Géza Anda recorded no fewer than fourteen discs for the Columbia label between 1953 and 1958, working with the legendary Walter Legge.
Interpretation
Géza Anda's Telefunken recordings demonstrate considerable interpretational progress compared to his earlier Polydor records, moving from "dazzling urgency" to a balance of spontaneity and intellectual control.
Recording & Production
The Telefunken recordings on this album were made in Berlin at the Gloria-Palast, with Herbert Grenzebach as the recording producer.
Performer Biography
Géza Anda, the pianist on this album, signed a contract with Deutsche Grammophon as early as 1943, issuing his first recordings on their Polydor label.
Performer Biography
Géza Anda produced the pioneering first complete recording of the Mozart piano concertos, directing from the keyboard, for Deutsche Grammophon starting in 1961.
Recording & Production
This album presents Géza Anda's recordings made in 1950 and 1951 for the Telefunken label, which are presented here for the first time on CD.
Interpretation
Influenced by musical aesthete Pyotr (Pierre) Souvtchinsky, Géza Anda sought to present musical textures as transparently as possible in Bach, Haydn, and Mozart, a "de-romanticising approach."
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