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The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1853 by the Hungarian composer Ferenc Erkel, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious Hungarian orchestras today as well as being considered one of the leading orchestral ensembles in Europe. Its long and rich musical history and traditions have been formed by outstanding musicians including János Richter, Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, Ernst von Dohnányi, János Ferencsik and others.
The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra is made-up of the finest members selected from the Budapest Opera House. The Orchestra' home, the Budapest Opera House, is one of the best known symbols of Hungary's rich cultural history. It is here where most of the concerts of the Orchestra take place, a part of them offered as subscription concerts which is a tradition introduced and maintained (seven years prior to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) since 1853.
The Budapest Philharmonic is also famous for its performances of Works - some of them written originally for the Orchestra - by such composers as Liszt, Brahms, Goldmark, Mahler, Bartók, Kodály and Dohnányi.
The Philharmonic has made numerous concert tours in most of the European countries, the United States and Japan, all to critical acclaim.

Without a Music Director for many years, the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra is particularly proud and happy to have been associated with Maestro SACCANI as its Music Director and Artistic Adviser since 1997 and under his artistic direction has not only enchanted Hungarian audiences but also resumed its foreign guest appearances, tours and recording activities.

In 1986 the orchestra was awarded with Béla Bartók-Ditta Pásztory Prize.

Current performances of Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Koncertkalendárium (www.muzsikalendarium.hu)

Year	Title	Publisher	Code	Remark
1977	Chopin, Fryderik: Piano Concerto in f minor	Hungaroton	SLPX 11815
1987	Nagy Magyar Énekesek: Réti József (Great Hungarian Voices: József Réti)	Hungaroton	HCD 12927
1989	Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix: A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts) / Hebrides / Songs Without Words (Kovacs, I. Fischer, Perenyi, Kocsis, Dubourg)	Naxos	CA15623
1990	The Instruments Of Classical Music Vol.6-10	Laserlight	15980	5 CDs
1990	Vajda János: Mario és a varázsló (Vajda, János: Mario and the Magican)	Hungaroton	HCD 31122
1990	The Best Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Laserlight	15018
1991	Chopin, Fryderyk: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2	Capriole	CA14003
1992	Romantic Moments Vol.5 - Mendelssohn (Romantic Moments Vol.5 - Mendelssohn)	Laserlight	14055
1993	Romantic Moments Vol.1-5	Laserlight	35865	5 CDs
1994	Bartók Béla: Négy zenekari darab; 2 rapszódia; Brácsaverseny (Bartók, Béla: Four Pieces; Rhapsodies; Concerto)	Hungaroton	HCD 31050
1994	Kodály Zoltán: Háry János - szvit; Concerto	Hungaroton	HCD 12190
1994	Bartók Béla: A fából faragott királyfi; Táncszvit (Bartók, Béla: The Wooden Prince; Dance Suite)	Hungaroton	HCD 31048
1994	Erkel Ferenc: Bánk bán	Hungaroton	HCD 11376-77
1994	Bartók Béla: A kékszakállú herceg vára (Bartók, Béla: Bluebeard's Castle)	Hungaroton	HCD 11001	Own
1995	Esküvői zene (Wedding music)	Hungaroton	HCD 31472
1995	The Top 100 Masterpieces Of Classical Music	Delta	35815	5 CDs
1995	Bartók felvételek magángyűjteményekből, Bartók hangja és zongorajátéka (1910-1944) (Recordings From Private Collections)	Hungaroton	HCD 12334	4 CDs
1995	Goldmark Károly: Nyitányok (Goldmark, Károly: Overtures)	Hungaroton	HCD 12552	Own
1995	Prokofjev, Szergej Szergejevics: Péter és a farkas, Ravel: Lúdanyó meséi, Saint-Saens: Az állatok farsangja	Hungaroton	HCD 32229	First release: SLPM / MK 11816 (LP/MC) First CD release: CLD 4002 (1995)
1995	Cavalli, Francesco: Laetatus sum; Magnificat / Charpentier, Marc-Antoine: Te deum	Hungaroton	HCD 12920
1996	Classic Masterworks - Frederic Chopin	Capriccio	C49030
1996	Classic Masterworks - Edward Grieg	Capriccio	C49041
1996	Kodály Zoltán: Spinning Room	Hungaroton	HCD 12839-40
1996	Classic Masterworks - Antonin Dvorak	Capriccio	C49039
1996	Classic Masterworks - Pjotr Tchaikovsky (Classic Masterworks - Peter Tchaikovsky)	Capriccio	C49031
1996	Piano Dreams	Laserlight	15844	Further contributor: Rösel, Evelyne Dubourg, Daniel Gerard, Anton Dikov, Maurizio Pollini, Ivo Pogorelich, Stanislav Bunin...
