#Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

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Francisco de Lacerda /Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Dans le Clair de Lune, 2020

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A real photo postcard featuring a 1912 photograph of Arthur Nikisch. Arthur Nikisch was born in Hungary on 12th Oct 1855 and died in Leipzig on 23rd Jan 1922. He held numerous important positions during his career including - conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, director of the Budapest Royal Opera, director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic with whom he made one of the earliest recordings of a complete symphony, Beethoven's 5th, with the Berlin Philharmonic.

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Emámuel Moór (1863-1931) - Symphony No. 2 in C Major, 'In memoriam Kossuth Lajos', WoO 153

I. Andante maestoso - Allegro con brio 0:00 II. Andante sostenuto 13:39 III. Scherzo: Molto vivace e con brio 26:17 IV. Allegro poco maestoso 34:16

Budapest Philharmonic Society Orchestra János Kovács, conductor

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loved your raut recs especially the violin concerto tysm :)))

general romantic / impressionist / modernist recs?

hey so sorry for responding late but i saw this and just kinda went a bit feral, so im sorry.

Alberto Ginastera

Piano Sonata No. 1 (Terence Judd [pfte.])

Piano Sonata No. 2 (Fernando Viani [pfte.])

Piano Concerto No. 1 (Sergio Tiempo [pfte.], Gustavo Dudamel [cond.] w/ Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Guitar Sonata (Aniello Desiderio [gtr.])

Harp Concerto (Nancy Allen [hrp.], Enrique Bátiz [cond.] w/ Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México)

Alfred Schnittke

Concerto Grosso No. 1 (Gidon Kremer [vln.], Tatiana Grindenko [vln.], Heinrich Schiff [cond.] w/ Chamber Orchestra of Europe)

Concerto Grosso No. 2 (Oleg Kagan [vln.], Natalia Gutman [vcl.], Gennady Rozhdestvensky [cond.] w/ USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra)

Cello Concerto No. 1 (Natalia Gutman [vcl.], Gennady Rozhdestvensky [cond.] w/ USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra)

String Quartet No. 3 (Kronos Quartet)

Dmitri Shostakovich

Symphony No. 1 (there was a great recording but when i went to check the recording on yt it wasnt there and it sucks cause it was great)

Symphony No. 5 (Evgeny Mravinsky [cond.] w/ Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra)

Symphony No. 7 (Yevgeny Svetlanov [cond.] w/ USSR State Symphony Orchestra)

Symphony No. 9 (Rudolf Barshai [cond.] w/ WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne)

Symphony No. 15 (this one too dissapeared)

String Quartet No. 9 (Fitzwilliam Quartet)

Violin Concerto No. 1 (David Oistrakh [vln.], Dmitri Mitropoulos [cond.] w/New York Philharmonic)

Maurice Ravel

Violin Sonata No. 2 (Viktoria Mullova [vln.], Bruno Canino [pfte.])

Sonata for Violin and Cello (Jean-Jacques Kantorow [vln.], Philippe Muller [vcl.]

Introduction and Allegro, for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet (Skaila Kanga [hrp.], Academy of St. Martin in the fields)

Alborada del Gracioso (Fritz Reiner [cond.] w/Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Samson François [pfte.], André Cluytens [cond.] w/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire)

Piano Concerto in G (Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli [pfte.], Ettore Gracis [cond.] w/Philharmonia Orchestra)

La Valse (solo piano version) (Seong Jin-Cho [pfte.])

Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (Louis Lortie [pfte.])

Franz Liszt

honestly too many to list here (hehe, liszt here) but heres just some of the ones (marked with Searle numbers)

S.126i, S.139, S.145, S.173, S.174i, S.177, S.178, S.206, S.216, S.217, S.242 (especially no. 20), S.244/12 + 15 + 19, S.252, S253, S.254, S.388, S.390i, S.392, S.393, S.394, S.400, S.409a, S.412iii, S.413, S.418, S.420 (hehe funny number), S.464 (yes i prefer the arrangements, fight me), S.513a, S.558/4 + 12, S.695c, S.697i (not the Busoni version), S.700

Other Composers

Bela Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 2 (György Cziffra [pfte.], Marco Rossi [cond.] w/Budapest Symphony Orchestra)

Olivier Messaien - Le Banquet Céléste (Gillian Weir [org.])

