Richard Claeys ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>And let me put in a plug once again for the Ivan Fischer performances with
>the Budapest Festival Orchestra on Philips--straight from headquarters,
>with cimbalom and gypsy violin parts that add a dash of paprika to the
>proceedings.  Rollicking and atmospheric, in my view, a welcome contrast
>to the sober and lush Karajan readings on DG.

I don't know this, but I can put in a hearty recommendation for Fischer's
Faust Symphony.  Not only is it a first-class performance (worthy to sit
alongside Horenstein and Beecham if, perhaps, not quite their equal) and
recording, but it also (uniquely?) includes *both* endings.

Deryk Barker
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