Description
Sviatoslav Richterās comment that Hungarian-born Annie Fischer (1914ā1995) was āa great artist imbued with a spirit of greatness and genuine profundityā 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 Fischerās āunerring awarenessā (David Threasher) of the shifting moods in the Schumann Piano Concerto has been caught in wonderful sound by the WDR engineers in this āliveā recording which has never been issued before. In the two Beethoven works, āshe is powerfully authoritativeā (David Threasher). Both these āliveā recordings are available for this first time on this release. All these recordings are great additions to her relatively small discography.