Samuel Barber - Piano Concerto (John Browning [pfte.], George Szell [cond.] w/Cleveland Orchestra]

Kaikhosru Sorabji - Sequentia Cyclica on Dies Irae (Johnathan Powell [pfte.])

Ferrucio Busoni - Piano Concerto (Marc-André Hamelin [pfte.], YL Male Voice Choir [chor.], Osmo Vänskä [cond.] w/Lahti Symphony Orchestra)

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Sonata No. 2 (Nikolai Lugansky [pfte.])

Marc-André Hamelin - 12 Études in All the Minor Keys (Marc-André Hamelin [pfte.])

Eugène Ysaÿe - Sonata No. 5 for Solo Violin (Hilary Hahn [vln.])

Oren Boneh - Sprout (Lung-Yi Huang [gzhn.] w/ C-Camerata Taipei)

Karol Szymanowski - Violin Concerto No. 1 (Lydia Mordkovitch [vln.], Vassily Sinaisky [cond.] w/ BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)

aaaand i think im going to end the list there because this took WAY too long

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01 Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Theme Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, Peter Pejtsik

02 Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in F minor, RV 297 "Winter": I. Allegro non molto 03 Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov, Yuliya Lebedenko

04 Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio 05 Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto Allegro 06 Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: In the Hall of the Mountain King 07 Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor 08 Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor 09 Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Overture Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, Peter Pejtsik

10 Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I. Allegro Opole Philharmonic Orchestra, Werner Stiefel

11 Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E major, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro * 12 Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 “Italian”: I. Allegro vivace 13 Boccherini - String Quintet in E Major, G. 275: III. Minuetto 14 Hoffstetter - String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3 No. 5: II. Andante cantabile (Serenade) 15 Dvořák - Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: II. Minuet. Allegro con moto - Trio 16 Dvořák - Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: I. Moderato Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov

Yuliya Lebedenko

17 Dvořák - Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: No. 2, Dumka Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, Peter Pejtsik

18 Dvořák - Bagatelles, Op. 47: No. 1, Allegretto scherzando 19 Dvořák - Bagatelles, Op. 47: No. 4, Canon. Andante con moto Musica Sancta Ensemble, Liran Mendel

20 Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto 21 Giazotto - Adagio in G Minor "Albinoni's Adagio" Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, Peter Pejtsik

22 Litvinovsky - Tales of the Magic Tree: VIII. Time to Go Boating 23 Dvořák - Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 “From the New World”: II. Largo Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov

24 Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, Peter Pejtsik

25 Mozart - Flute and Harp Concerto in C Major, K. 299: II. Andantino Opole Philarmonic Orchestra, Silvano Frontalini, Ursula Mazurek

26 Shostakovich - Suite from the Gadfly, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance 27 Puccini - Turandot, SC 91: "Nessun Dorma" (Arr. for String Orchestra by Matt Naughtin) Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov

28 Elgar - Salut d'amour, Op. 12 29 Elgar - Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 1 30 Chopin - Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. Posth. (Transcr. for Violin and Piano by N. Milstein) 31 Chopin - Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E Major, Andante (Transcr. for Violin and Piano by A. Schulz) 32 Debussy - Préludes, Premier Livre: No. 8, La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (Transcr. for Violin and Piano by A. Hartmann) 33 Debussy - Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de Lune (Transcr. for Violin and Piano by A. Roelens) Alessandro Clerici, Elena Brunello

