Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor - Beethoven: Eroica Vari

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Label
ICA Classics
Release Date
March 27, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SCHUMANN BEETHOVEN
    • PERFORMER
      Fischer, Wdr Sinfonieorchester Koln, Keilberth
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 27, 2012
    • UPC
      5060244550629
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ICAC 5062
    • LABEL
      ICA Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro affettuoso

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Performer: Annie Fischer

      Conductor: Joseph Keilberth

    2. II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Performer: Annie Fischer

      Conductor: Joseph Keilberth

    3. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

      Performer: Annie Fischer

      Conductor: Joseph Keilberth

    4. Introduzione col Basso del Tema

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    5. Variation 1

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    6. Variation 2

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    7. Variation 3

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    8. Variation 4

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    9. Variation 5

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    10. Variation 6

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    11. Variation 7

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    12. Variation 8

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    13. Variation 9

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    14. Variation 10

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    15. Variation 11

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    16. Variation 12

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    17. Variation 13

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    18. Variation 14

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    19. Variation 15

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    20. Finale: Alla Fuga

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    21. I. Vivace ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

    22. II. Prestissimo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer

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

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Annie Fischer


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. 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 are available for this first time on this release. All these recordings are great additions to her relatively small discography.