classical music: Ferenc Fricsay

classical music: Ferenc Fricsay

classical music:

Ferenc Fricsay

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No6, Op74; Bartok: Concerto for piano No3

Bela Bartok, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, ...

Orfeo D'or, 1994

Sumptuous performances!
The fair acknowledgement deserved by this supreme pianist is far to have been achieved. There are several reasons that could explain it but it's time for us to turn our attention to this outstanding woman, whose supreme fingering and astonishing musical thinking ...

Mozart: Great Mass K427; Haydn: Te Deum / Fricsay

Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2000

Fricsay's Magnificent Mozart & Haydn
It's very gratifying to see that the other reviewers share my great fondness for this CD. DG has given these performances exceptional sound in transferring them to CD (in both cases, they are actually superior to the original LPs). Fricsay is simply transcendent in ...

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ferenc Fricsay, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1998

A sumptuous "Entfuhrung" that belies its age.
This marvelous Mozart opera, with possibly only one "dud" number in it and a vaudeville finale, seems to have been in production in many recording studios in the 1950s. In Vienna a recording was in charge of Josef Krips, in London Beecham was preparing his inimitable ...

Kodály: Háry-János Suite / Fricsay, Haefliger, et al

Zoltan Kodaly, Ferenc Fricsay, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1999

Fricsay's Psalmus Hungaricus is a must.
Fricsay was one of the champions of Kodaly's music in the 1950s - a man with a mission - introducing us to this wonderful music. This Psalmus Hungaricus, a 1955 recording, is electrifying and you quickly forget any limitations of the mono sound. It is a must. Equally ...

Bartok: The Piano Concertos / Anda, Fricsay, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin

Bela Bartok, Ferenc Fricsay, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

Top notch recordings!
The fervent sense of dramatis personae in these difficult passages of these dissonant piano concerts demands the most exigent domain of the instrument as well a notable conductor. When Bartok stated in 1905 : The dissonance ` s empire is mine , certainly he was so far ...

MONIQUE HAAS Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

Bela Bartok, Frederic Chopin, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

The Magnificent Monique Haas
Before I begin writing this review I would like to pose a question to the folks at DG/Universal. Among the great French classical musicians of the 20th Century, is Monique Haas more fondly remembered in the United States than Pierre Fournier? Clearly the answer must ...

Beethoven: Symphonie No. 9; Overture "Egmont"

Ludwig van Beethoven, Ferenc Fricsay, ...

Universal Int'l, 2001

"Ludwig Van!!!"*
I have coveted a copy of Beethoven's 9th for years now. I used to own a copy of the vinyl version of this symphony, which I haven't been able to find any where. It has a picture sleeve replica of "Apotheosis of a Saint". That picture simply expressed the ineffable ...

Ave Maria

Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990

A ***MUST HAVE*** ALBUM for lovers of CHORAL & SACRED MUSIC!
If you have a any appreciation at all for the human voice raised in song, you will absolutely LOVE this album!! I have had this album on cassette since 1990, but until three weeks ago, I'd never listened to the entire cassette. I had only listened to the first song ...

Troubadour of the Piano

Ottomar Borwitzky, Bela Bartok, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Awesome Anda
Best known as the first pianist to record a complete cycle of Mozart's Piano Concertos, Geza Anda shows his awesome power as both soloist and accompanist in a variety of works on "Troubadour of the Piano." For me, the collection's best moments were the opportunity to ...

An die Musik [2 CD & DVD Limited Edition]

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Johannes Brahms, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

An excellent overview of Dietrich Fischer Dieskau with Deutsche Grammophon
"An die Musik", aptly named after the famous Schubert lied of the same title, is an excellent overview of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's recorded output for Deutsche Grammophon over the past 56 years. On the CDs, there are six Schubert lieder from Fischer-Dieskau's 21 ...

Rare Recordings by Ferenc Fricsay
Johannes Brahms, Cesar Franck, ...

Andromeda, 2008

Dvorák: Symphonie No. 9 "du Nouveau Monde"

Antonin Dvorak, Franz Liszt, ...

Deutsche Gram France, 2006

One of the most unique New World recordings ever
Here is a repackaged version of Ferenc Fricsay's Dvoark "New World" Symphony No. 9, Smetana Moldau, and Liszt Les Preludes, recorded in 1959-60 with the Berlin Philharmonic. These recordings have been in publication almost consistently since they first arrived on DG LP ...

Musik.... Sprache der Welt (Music.... The Universal Language): Works by Haydn / Mozart / Beethoven / Schubert ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2004

Ten CDs of Magical "Musik"
This ten CD boxed set contains the first batch of releases in DG's "Musik...Sprache der Welt" series. Aside from a flimsy paperboard box/container and a booklet featuring an essay on DG's post-WWII recording activities, the packaging is identical to the single disc ...

Verdi: Requiem / Ferenc Fricsay

Giuseppe Verdi, Ferenc Fricsay, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

Exhilarating 1953 Verdi Requiem
Ferenc Fricsay, the first music director of the RIAS Symphonie Orchester Berlin, is described in the liner notes as a deeply religious musician who was absolutely determined not to make this Verdi Requiem recording sound operatic. Well, I'm not sure he succeeded, at ...