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John Wilson is highly sought after on a global scale. He frequently performs in the UK with most orchestras, including the City of Birmingham Symphony, BBC Scottish Symphony, London Symphony, and London Philharmonic orchestras, both during their normal seasons and at festivals like Aldeburgh, Glyndebourne, and the BBC Proms. He frequently performed with the John Wilson Orchestra for many years, both domestically and internationally. Wilson has conducted many of the best orchestras in Europe, including the Royal Concertgebouw, Budapest Festival, Swedish Radio Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, and DSO Berlin, as well as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Wilson has also conducted orchestras outside of Europe, including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. John Wilson Wilson conducted Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera during their autumn tour in 2016. Since then, he has conducted Gershwin's Porgy and Bess at the English National Opera and Massenet's Cendrillon at the Glyndebourne Summer Festival. Wilson and the John Wilson Orchestra performed extensively around the UK and overseas for many years. He restarted the Sinfonia of London in 2018. The Guardian praised their eagerly awaited BBC Proms debut in 2021 as "really remarkable," and they are now in high demand around the UK; this season, they will return to the BBC Proms, Birmingham Symphony Hall, and London's Barbican Center, among other locations. Wilson has a sizable and diverse discography, and his recordings with the Sinfonia of London have won numerous accolades and exceptional praise. For example, the recordings of the Korngold Symphony in F sharp (2020), Respighi Roman Trilogy (2021), and Dutilleux Le Loup (2022) have each won the BBC Music Magazine Award in the orchestral category for three consecutive years. The Times named the Respighi recording one of the three "really remarkable versions of this trilogy" of all time, together with those by Toscanini (1949) and Muti. The Observer called the Respighi album "Massive, bold and vividly played." Wilson, a Gateshead native, studied composing and conducting at the Royal College of Music, where he was elevated to Fellow status in 2011. John Wilson received the prestigious ISM Distinguished Musician Award in March 2019 for his contributions to music, and the Royal Academy of Music appointed him to the position of Henry Wood Chair of Conducting in 2021. British orchestral conductor John Wilson founded the John Wilson Orchestra in 1994. It is a jazz large band that plays with a symphony orchestra. It performs Rodgers and Hammerstein compositions as well as MGM musicals' original arrangements. Since 2009, the orchestra has participated in The Proms summer event each year. The John Wilson Orchestra has received praise for demonstrating how film musicals can also feature "genuine period performance”. Prior to the 2010 Proms season, John Wilson spoke with Rebecca Franks for the BBC Music Magazine and described how the orchestra's particular composition represents this goal: The orchestra has a solid 15 years together, and its personnel is exceptionally specialized. It is based on the traditional American contract movie orchestras. And that essentially consists of a rhythm section, four trumpets, four trombones, five double-saxes, and a rhythm section, all of whom are highly specialised in this manner, together with a brass, rhythm, and saxophone section from a dance band. A woodwind and French horn section are added on top of that. But I believe that finding the appropriate string players is crucial. A very high octane, high gloss, soloist type of musician is required. Not down, but up, is the string sound mixed. You perform at your peak. It takes a lot of practise to get the in-your-face, costly kind of string sound. The best players are required, but our nation is blessed with excellent orchestral musicians. Wilson is most

known for his Proms performances with a Hollywood theme, which have been a mainstay of the event for well over a decade. So it surprised some when, in February, he stepped in at the last minute to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra's world premieres of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony and a trumpet concerto by Mark-Anthony Turnage. Wilson clearly possesses more than just a deep understanding of the Great American Songbook. In 2002, Wilson began performing with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, primarily specialising in light music. "I've always done it and I've never apologised for it, but over the years they've slowly given me more freedom, and I've worked with them on everything from Eric Coates to Dutilleux. I appreciate that they didn't categorise me. At the Proms, he will lead the orchestra in conducting Vaughan Williams and Holst's Planets, another piece from the traditional repertoire that he promises to give new life to. I always perform The Planets in a unique way as a party piece. A performance is never more than a momentary reflection of your attitude toward a work on any given day. He credits his unusual upbringing—a working-class boy from Gateshead who fell in love with music (and Hollywood musicals in particular), taught himself to play the piano with the assistance of a musical mother, completed an A-level in music at Newcastle College, and created his first orchestra at the age of 16—for the diversity of his repertoire. Wilson continued on and joined the Royal College of Music as a "reluctant and not very good percussion player," but later switched to composition and conducting. I had a few professors who made sure I had the time and support to succeed. As a result, I went from being on the verge of being expelled at the end of my first year to winning the Tagore Gold Medal, the college's top honour for students. Just being left to do what I want. In 1994, while he was only 22 years old, he founded his own orchestra under that name. He claims, "It just happened by accident." "When I was still a student, I was playing the piano at the Grosvenor House hotel. I had tea in the afternoon with a violinist and attended jazz trio concerts in the evening. So I ended up with two groups of friends—classical musicians from the Royal College of Music and jazz musicians from the Guildhall and the Academy—and it was the marriage of those two sets of passions that inspired us to play this symphonic music with a jazz influence. We started getting offers for gigs and residencies as it transitioned from being something we did purely for fun.

