OAE/Fischer | Classical review

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is dividing its Beethoven-symphony cycle between four conductors. Vladimir Jurowski opened the series, and now Iván Fischer is conducting two programmes, before Charles Mackerras and Leonidas Kavakos round things off. Fischer's impressive achievements with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, which he co-founded, have tended to overshadow his earlier career, which included two years as assistant to Nikolaus Harnoncourt, at a ti...

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