The Budapest Symphony Orchestra, known in Hungarian as the Magyar Rádió
Szimfonikus Zenekara, formed in Budapest, Hungary, in 1943 by conductor Ernst
von Dohnányi, is a Hungarian radio orchestra. The ensemble evolved from a radio
salon orchestra established in 1936 under István Bertha and Miklós Fehér. The
orchestra has performed under conductors including János Ferencsik, György
Lehel, András Ligeti, Tamás Vásáry, Ádám Fischer, and Gergely Vajda, and worked
with guest conductors and soloists including Otto Klemperer, Georg Solti, Béla
Drahos, and Johanna Beisteiner. Its recordin...