Iván Fischer's Bartok Recordings

[johnb]

I've just noticed that absolutely none of Iván Fischer's orchestral Bartok recordings with the Budapest Festival Orchestra are currently available (though the concerto recordings are still listed).

This seems rather odd as I thought the recordings were very highly regarded. Or am I wrong?

[Mahlerei]

johnb

It might be that Philips has licensed these recordings to Channel Classics, for whom Fischer now records. His Philips disc of Dvorak's Slavonic Dances has now appeared on Channel; perhaps more will follow.