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Conversations about string quartets, Ádám Fischer, recording and orchestral performances.

The linked articles and interviews are in Hungarian. Their titles are translated below; the original publications are unchanged.

22 October 2026 · Press selection · Naxos Denmark

Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 5

A selection of reviews shared by Naxos Denmark, summarised in English.

KLASSISK (Denmark): Michael Bo describes an exuberant celebration of Haydn, led by Ádám Fischer.

Klassisk (Norway) praises an interpretation that is anything but polished, conventional period charm.

AllMusic highlights the theatrical imagination, ensemble precision, humour and surprises in these performances.

Rondo emphasises the wit, excitement and persuasiveness of Fischer’s approach to Haydn.

Pizzicato praises the orchestra’s energy, melodic clarity and elegant lightness.

KLASSISK ↗ · AllMusic ↗ · Recording and programme ↗

Selected coverage

20 October 2026 · Papageno · Péter Mező · Author’s essay

What Music Can Build – What Ticket Sales Can’t Tell Us

My essay on the artistic and social role of orchestras, encounters with children and what concert revenue cannot measure.

Hungarian original on Papageno ↗ · English translation ↗

14 October 2026 · Kronen Zeitung · CH · print edition

Mozart in all seiner Vielfalt

A review of Ádám Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra in Graz, highlighting their dance-like energy and refined shaping of orchestral colour. Open the original press clipping as an image.

13 October 2026 · Kleine Zeitung · Martin Gasser

Musikverein Graz: Verve und Schönheit für Mozart

A review of the Danish Chamber Orchestra’s Mozart concert in Graz with Ádám Fischer. Martin Gasser praises the energy and nuance of the playing and the delicate colours of the slower movements.

1 October 2026 · KLASSISK · Michael Bo

Fischers vilde fest

Review of Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 5. The full review is available to KLASSISK subscribers.

12 December 2023 · MusicWeb International · Daniel Floyd

Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 2

On the recording of Symphonies Nos. 96–98: clear, crisp playing, unforced momentum and a vivid sense of dance.

19 November 2023 · MusicWeb International · Ralph Moore

Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 2

Ralph Moore praises the woodwind playing, agile strings and orchestral flexibility in Symphonies Nos. 96–98.

October 2023 · Papageno Klasszik

A radio conversation about the Haydn recording

5 September 2023 · BBC Music Magazine · Misha Donat

Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 93–95

This four-star review highlights distinctive articulation and dramatic force, while also noting reservations about the recorded balance.

December 2021 · Papageno

With Ádám Fischer, we take an uncompromising approach

May 2019 · Papageno

How life worked out

December 2018 · Kultúra.hu

Iván Erőd’s works on disc

June 2015 · Magyar Narancs

I’ve lived in this world since before I was born

2008 · Gramofon · complete issue (PDF, Hungarian)

A dedicated quartet

2008 · Café Momus

Constructive criticism – the Accord Quartet in concert

2006 · Gramofon · complete issue (PDF, Hungarian)

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