IDAGIO | Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon - Vol.1

Featuring

Ferenc Fricsay
Margrit Weber
Irmgard Helmis
Gerty Herzog
Sylvia Kind
John Leach

Wolfgang Schneiderhan
Helmut Zacharias
Herbert Zack-Leweer
Heinrich Geuser
Clara Haskil
Annie Fischer
Berliner Philharmoniker
RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Wiener Symphoniker
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Antonín Dvořák
Bedřich Smetana
Franz Liszt
Werner Egk
Gottfried von Einem
Hans Werner Henze
Wolfgang Fortner
Rolf Liebermann
Manuel de Falla
Jean Françaix
Arthur Honegger
Alexander Tcherepnin
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Prokofiev
Reinhold Glière
Paul Hindemith
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Frank Martin
Joseph Haydn
Zoltán Kodály
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Pablo de Sarasate
Jenö Hubay
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Performer Biography

Ferenc Fricsay studied with notable figures like Ernst von Dohnányi (piano masterclass), Zoltán Kodály (composition), Béla Bartók (piano), and Leó Weiner (theory and chamber music) at the Liszt Academy.

Interpretation

Ferenc Fricsay cultivated a lean string sound and often dispensed with a baton, using his mobile hands and expressive fingers for minute indications.

Notable Performances

Ferenc Fricsay gained international attention at the 1947 Salzburg Festival by conducting the world premiere of Gottfried von Einem's opera Dantons Tod as a last-minute replacement for Otto Klemperer, a renowned German conductor.

Recording & Production

Ferenc Fricsay's first recording sessions for Deutsche Grammophon in September 1949 were for Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, recorded on tape and issued on the firm's new 'variable groove' discs.

Performer Biography

Ferenc Fricsay, the conductor featured on this album, made his first attempt to conduct at the age of four and began serious musical studies at six with the piano.

Performer Biography

Ferenc Fricsay assisted Arturo Toscanini, a famous Italian conductor, at a rehearsal in 1930 when Toscanini was touring Europe with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra.

Interpretation

Ferenc Fricsay was known for his rhythmic conducting, making orchestras 'dance' in various works, and his style for Mozart was simpler than Sir Thomas Beecham's, foreshadowing the period-instrument era.