Geza Anda - The Telefunken Recordings (1950-1951) [2015] Hi-Res

Géza Anda: The Telefunken Recordings - masterpieces of incisive poetry and brilliant technique

These recordings are characterised by Géza Anda's distinctive balance of spontaneity and intellectual control, incisive poetry and brilliant technique. Géza Anda bestows upon his audience not only a pianistic and musical moment of glory, but also invites them to witness the birth of a pianistic aestheticism where objectivity and fantasy are no contradiction but are dependent on each other.

Following its "Edition Géza Anda", audite now issues - for the first time on CD - Géza Anda's Telefunken recordings made in 1950 and 1951. This fifth audite release featuring the Swiss-Hungarian pianist closes a gap which has long been a source of regret to connoisseurs and admirers of Géza Anda's pianism. Chronologically, the Telefunken recordings are positioned between Anda's first recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and the later recordings for Columbia and DG. They document the pianist's transition from brilliant virtuoso to sophisticated musician. The objectivity of his Bach, Haydn and Mozart interpretations and the painstakingly worked out, fantastic world of the Schumann cycles complement each other in characteristic and fascinating fashion.

Comprising Robert Schumann's Carnaval Op. 9 and his Symphonic Etudes Op. 13, the Telefunken recordings represent two important pillars of Anda's repertoire. However, they also contain three works which he played only rarely: Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826, Joseph Haydn's Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI/23, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's last Piano Sonata in D major, K. 576. The recording of the Mozart sonata is a particular rarity and treasure as it is the only recording of Anda, the great Mozart interpreter, documenting a performance of a Mozart work for solo piano.


Tracks:

ROBERT SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Op. 9:
1.Préambule
2.Pierrot
3.Arlequin
4.Valse noble
5.Eusebius
6.Florestan
7.Coquette
8.Réplique
9.Papillons
10.A.S.C.H.
11.Chiarina
12.Chopin
13.Estrella
14.Reconnaissance
15.Pantalon et Colombine
16.Valse allemande
17.Paganini
18.Aveu
19.Promenade
20.Pause
21.Marche des Davidsbündler" contre les

ROBERT SCHUMANN: Sinfonische Etüden, Op. 13:
22.Thema: Andante
23.Etude I: Un poco più vivo
24.Etude II
25.Etude III: Vivace
26.Etude IV
27.Etude V
28.Etude VI: Agitato
29.Variation posth. IV
30.Etude VII: Allegro molto
31.Variation posth. V
32.Etude VIII
33.Etude IX: Presto possibile
34.Etude X
35.Etude XI: Con espressione
36.Etude XII (Finale): Allegro brillante

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826:
37.I. Sinfonia
38.II. Allemande
39.III. Courante
40.IV. Sarabande
41.V. Rondeau
42.VI. Capriccio

JOSEPH HAYDN: Piano Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI: 23
43.I. Allegro
44.II. Adagio
45.III. Presto

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Piano Sonata in D Major, K. 576:
46.I. Allegro
47.II. Adagio
48.III. Allegretto