Thierry Fischer
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this latest account impressively combines accuracy with atmosphere in sound of clarity and lustre. Informatively annotated by Paul Griffiths, it can be warmly recommended to those new to and... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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This album covers 50 years of Jean Françaix's droll, deadpan and meltingly lyrical work. —
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 2, Danse macabre & Urbs Roma
Madeline Adkins (violin)
Utah Symphony, Thierry Fischer
Thierry Fischer and the Utah Symphony’s performances here are polished and graciously articulate…favouring poise and charm over heat and bite. There’s exhilaration, too, mind you… The Danse... —
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Special offer. Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Lieutenant Kijé Suite
Alisa Kolosova (mezzo-soprano)
Utah Symphony Chorus, University of Utah A Cappella Choir, University of Utah Chamber Choir & Utah Symphony, Thierry Fischer
Nevsky is given a sober reading here...From its plaintive opening trumpet call, the playing of the Utah Symphony is much more sprightly in a fine account of the Lieutenant Kijé Suite. Fischer... —
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The Ulster Orchestra plays with wit, point and vitality. —
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Stravinsky & Martin: Violin Concertos
Baiba Skride (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer
Skride's way with Stravinsky's Violin Concerto confirms it as a masterpiece of grace, charm and scintillating joie de vivre...Skride engages happily with the [Martin's] beguiling range of light... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Utah Symphony Orchestra, Mormon Tabernacle Choir with The Madeleine Choir School, Thierry Fischer
Fischer has a fine grasp of the work’s structure, so that the first movement’s conclusion is truly climactic. He is able, too, to sculpt Mahler’s huge second-movement Goethe setting with real... —
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If the present first instalment is any indication, we can expect breezy, forward-looking Mahler…apart from some less than immaculate pockets of brass intonation, the orchestra acquits itself... —
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Honegger - Une Cantate de Noël
RecommendedAlban Gerhardt (cello), James Rutherford (baritone)
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, Thierry Fischer
…an excellent introduction to a still underestimated composer. Thierry Fischer's vivid account of the Prélude, Fugue et Postlude makes one all the more astonished that this is the only recording... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2008
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There are few if any signs that the classically-proportioned Symphony in A major is the work of a 15-year-old…It’s a remarkable assuredness that is admirably engaging in this lithe performance…A... —
