Schumann, Robert - Piano Concerto - Fischer, Annie (piano)
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SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, KÖLN, 28 APRIL 1958
BEETHOVEN
Eroica Variations & Fugue op. 35
Piano Sonata No. 30 op.109
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, KÖLN, 11 FEBRUARY 1957
Annie Fischer, piano
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Joseph Keilberth
MONO
WDR The Cologne Broadcasts
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.