Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 - Schubert: 4 Impromptus D. 935
3/8/2024, 8 Tracks, 1:02:37
Featuring
Annie Fischer
Robert Schumann
Franz Schubert
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Recording & Production
The two works on this album were recorded by the BBC in their studios in London in March 1975, likely in long takes to simulate a live performance.
Performer Biography
Annie Fischer's unique playing style combined intense rhythmic drive, absolute clarity, and beauty of sound, alongside a total absorption in the music.
Performer Biography
Annie Fischer won first prize at the 1933 International Liszt Competition with a performance of Liszt's Sonata in B minor.
Performer Biography
Annie Fischer's repertoire focused on Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, and Schumann, but she also excelled in music by her compatriots Bartók and Liszt.
Compositional Technique
Robert Schumann's Piano Sonata No.1 features an 'Aria' movement, a single page that Franz Liszt described as 'one of the most beautiful pages we know'.
Performer Biography
Annie Fischer, the pianist on this album, was an artist who communicated her love and reverence of music directly to her audience with total sincerity and conviction.
Performer Biography
Annie Fischer and her husband, Aladár Tóth, fled to Sweden in 1941 during a concert tour due to their Jewish heritage, returning to Budapest in 1946 after World War II.
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