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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 19, 15, 30 & 32 / Fischer
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 19, 15, 30 & 32 / Fischer

$14.99

Details

Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Artist
Annie Fischer
Format
CD
Label
ICA Classics
Released
Apr 22, 2022
Catalog #
ICAC5165
UPC
5060244551657

About

Bryce Morrison, the celebrated critic and authority on piano music, described the pre-eminent Hungarian pianist as follows: ‘Annie Fischer was among the greatest and most richly comprehensive of all pianists’. The distinguished Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, notoriously critical, described her as ‘an artist imbued with a spirit of greatness and with genuine profundity’.

Fischer was universally acclaimed in Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert and Chopin as well as her own compatriots, Liszt, Bartók and Kodály. Despite her international reputation, however, in comparison with other pianists of her generation she is probably the least represented on disc. This was mainly due to a distaste for the recording process - she preferred the freedom and spontaneity of live performances. It is a well known that her studio recordings of the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas were made over many years and with many different producers. She was never satisfied with the results, so in this BBC recital of selected Beethoven sonatas, Annie Fischer is heard as she would have wanted - live and caught on the wing, making this recording very valuable. Misha Donat, her producer for Sonata No.30, said: “she hated working in the studio so these are real performances; they were always done in a complete ‘take’, though sometimes she would play through a movement twice”.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Andante 04:21
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Annie Fischer
  2. 2 II. Rondo: Allegro 03:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Annie Fischer
  3. 3 I. Allegro 08:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:51
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Annie Fischer
  4. 4 II. Andante 07:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:51
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Annie Fischer
  5. 5 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 02:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Annie Fischer
  6. 6 IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo 04:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Annie Fischer
  7. 7 I. Vivace ma non troppo 03:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Vivace ma non troppo
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Annie Fischer
  8. 8 II. Prestissimo 02:26
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Prestissimo
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Annie Fischer
  9. 9 III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo 11:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
    Duration
    11:54
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Annie Fischer
  10. 10 I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 09:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
    Duration
    09:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Annie Fischer
  11. 11 II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile 17:18
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
    Duration
    17:18
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Annie Fischer