A programme of orchestral showpieces. Sparkling Strauss dances are matched by a selection of Brahms’s colourful Hungarian Dances, and Kodály’s sweeping Dances of Galánta are balanced by the crisp Classical textures of Mozart’s March in D major. At the centre is Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony, with its mood-swings and elusive harmonies.

Programme

Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 14 in D minor (orch. I. Fischer) (3 mins)
Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A major (orch. I. Fischer) (2 mins)
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major (orch. I. Fischer) (3 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
March in D major, K335/1 (4 mins)

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’ (30 mins)

Josef Strauss
Sphären-Klänge – waltz (8 mins)
Johann Strauss II
Vergnügungszug - quick polka, Op 281 (3 mins)

Antonín Dvořák
Legend in B flat minor, Op. 59 No. 10 (4 mins)

Johann Strauss II
By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz (9 mins)
Bandits' Galop (3 mins)

Zoltán Kodály
Dances of Galánta (16 mins)

Direction: Iván Fischer (Music Conductor)
Cast: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Renaud Capuçon (Violin), Roger Muraro (Piano)