The critics of the British Gramophone magazine have chosen their favourite recordings from the past 12 months. The Budapest Festival Orchestra’s recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 made it to their special list.
"Iván Fischer’s latest Mahlerian offering is outstanding. He is a fine musician with novel ideas and a terrific, ever-eager orchestra. What impresses most though, at a time when many releases are borrowed from broadcasters or engineered to be consumed on the move, is the glorious, deep-focus fidelity of the recorded sound" - says the critical review of Gramophone.
Contributors include Gerhild Romberger (alto), the Cantemus Children's Choir of Nyíregyháza and the Bavarian Radio Choir (Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks).
The CD has been released by Channel Classics.
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You can read the full critical review of the BFO-recording here.
