Budapest Festival Orchestra olv. Iván Fischer

The Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos is skilled in both the concerto repertoire and chamber music and also wields the conductor's baton. But it is as a soloist that he is most astonishing. Only the heaviest ammunition suffices for a canon of this power. Bartók's swirling Second Violin Concerto has one foot in folk music and the other in pioneering 20th-century music. As great specialists, Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra go for the finest nuances and the purest expression. Also in the 'Hungarian Sketches'.
But we begin and end with Schubert. The overture 'Die Zauberharfe' was a stepping stone to his renowned late symphonies. The Fifth, a feast of delightful melodies and inventive orchestration, is no less enchanting. Let yourself be captivated by both the soloist and the orchestra.