“He took particular care with Berlioz’s textures and rhythms, making sure we could hear all the strange intricacies in them….. The whole evening Fischer had the strings playing with a more slender and shiny sound, the brass contained (but bright rather than behemoth when called upon), the woodwinds nicely forward in the sound picture. In short, it was what is known as the French style of orchestral performance, lighter and more lucid than the more common German style.  Accordingly, the “Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faun,” which opened the concert, was especially lovely, beautifully quiet and delicate and just a little subdued – an Impressionist painting of a dream rather than the dream itself.” 
 
The Orange County Register, 7th March 2014