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Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (Piano Solo transcription (Piano Cziffra) sheet music

Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (Piano Solo transcription (Piano Cziffra) sheet music

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György Cziffra ( Budapest , November 5 , 1921 – Longpont-sur-Orge , France , January 15 , 1994 ) was a pianist Hungarian. In 1968 he became French , adopting the name Georges Cziffra . He is considered one of the best pianists of the 20th century . Son of a gypsy family, his father played in cabarets and restaurants in Paris in 1910 . At the age of five he was already improvising popular tunes in bars and circuses. At the age of nine he was accepted at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, where he studied, among others, with Ernest von Dohnányi . He made his first concert tours at the age of 16. He took part in World War II and was taken prisoner, which is why he could not finish his musical studies. After the war he made a living as a jazz pianist in bars and night clubs. He tried to escape from Hungary which was under the yoke of the Soviet Union , which led him to spend three years in labor camps (1950-1953). In 1956, he won the Franz Liszt prize, a fact that helped him boost his career. The same year, he fled with his wife and their son to Vienna , where he gave a recital that would open the doors of Paris and London . His fame was favored by numerous performances, also in the United States . In 1975, he created the Cziffra Foundation, to support young artists. The French thanked him for his commitment to the creation of a piano competition with his name. After the accidental death of her son in 1981, Cziffra appeared even more rarely in public. Cziffra died in Senlis (France) at the age of 72, of a myocardial infarction resulting from a series of complications also due to lung cancer. The composers he preferably interpreted were, mainly due to his excellent technique, Franz Liszt , Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann . A good example of his skill is his interpretation of Grand Galop Chromatique Liszt's . His arrangements for piano also belong to the most difficult works in piano literature. Selected discography Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, 2, and 3, National Orchestra of the French Broadcasting Corporation, dir.: Dervaux n.1, Philharmonic Orchestra, dir.: Vandernoot n. 2 and 3, EMI. Chopin: Anthology: Barcarolle, Bolero, Polish Chants, Impromtus, Polonaises 3 to 7, Polish-fantasy, 2 and 3 Sonata, Tarantelles. EMI. Anthology (2): Ballade nº.4, Piano Concerto nº, 1 Studies 3,10,13,14, Impromtus nº, 1, Nocturne nº. 2, Polonesa nº, 3, Waltz nº,7, Paris Orchestra, dir.: Cziffra fill, EMI. Liszt: Antologia: Rève d'amour , Le ronde des Elves , Sant François d'Assise preaching to the birds , Forgotten Waltz nº, 1, Ballade nº,2, Valse-Impromtu, 2 Poloneses, Apassionata EMI. ( Read the full article

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The journey of Andreas Haefliger and his collection of the best piano music

Haefliger was born into a musical family as the son of famed tenor Ernst Haefliger. After completing his studies at the Juilliard School, where he was twice awarded the Gina Bachauer Memorial Scholarship, he made his London recital debut at the Wigmore Hall in 1993 and his London Proms debut with the Philharmonia in 1994. The Chicago Tribune wrote, "Unlike many virtuosos, Haefliger is a musician first and pianist second... Andreas Haefliger is a pianist to watch.