1996	Classic Masterworks - Franz Schubert	Capriccio	C49029
1997	Beethoven, Ludvig van: I. (C-dúr) zongoraverseny Op. 15, Hármasverseny Op. 56	Hungaroton	HCD 4032
1997	Chopin, Fryderyk: I. (e-moll) zongoraverseny Op. 11, II. (f-moll) zongoraverseny Op. 21	Hungaroton	HCD 4028
1997	Bartók Béla: A kékszakállú herceg vára (Bartók, Béla: Bluebards Castle)	Hungaroton	HCD 11486	Own
1997	Nagy Magyar Énekesek: Simándy József (Great Hungarian Voices: József Simándy)	Hungaroton	HCD 31726
1998	Bartók Béla: Brácsaverseny; Két kép Sz.46; Brácsaverseny Sz.120 / Serly Tibor: Rapszódia brácsára és zenekarra (Bartók, Béla: Viola Concerto (1995 version edited by P. Bartok and P. Neubauer); Two Pictures, Sz. 46; Viola Concerto (completed by Tibor Serly, 1949), Sz. 120 / Serly, Tibor - Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra)	Naxos	8.554183
1998	Romantic Piano Concertos	Denon Records	17013
1998	Nagy Magyar Énekesek: Ilosfalvy Róbert (Great Hungarian Voices: Róbert Ilosfalvy)	Hungaroton	HCD 31762
1998	Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Liszt	Hungaroton	HCD 12891
1998	Mentsük meg a Zeneakadémiát! (Let's Save the Liszt Academy!)	Hungaroton	HCD 31841
1998	Pitti Katalin: Híres olasz operaáriák	Hungaroton	HCD 31801
1999	Északi rapszódia (Grieg / Sibelius) (Northern Rhapsody (Grieg / Sibelius))	Hungaroton	HRC 1034	Echo Collection
1999	Romantic Moments Vol.10 - Schubert	Laserlight	14060
1999	Händel, Georg Friedrich: Tüzijáték - szvit, Nyitányok: Rodrigo; Ariodante; Atalanta	Hungaroton	HRC 1020	Own Echo Collection
1999	Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel/ Don Juan/ Kettősverseny AV 147 (Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel/ Don Juan/ Duett-Concertino AV 147)	Hungaroton	HRC 1043	Echo Collection
1999	Bach, J.S.: Zenekari szvitek Nos. 2-3, BWV 1067-68 (Bach, J.S.: Orchestral Suites Nos. 2-3, BWV 1067-68)	Hungaroton	HRC 1002	Echo Collection
1999	300 Év Tánczene (300 Years Dance Music)	Hungaroton	HRC 1045	Echo Collection
1999	Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix: III. (a-moll) szimfónia Op. 56 'Skót'/ Hebridák - Nyitány Op. 26 (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix: Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op.56 'Scottish'/ The Hebrides - overture Op.26)	Hungaroton	HRC 1028	Own
1999	Dvořák, Antonín: IX. (e-moll) szimfónia Op. 95, B. 178 "Az Újvilágból" (Dvořák, Antonín: Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World")	Hungaroton	HRC 1017	Own Echo Collection
1999	Ravel, Maurice: Zongoraversenyek (Ravel, Maurice: Piano Concertos)	Hungaroton	HRC 1037	Echo Collection
1999	Operanyitányok és Intermezzók (Opera Overtures and Intermezzos)	Hungaroton	HRC 1035	Echo Collection
1999	Verdi, Giuseppe: Nyitányok és előjátékok (Verdi, Giuseppe: Overtures and Preludes)	Hungaroton	HRC 1046
1999	A bécsi klasszicizmus lassú tételekben III. (The Vienna Classicism in Slow Moments Vol. 3)	Hungaroton	HRC 1049	Echo Collection
2000	Mozart, W. A.: The Best Of W.A. Mozart	Laserlight	24465
2000	Erkel Ferenc: Bánk bán/ Hunyadi László (részletek)	Hungaroton	HRC 1054	Echo Collection
2000	Sweet Dreams - Baby's First Classics	Laserlight	24458	Further contributor: Evelyne Dubourg, Deborah Sipkai, Eckart Haupt, Peter Wohlert, Herbert Kegel...
