disc, and these are very vivid, exciting interpretations. Fischer comes up against stiff competition in Antal Dorati ’ s classic 1973 recording of Hary and the dance - suites with the Philharmonia Hungarica. Dorati is ‘ straighter ’ in his readings of the pieces than Fischer, and the playing packs a tremendous punch: he also adds the Peacock Variations as coupling, and thus probably still remains the first choice.
Thomas Zehetmair, Budapest FO, Ivan Fischer - Bela Bartok: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (1995)

Béla Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (1995)
Thomas Zehetmair, violin; Budapest Festival Orchestra; Iván Fischer, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 245 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 130 Mb | Scans ~ 64 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Berlin Classics/Edel | # 0115292 | Time: 00:56:58

Neither too nationalist nor too internationalist, this 1995 recording of Béla Bartók's two violin concertos featuring Thomas Zehetmair with Ivan Fischer leading the Budapest Festival Orchestra is just right. Austrian-born Zehetmair has a fabulous technique, a warm but focused tone, and lively sense of rhythm, all of which make him an ideal Bartók player. His interpretations are less about showing off then about digging in, and his performances are more about the music than they are about the musician. Hungarian conductor Fischer and his Hungarian orchestra are not only up for the music in a technical sense, they are also down with the music in an emotional sense, and their accompaniments ground Zehetmair's coolly flamboyant performances. Captured in white-hot sound that is almost too vivid for its own good, these performances deserve to stand among the finest ever recorded.
Andras Schiff, Budapest FO, Heinz Holliger - Sandor Veress: Hommage a Paul Klee; Concerto; 6 Csardas (1998)

Sándor Veress: Hommage à Paul Klee;
Concerto for Piano, Strings & Percussion; 6 Csárdás (1998)
András Schiff, piano; Dénas Várjon, piano; Gábor Takács-Nagy, violin
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Heinz Holliger, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 267 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 145 Mb | Scans ~ 135 Mb
Classical | Label: Teldec Classics | # 0630-19992-2 | Time: 01:03:22

A countryman of Bela Bartók and a sometime teacher to both György Ligeti and György Kurtág, Sándor Veress emigrated to Switzerland from what was then part of Hungary in 1949. Settling in Bern, he collected various prizes and teaching posts while working in relative obscurity on who knows how many pieces–most of which have been unavailable. This collection is made up of a pithy trio of compositions dated 1938 (Six Csárdás), 1951 (Hommage à Paul Klee), and 1952 (Concerto for Piano, Strings, and Percussion), and they show what a deftly melodic force Veress was. He's thrilled by blustery string wafts, especially in the concerto, where the percussion adds drama and immediacy. But he also favors sweetly chipper string formations, which surprise the ear during the homage to Klee, especially given the dissonances fostered early on by the twin pianos. The closing piano miniatures of Six Csárdás are counterpoint-rich gems, played with sharp precision by András Schiff.
Andras Schiff, Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra - Bela Bartok: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3 (1996)

Béla Bartók - Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3 (1996)
András Schiff, piano; Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Iván Fischer

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 328 Mb | Scans included | Time: 01:16:26
Genre: Classical | Label: Teldec Classics | # 0630-13158-2

First there was rhythm - pulsing, driving, primal rhythm. And a new word in musical terminology: Barbaro. As with sticks on skins, so with hammers on strings. The piano as one of the percussion family, the piano among the percussion family. The first and second concertos were written to be performed that way. But the rhythm had shape and direction, myriad accents, myriad subtleties. An informed primitivism. A Baroque primitivism. Then came the folkloric inflections chipped from the music of time: the crude and misshapen suddenly finding a singing voice. Like the simple melody - perhaps a childhood recollection - that emerges from the dogged rhythm of the First Concerto's second movement. András Schiff plays it like a defining moment - the piano reinvented as a singing instrument. His "parlando" (conversational) style is very much in Bartók's own image. But it's the balance here between the honed and unhoned, the brawn and beauty, the elegance and wit of this astonishing music that make these readings special.