They conjured up these mniatures {Hungarian Sketches} with tension constantly building then diminishing, typical Bartók shifts in stress and soft, bewitching background. In the Budapest Festival Orchestra {...} every musician is aware of every other. Although Fischer is the orchestra`s initiator and driving force, he repeatedly leaves the musicians enough freedom to express themselves. Hamburg, Die Welt, March 3rd , 2001, Helmut Peters |
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