Edwin Fischer - Brahms, Schubert & Schumann: Works for Piano (2022)
Artist: Edwin Fischer, Vittorio Brero, Rudolf Nel, Theo Schürgers
Title: Brahms, Schubert & Schumann: Works for Piano
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: APR
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 209:01 min
Total Size: 589 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Brahms, Schubert & Schumann: Works for Piano
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: APR
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 209:01 min
Total Size: 589 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Intermezzo. Allegro ma non troppo
3. III. Andante con moto
4. IV. Rondo alla Zingarese. Presto
5. I. Allegro maestoso
6. II. Andante espressivo
7. III. Scherzo. Allegro energico
8. IV. Intermezzo. Andante molto
9. V. Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato
10. Intermezzo in B-Flat Minor, Op. 117 No. 2 (Excerpts)
11. Ballade in G Minor, Op. 118 No. 3
12. Intermezzo in E-Flat Major, Op. 117 No. 1 (Excerpts)
13. Rhapsody in G Minor, Op. 79 No. 2
14. I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
15. II. Mäßig. Durchaus energisch
16. III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
17. No. 1 in C Major, Moderato
18. No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Andantino
19. No. 3 in F Minor, Allegro moderato
20. No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Moderato
21. No. 5 in F Minor, Allegro vivace
22. No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Allegretto
23. No. 1 in C Minor, Allegro molto moderato
24. No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Allegro
25. No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Andante (Transcr. for G Major)
26. No. 4 in A-Flat Major, Allegretto
27. No. 1 in F Minor, Allegro moderato
28. No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Allegretto
29. No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Theme & Variations
30. No. 4 in F Minor, Allegro scherzando
31. I. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
32. II. Adagio
33. III. Presto
34. IV. Allegro
This release features some of Fischer’s best-known recordings and also his rarest. His pre-war Schubert recordings are classics of the gramophone and have been almost continuously available. APR’s original 1997 transfers of the Impromptus had the benefit of being taken from vinyl pressings of the 78rpm masters and this reissue has allowed us to improve them even further, presenting these gems in the best possible sound.
Fischer’s recordings of Brahms and Schumann, on the other hand are much less known and indeed his masterly performance of the 1st Brahms Piano Quartet, recorded in Germany just after the start of the war with principals from the Edwin Fischer Chamber Orchestra, and only issued there, is extremely rare.
Not much better known are the very fine Brahms group from 1947, and from 1949 we have the Brahms F minor Sonata and the Schumann Fantasy, his only Schumann recording, but a work he described as “a symbol of the soul of the piano”.
Fischer’s recordings of Brahms and Schumann, on the other hand are much less known and indeed his masterly performance of the 1st Brahms Piano Quartet, recorded in Germany just after the start of the war with principals from the Edwin Fischer Chamber Orchestra, and only issued there, is extremely rare.
Not much better known are the very fine Brahms group from 1947, and from 1949 we have the Brahms F minor Sonata and the Schumann Fantasy, his only Schumann recording, but a work he described as “a symbol of the soul of the piano”.