Annie Fischer
Annie Fischer was a Hungarian piano virtuoso who lived for many years in England. She was noted in particular for her sensitivity in Mozart's piano concertos, and recorded mainly for EMI.
Fischer made her debut at the age of ten and studied with Ernst von Dohnányi at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Her performance of the Liszt Sonata in B minor won Fischer first prize at the 1933 Liszt International Piano Competition, but her concert career was barely underway when war broke out; Fischer fled to Sweden. Afterwards, Fischer returned to Hungary, and although she made her New York debut in 1961, she was only seldom seen in the United States and based her career in continental Europe. In her native Hungary, Fischer was particularly well vaulted and was awarded the Kossuth Prize three times. Mozart and Beethoven were Fischer's bread-and-butter composers, but she also excelled in later Romantic repertoire and in a few modern works, most notably the Piano Concerto No. 3 of Béla Bartók. Although regarded as one of the world's greatest pianists late in life, Fischer only rarely recorded and disliked doing so. Shortly after Fischer's death in 1995, the Hungaroton label issued a complete recording of Fischer on the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas. Fischer had been working on this set for the better part of two decades, but prior to that time in her later years, she had not seen them fit to release. Fischer was an intense and powerful pianist who responded most strongly to her own inner sense of inspiration and drive; in works where this approach was an advantage, such as the "Hammerklavier" Sonata of Beethoven, Fischer was second to none.
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Ludwig van Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas
Klassiek - Released by Hungaroton on 15 apr. 2001
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 22, Rondo, K. 382 - Franz Schubert: Impromptu, D. 935 No. 4
Annie Fischer, The Philharmonia, Sir Adrian Boult, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukács Ervin
Klassiek - Released by Praga Digitals on 1 sep. 2016
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Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 - Schubert: 4 Impromptus D. 935
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Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz. 119 - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74
Annie Fischer, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ferenc Fricsay
Klassiek - Released by Orfeo on 1 jan. 2016
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 23 - Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Annie Fischer, The Philharmonia, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir Adrian Boult, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ferenc Fricsay
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Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5: Nos. 9, 14, 28, and 29
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 19, 15 "Pastoral", 30 & 32
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Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4: Nos. 18 and 29
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Mozart: Concertos pour piano Nos. 21 & 22
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Annie Fischer, Philharmonia Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics on 10 mei 1993
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Annie Fischer: The Centennial Collection
Annie Fischer, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Lukács Ervin, Heribert Esser
Concertmuziek - Released by Hungaroton on 27 mei 2014
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 21, 22, 23
Annie Fischer, Philharmonia Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording on 24 mrt. 2021
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 "Moonlight", 24 "À Thérèse" & 30
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 8 "Pathétique" & 21 "Waldstein"
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Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2: Nos. 1, 3, and 8
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Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 / Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 20 & 23
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics on 19 sep. 1990
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Secrets (Live)
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 482 - Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Annie Fischer, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Hans Müller-Kray, Hans Rosbaud
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Schumann: Fantaisie Op. 17 & Carnaval, Op. 9, Extracts (Mono Version)
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Mozart: Prelude and Fugue, K 394 / Schubert: Impomptu No. 5
Annie Fischer, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Heribert Esser
Concertmuziek - Released by Hungaroton on 15 jul. 2014
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Beethoven & Mozart: Piano Concerto NO. 3, OP. 37 - Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano, OP. 567 - Rondo, K. 382 & K.386
Concerten voor klavier - Released by Altair on 18 nov. 2022
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