Throughout the seven decades of Annie Fischer’s (1914–1995) prolific career, her amazing talent for music was accompanied by a sound foundation in the art, exceptional skills, precision and an outstanding intelligence as a performer. Despite her superior technical skills, she never indulged in virtuosity for just virtuosity’s sake: she complemented her brilliant technique with varied key-pressing and a refined, sophisticated sound. The honesty, artless simplicity, purity and deep musicality of Annie Fischer’s piano performances can still be enjoyed today through the studio recordings.
Works:
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
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Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
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Mozart: Fantasia (Prelude) & Fugue in C major, K394
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan'
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Mozart: Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in D major, K382
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Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D935
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Schubert: Impromptu in A flat major, D935 No. 2
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Schubert: Impromptu in B flat major, D935 No. 3
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Schubert: Impromptu in F Minor, D935 No. 1
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Schubert: Impromptu in F minor, D935, No. 4
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Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960