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Brahms - Symphony No.1; Haydn Variations; Hungarian Dance No.14 [Hybrid SACD, SACD]

Budapest Festival Orchestra , Brahms , Ivan Fischer Audio CD
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  • Performer: Ivan Fischer
  • Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra
  • Conductor: Ivan Fischer
  • Composer: Brahms
  • Audio CD (12 Oct 2009)
  • Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Hybrid SACD, SACD
  • Label: Channel Classics
  • ASIN: B002K3GOWS
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 170,224 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3. Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 - Budapest Festival Orchestra

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The first German-Hungarian-Gypsy-Swiss-Austrian symphony is how Iván Fischer gawp-inducingly describes Brahms's First in a sleeve note that ­reflects on its protracted genesis and the multiplicity of influences that ­informed it. As with many of Fischer's discs of late, the main work is subjected to a process of contextualisation, so the First is prefaced by Hungarian Dance No 14 and the Variations on a Theme by Haydn, which are held up as examples of the Romantic elegance and classical leanness that merge in the symphony. The point is a common one and has been better made, but the performances are so mind-blowing that Fischer's didacticism doesn't really matter. Ever the radical, he effectively refashions each work from scratch. The Haydn ­Variations have a grace and lightness of touch we don't often hear in them. The First, meanwhile, is monumental in every sense of the word: a huge, noble assertion of the inherent dignity of human experience and ­creative endeavour that leaves you feeling enriched and exalted. We're not told whether this marks the start of a major new Brahms ­cycle, though we must hope it does. Outstanding. --Guardian - Tim Ashley - 9th October 09

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars hammerblow 15 Dec 2009
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I bought this recording following a rave review in the Guardian. Whilst it is good, I didn't feel it deserved quite the notice it received. The problem I have is that I grew up with the Toscanini recording, whilst not Hi Fi is an incredible performance. The first movement, for instance, is nearly 3 minutes longer than Toscanini's and has no feeling of urgency, which, I feel, it needs. Too many conductors today treat Brahms as a died in the wool romantic, which he isn't. They should listen to those conductors who were fresh to his music to understand what his music needs.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars as good as it gets 11 Nov 2009
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At last Brahms gets the treatment he deserves - as soon as you hear the first portamento in the introduction you know it's going to be good. Quite apart from the usual expected superlative playing from the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the lucid recording, once again Fischer has taken a familiar, even hackneyed piece and thought it through from the ground up. Charles Mackerras has long been an advocate of the use of rubato in Brahms' orchestral music, but his own application of the principle has been perhaps a little too restrained. Fischer, on the other hand, takes this scrupulous scholarship right to the heart of the piece and in doing so uncovers Brahms' gypsy soul, producing something bright and passionate to the point of incandescence. A marvel. The St Antoni Variations and the Hungarian Dance that fill the disc are lovely too.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars at last 3 July 2011
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Until recently I admired Walter and Jochum above most conductors in the Brahms symphonies. Both lots of recordings suffer from age. This new Fischer recording, however, is indeed a revelation. Lean but not mean, romantic but not maudlin, detailed but not without overall shape or spontaneity, it is beautifully recorded and above all it is exciting! Let us pray that the other symphonies will follow and will be up to this standard. Then we will be in Brahms heaven!
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