Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer – Budapest Live (1999) {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz}

Budapest Festival Orchestra – Budapest Live (1999)
Ivan Fischer presents his BFO and friends in an festive concert from Budapest
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,35 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,00 GB | Artwork
Genre: Classical | Style: Orchestra, Romantic

As nobody else who likes this disc is prepared to review it?
This was seemingly an early live 1999 DSD recording which seems NOT to
have been Up to the demanding standards required by those in charge.?
However we are indeed fortunate that someone had the foresight to release
this disc as a sampler and sort of demo disc.
Sadly No liner notes or information was provided with the discs I obtained
but it certainly has a Festive folkish feel running through it..
The good news is that we are rewarded with some wonderfull music and music
making of a fairly high degree.Plus generous applause between tracks,
caughing and those odd noises from the orchestra,*** some of which are musical.
I am only sorry that some editing of these “noises” could not have been edited out
hence the star dropped.
Apart from Bolero which sticks out like a sore thumb in an otherwise Easternish
European program, you are unlikely to hear some of these pieces again on sacd.
Certainly not better versions.
A summary ,
Starts with a Dvorak Slavonic Dance and Bartok Rumanian Folk Dances
then three Kodaly Choral works (plus children)beautifully and movingly sung ,followed by Lizst
Hungarian Rhapsody no 4.The Spaniard Sarasate piece Gypsy airs for violin and orchestra
is next, followed by something unique.
Oskar Okros Cimbalon improvisations on Bach and Lizst.
No name is attributed to the performer here ?an outstanding virtuoso, presumably the composer.
A traditional very short Hungarian Folk melody follows.
Somehow Ravels Bolero was included and this is my major gripe.Why ?
No complaints as to the performance, as if it matters?
The disc ends with two Strauss Polkas,***appropriate Long Live the Hungarians and Peasant Polka.
Bright lively toe tapping works.
I felt as though I could have gone an encore but maybe Im being greedy as there is no doubt they could NOT have gotten off the stage without doing one.
A disc for fun and enjoyment,stereo only being reviewed, it does have a multi channel track.
Firstly even though out of print there are a few copies knocking about if you know who to ask.

Review by raffells November 14, 2009 ~~ sa-cd.net

Tracklist:

01. Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op. 72 No. 2
02. Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances Sz 68
03. Kodály: Magnificat
04. Kodály: Zöld Erdöben
05. Kodály: Táncnóta
06. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 in D minor
07. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, for violin and orchestra Op. 20
08. Ökrös: Cimbalom Improvisation on various melodies by Bach and Liszt
09. Trad.: Hungarian Folk Melody
10. Ravel: Boléro
11. J. Strauss: Long Live the Hungarians, polka Op. 323
12. J. Strauss: Peasant Polka Op. 276

SACD ISO

BudapestFestival0rchestraBudapestLiveIS0.part1.rar
BudapestFestival0rchestraBudapestLiveIS0.part2.rar
BudapestFestival0rchestraBudapestLiveIS0.part3.rar
BudapestFestival0rchestraBudapestLiveIS0.part4.rar

FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz

BudapestFestival0rchestraBudapestLiveFLAC.part1.rar
BudapestFestival0rchestraBudapestLiveFLAC.part2.rar

Info + Art

BudapestFestival0rchestraBudapestLiveInf0Art.rar