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Fischer: Mozart & Beethoven by Edwin Fischer released in 2000. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Edwin Fischer (6 October 1886 – 24 January 1960) was a Swiss classical pianist and conductor. He is regarded as one of the great interpreters of J.S. Bach and Mozart in the twentieth century. Biography. Edwin Fischer, c. 1932.
Works edited by: Fischer, Edwin. The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1999 CD release of "Edwin Fischer II: Beethoven/Mozart/Schubert" on Discogs.
Of the three, Fischer made the fewest commercial recordings – the most famous of these are his Well-Tempered Clavier discs from 1933-36, a handful of Mozart concertos, and his Beethoven "Emperor" (with Furtwängler) from 1951. Few of those works are duplicated here.
Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 Fischer’s interpretation of this concerto, at the time Mozart’s best-known, is classical, symphonic and in many ways strikingly modern. His pianism was at its peak in these years, and this is a typical example of his darting, energetic playing.
Fischer approaches Mozart through a Romantic sensibility, replete with melting secondary themes, Chopin-esque pedaling, and his own wildly anachronistic cadenzas. But his perpetually singing tone and immense musicality enrich every bar.
