Thierry Fischer impresses The Bay Area Reporter‘s Philip Campbell while leading London’s Royal Philharmonic on a six-concert West Coast tour:
“Fischer, who is music director of the Utah Symphony, has shown a personal taste for orchestral richness and dynamic contrasts… His Reference Recordings HDCD of Mahler’s mighty Eighth, with the Utah Symphony and Mormon Tabernacle Choir… proves an overwhelmingly grand and beautiful listening experience. Fischer hasn’t just kept his eye on the past either, commissioning exciting world premiere works for Utah, including queer composers Nico Muhly and Andrew Norman, which can be sampled on another live recording HDCD, ‘Dawn to Dust.’ Coming to San Francisco with the RPO for two concerts in the Great Performers Series, Fischer made his stamp…”
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