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Iván Fischer conducts Brahms
15th Dec 2014
David listens to Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's new recording of Brahms's Second Symphony.
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Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
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Bruckner Symphonies from Claudio Abbado and Iván Fischer
7th Jul 2014
James enjoys a double-bill of Bruckner symphonies - No. 9 from Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's account of No. 7 under Iván Fischer.
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Wagner from Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra
24th Jun 2013
Wonderfully balanced and beautifully characterised accounts of the Overture to Die Meistersinger, the Siegfried Idyll and three excerpts from Götterdämmerung, including an Immolation Scene of laser-sharp accuracy and thrilling power from Petra Lang.
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James Gilchrist on Britten
1st Feb 2013
The English tenor discusses his new recording of the Serenade for tenor, horn and strings with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, out now on Channel Classics.
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Mahler Symphony No. 1 from Iván Fischer
13th Aug 2012
The Hungarian conductor and his Budapest orchestra bring a wonderfully rustic, unrefined flavour to Mahler’s völkisch central movements, in an interpretation which benefits from Fischer’s ear for balance and attention to the smallest details of orchestration.
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Rachel Podger on La cetra
30th Jun 2012
Chris visits the baroque violinist to discuss her new recording of Vivaldi's twelve concerti Op. 9, recorded with Holland Baroque and released on Channel Classics earlier this month.
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Vivaldi: La cetra
Rachel Podger (violin) Holland Baroque Society
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Vivaldi from Rachel Podger
25th Jun 2012
Following her Gramophone Award-winning recording of La stravaganza in 2003, the British baroque violinist tackles La cetra with Holland Baroque Society.
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Vivaldi: Sacred vocal works and concertos
27th Feb 2012
Welsh soprano Elin Manahan Thomas joins the baroque ensemble Florilegium for Laudate pueri and Nulla in mundo, whilst the group’s founder Ashley Solomon takes centre-stage in the recently-rediscovered flute concerto Il Gran Mogol (receiving only its second outing on record here).
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Bach's Violin Concertos from Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque
11th Oct 2010
Following her widely acclaimed recordings of the solo sonatas and sonatas for violin and harpsichord, the British violinist and her hand-picked ensemble bring clarity and imagination to the concertos.
