Track Listing

1. Allegro
2. Romance
3. Rondo (Allegro assai)
4. Allegro
5. Andante
6. Allegro (Rondo)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #258710 in Music
• Released on: 1998-05-26

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Those who expect mannered, Romantic interpretations will be surprised by Fischer's aristocratic classicism. His supposed technical failings are nowhere in evidence in these 1933-1936 recordings. What is abundantly in evidence is a lovely, varied tone, a rather severe classic style in No. 20, a more elastic approach in the looser No. 22, unerringly right tempos (except for a brisk andante in No. 22), and an integrated conception that convinces throughout both big works. Fischer's own cadenzas seem a bit odd today, but facinating nonetheless. His Mozart has none of the mincing approach prevalent at the time, a modern conception for all seasons. Bryan Crimp's splendid transfers are beyond praise, solid and detailed. --Dan Davis

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Mozart concertos were rarities on disc before Edwin Fischer took up their cause in the '30s. Fischer's 1933 D Minor (K. 466) may not have the breadth and other-worldly phrASINg of his '50s remake, but the pianist's ravishing, effortless tone glows more gorgeously in APR's new transfers. The give and take between piano and orchestra evokes a true chamber ambiance here as well as in the E-flat concerto and slight but attractive D-major Rondo. While you'll find more of Mozart's tensile, dramatic persona through Artur Schnabel and Perter Serkin, Fischer's fingers don't merely sing, they breathe, even in his original, rather naive cadenzas. Yes, APR's an expensive label, but this one's worth every penny. --Jed Distler