Annie Fischer plays Beethoven & Schumann

you are made aware once more of Fischer's robust poetry, of her economical, never inflated or exaggerated style. Less mercurial than, say Moiseiwitsch, less vertiginous than Argerich in the Schumann... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2012 More…

Release Date: 27th Feb 2012
Catalogue No: ICAC5062
Label: ica classics
Series: Legacy
Length: 72 minutes

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Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Work length31:40

Annie Fischer (piano)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Joseph Keilberth

I. Allegro affettuoso

Track length14:53

II. Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso

Track length5:42

III. Allegro vivace

Track length11:05

Beethoven: Eroica Variations, Op. 35

Work length22:48

Annie Fischer (piano)

Introduzione col basso del tema

Track length3:31

Var. 1

Track length0:40

Var. 2

Track length0:52

Var. 3

Track length0:42

Var. 4

Track length0:41

Var. 5

Track length0:50

Var. 6

Track length0:43

Var. 7

Track length0:41

Var. 8

Track length0:43

Var. 9

Track length0:36

Var. 10

Track length0:42

Var. 11

Track length0:41

Var. 12

Track length0:40

Var. 13

Track length0:36

Var. 14

Track length1:16

Var. 15

Track length4:30

Finale. Alla fuga

Track length4:24

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109

Work length18:22

Annie Fischer (piano)

I. Vivace ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo

Track length3:44

II. Prestissimo

Track length2:24

III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

Track length12:14

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Sviatoslav Richter’s comment that Hungarian-born Annie Fischer (1914–1995) was ‘a great artist imbued with a spirit of greatness and genuine profundity’ is just a sign of the esteem in which her fellow musicians held her. Curiously, of all the mid-century pianists, she seems to have been among the least recorded due to her profound dislike of the studio. Winner of the Franz Liszt International Competition in 1933, she made recordings of Schumann and Liszt with Klemperer (a close friend), Bartók with Markevitch and Mozart with Sawallisch. She recorded over a 15-year period all the Beethoven sonatas for Hungaroton.

Annie Fischer’s ‘unerring awareness’ (David Threasher) of the shifting moods in the Schumann Piano Concerto has been caught in wonderful sound by the WDR engineers in this ‘live’ recording which has never been issued before.

In the two Beethoven works, ‘she is powerfully authoritative’ (David Threasher).

Both these ‘live’ recordings have never been published before.

Maurizio Pollini said Fischer’s playing was marked by ‘a childlike simplicity, immediacy and wonder’ while the distinguished writer Bryce Morrison commented on her ‘depth and spiritual serenity’. All these recordings are great additions to her relatively small discography.

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June 2012

you are made aware once more of Fischer's robust poetry, of her economical, never inflated or exaggerated style. Less mercurial than, say Moiseiwitsch, less vertiginous than Argerich in the Schumann Concerto, her performance is none the less one of fiery engagement and a grateful sinking into repose in the first movement's melting A flat episode...Throughout, she abhors trickery of any kind...This is a deeply gratifying issue.

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