2000	Sweet Dreams - Baby's First Classics	Laserlight	14507	Further contributor: Deborah Sipkai, Evelyne Dubourg, Heinz Fricke, Hans Vonk, Yuri Ahronovitch...
2000	Bartók összkiadás - Zenekari művek II. (Bartók Complete Edition - Symphonic Works II.)	Hungaroton	HCD 31888-91
2000	Bartók összkiadás - Zenekari művek I. (Bartók Complete Edition - Symphonic Works)	Hungaroton	HCD 31884-87
2000	Bartók összkiadás - Színpadi művek: A kékszakállú herceg vára; A csodálatos mandarin; A fából faragott királyfi (Bartók Complete Edition - Bluebards Castle; The Wooden Prince; The Miracoulos Mandarin)	Hungaroton	HCD 41002	2 CDs
2000	Petrovics Emil: C'est la guerre; VI. kantáta (Petrovics, Emil: C'est la guerre; Cantata No. 6)	Hungaroton	HCD 31958
2000	Népszerű indulók (Famous Marches)	Hungaroton	HRC 1055	Echo Collection
2001	50 éves a Hungaroton - Karmesterek (1951-2001) (Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Conductors, 1951-2001)	Hungaroton	HCD 32074-77	4 CDs
2001	Versenyművek (Concertos)	Hungaroton	HCD 31990
2001	Kadosa Pál: Zongoramuzsika (Kadosa, Pál: Piano Music)	Hungaroton	HCD 31981
2001	Bartók Béla: 15 magyar parasztdal, Táncszvit, Este a székelyeknél, Medvetánc	Hungaroton	HCD 31860	Own
2001	50 éves a Hungaroton - Énekművészek (1951-2001) (Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Singers)	Hungaroton	HCD 32096-98	3 CDs
2003	Miklósa Erika: AlternaDíva	Magánkiadás	TNGK03	CD/DVD
2003	Gyászzenék (Funeral Music)	Hungaroton	HCD 32260
2003	Nagy Magyar Énekesek: Házy Erzsébet (Great Hungarian Voices: Erzsébet Házy)	Hungaroton	HCD 31996
2004	Classic Moods - Puccini, Schubert, Wagner, Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky	Capriccio	C18404
2004	Classic Moods	Capriccio	C18414
2004	Classic Moods - Bach, Gounod, Beethoven, Schubert, Wieniawski, Dvorak, Bruch, Grieg	Capriccio	C18413
2004	Classic Moods - Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Gounod, Bizet, Saint-Saens, Wagner, Offenbach	Capriccio	C18410
2005	Bartók Béla: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / The Miraculous Mandarin Suite (Kocsis, Budapest Philharmonic, Lehel)	Naxos	C71044
2013	Masses - Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Weber, Beethoven, Cherubini, Gounod	Capriccio	C7161	10 CDs
2019	The Masters Collection: János Ferencsik	Hungaroton	HCD 32820–22	3 CDs
2021	Introduction to Classical Music, Vol. 1 - The Essential Classics of J. S. Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart & Others	Hungaroton	HCD 32854
2021	Romantic Cello - The Essential Classics of Schumann, Dvořak, Chopin & Others	Hungaroton	HCD 32855
2021	Beethoven - The Essential Classics of the Great German Composer	Hungaroton	HCD 32857