In Europe, Haefliger has performed with major orchestras, such as the Concertgebouw, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre de Paris, London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and Vienna Symphony. He gave recitals at international festivals including the Lucerne Festival, Salzburg Festival, The Proms, and the Wiener Festwochen.

More importantly, he is a pianist to listen to."  Play Andreas Haefliger's best piano music album. 

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Borodin Quartet welcomes new member

The legendary Russian string quartet has announced the replacement for former first violinist Ruben Aharonian

Nikolai Sachenko will step into the shoes of Ruben Aharonian, the Borodins' previous first violinist, who retired recently.

Founded in 1945, the Borodin Quartet is perhaps best known for its long and close association with Shostakovich, who consulted the quartet members on the composition of many of his string quartets. The Borodin Quartet has recorded the complete Shostakovich quartets no fewer than three times.

The Borodins were also closely associated, for many years, with the great Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, with whom they made many noted recordings - including a legendary version of Shostakovich's Piano Quintet. The Quartet has had a traditional affinity with Russian music, performing and recording the string quartets of Tchaikovsky, Glinka, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and, of course, Borodin. They also performed at Prokofiev's funeral in 1953.

The Borodins have a series of European dates during the autumn and winter of 2022/23. Highlights include performances at the BOZAR in Brussels, Berlin Konzerthaus, Liszt Academy in Budapest, Liverpool Philharmonic, Wigmore Hall in London, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and the Philharmonie de Paris.

Winner of the violin gold medal of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998, Nikolai Sachenko has performed with many acclaimed conductors. He is currently concertmaster of the State Symphony Orchestra ’Novaya Rossiya’ under Yuri Bashmet, and has performed in ensembles alongside performers including Bashmet, Gidon Kremer, Lynn Harrell and others. 'The uncompromising pursuit of excellence in musical interpretations has been an unchanging tradition of the Borodin Quartet throughout its glorious long history,' Sachenko comments. 'I am happy to join my friends and colleagues of the Quartet and, together in our shared passion for the quartet world, I hope to continue this remarkable tradition of musical eminence.'

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Music from Bohemia

Music from Bohemia traces its roots back to the Middle Ages in the monasteries of the Bohemian Forests where Gregorian chant and religious music were performed for centuries. With the arrival of the Reformation, secular music began to take hold and during the 17th Century Bohemian composers stepped up to the forefront. After the transition into the Romantic era, nationalism emerged as a potent…

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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, “The New World”: IV. Allegro con fuoko by Antonin Dvorak, as performed by the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

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perchance to dream by holy palmers' kiss.

(pull through y’all only 8 likes to gold)

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Zoltán Kodály - Spinning Room: No. 13 A csitári hegyek alatt ·

Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra · · János Ferencsik · Éva Andor · József Simándy

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Happy Hungarian Opera Day, Hungary!  A commemoration of Hungarian composer Ferenc Erkel’s birthday (November 7, 1810) and the reopening of the Erkel Opera Theatre in Budapest (November 7, 2013), Hungarian Opera Day highlights Erkel’s remarkable career--not only did he compose operas, the first significant Hungarian operas, he also founded the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra and composed the music for Hungary’s national anthem, Himnusz.

Stamp details: Stamp on top: Issued on: December 5, 1953 From: Budapest, Hungary MC #1342

Second row: Issued on: November 6, 1960 From: Budapest, Hungary MC #1715

Third row: Issued on: May 23, 1963 From: Budapest, Hungary MC #1921

Fourth row left: Issued on: September 26, 1967 From: Budapest, Hungary MC #2362

Fourth row right: Issued on: July 10, 1985 From: Budapest, Hungary MC #3777

Stamp on bottom: Issued on: March 26, 2010 From: Budapest, Hungary MC #BL331

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Chorus of the Hungarian Radio & the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra - Dante Symphony

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