Genre(s):
Chamber Music; Concerto; Instrumental
Period(s):
Classical (1750-1830); Romantic
Label:
Orfeo
Catalogue No:
C823104L
Barcode:
4011790823423
Release Date:
01/2010
Available Format(s):
CD

Edwin Fischer: Mozart - Beethoven - Schumann - Brahms

As an outstanding concert partner for the great orchestras and in his own solo recitals, Anda demonstrated a flexibility that was already a tradition in Salzburg, one founded anew by the instrumentalists of the early post-War years. Edwin Fischer was undoubtedly at the forefront here. He displayed his brilliant, infallible musicality in his trio performances with Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Enrico Mainardi, in solo recitals, and not least in the piano concertos that he performed as soloist-cum-conductor with the Vienna Philharmonic (he was one of the founding fathers of this particular interpretive art and possessed the authority that comes with it). All this is to be heard in our new collection in memory of Fischer, with recordings from the years 1946–54. There are piano concertos by Mozart, piano trios by the same composer, Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms, and then in Fischer’s final, gripping concert for the Salzburg public, we hear Beethoven’s sonatas opp. 28, 53 and 111.


Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
1.     I. Allegro maestoso
14:52
2.     II. Andante
07:33
3.     III. Allegretto
08:45
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 482
4.     I. Allegro
13:05
5.     II. Andante
11:33
6.     III. Rondo: Allegro
11:33

Disc 2

Piano Trio No. 5 in C Major, K. 548
1.     I. Allegro
07:41
2.     II. Andante cantabile
05:59
3.     III. Allegro
05:19

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97, "Archduke"
4.     I. Allegro moderato
13:45
5.     II. Scherzo: Allegro
07:41
6.     III. Andante cantabile ma pero con moto
14:04
7.     IV. Allegro moderato - Presto
08:11

Disc 3

Schumann, Robert

Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 63
1.     I. Mit Energie und Leidenschaft
10:56
2.     II. Lebhaft, doch nicht zu rasch
04:36
3.     III. Langsam, mit inniger Empfindung
06:44
4.     IV. Mit Feuer
08:25

Brahms, Johannes

Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
5.     I. Allegro con brio
10:33
6.     II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
05:54
7.     III. Adagio
09:01
8.     IV. Allegro
07:40

Disc 4

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111
1.     I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
08:35
2.     II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
15:42
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28, "Pastoral"
3.     I. Allegro
09:59
4.     II. Andante
06:13
5.     III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
02:22
6.     IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
04:47
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"
7.     I. Allegro con brio
10:44
8.     II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
03:39
9.     III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato
09:40

Total Playing Time: 04:25:31