Annie Fischer's Beethoven recordings are simply the best; she is second to none! She is one of the few who really delivers a satisfying performance. Beethoven must be played directly with strict timing rhythmic energy; otherwise, it loses its flow. Far too many pianists change tempo arbitrarily, but not Fischer.
It was said of Annie Fischer that her tremendous musicality afforded her the ability to see something new in the music each time she played it, even when she was on stage. The audience was witness to a unique and new interpretation even as they attended a concert given by this great pianist and musician. This is what we hear here. It is always and ONLY Beethoven, yet we hear her exploring all the possibilities and treasures Beethoven placed in this piece. Totally spontaneous yet it has the quality of Inevitability - the Hallmark of Beethoven. Thank you for giving us this music.
Although she´s not unknown she has been,obviously underrated.How can I explain, otherwise, the fact that for more than 45 years I´ve been missing her.I cannot stop listening to her!
@@matthewv789 Waldstein? Her most outstanding contribution to our understanding of Beethoven comes from the so-called "moonlight" as she demonstrated beyond any doubt that this sonata has nothing to do with moonlight. I consider her the greatest interpreter of Beethoven sonatas.
Perhaps the most perfect.... every, every note covered with Passion, nothing missed in Tempo either.... I heard Beethoven's soul in this...My Thanks...
Annie Fischer is legend.... super amazing tuch....!!!! very nice play Pathétique! this is my first Pathétique, best Pathétique, most beutiful Pathétique never ever seen.. thx thx! thX!!!
Personally, I find this recording the best among other recordings of this sonata. Its got the clarity, power, the softness as well as the hard pounding sections covered like how I imagine this sonata to sound😅
Truly a master. One of my favorite pianist. Underappreciated and underrated because she was a woman in a mans world! Funny thing she was a chain smoker and orchestras nicknamed her Annie Ashtray! I have several of her recordings on vinyl and every one special to me!
@@quaver1239 Find the "Mozart practice" with Vasáry Tamás conducting and she's smoking like a chimney, ... (Mozart 22) czcams.com/video/z7Uf_M-s1eA/video.html - There's a wonderful interview with Vásáry Tamás (in Hungarian) when he talks about going out with Annie Fischer to listen to György Cziffra... Another amazing story from the "Hungarian Club".
I kept looking for a version I liked. Richter I found too fast but after him many sounded boring and overly miserable, thank you for posting this version, so far I have not found I like more!
La gran pianista ANNIE FISCHER estudio en el Academia Franz Liszt con Ernő Dohnányi ganando el concurso homónimo en 1933. Fue una niña prodigio y debutó a los ocho años. Actuó en Europa y Australia y al final de su carrera en Estados Unidos, donde debutó en 1961 en Carnegie Hall dirigida por George Szell con la Orquesta de Cleveland.2 Fue la esposa del musicólogo Aladar Toth (1898-1968). En 1940, Annie Fischer huyó de la persecución nazi y se refugió con su esposo en Suecia,3 regresando a Budapest en 1946, donde falleció en 1995. Admirada por Otto Klemperer, Sviatoslav Richter y Maurizio Pollini se destacó en interpretaciones de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert y Robert Schumann, así como de Béla Bartók.
La expression de su cara parece que forma un Marco de roca solidamente tallado Para el fantastic concierto de unas Manos magistrales impulsadas por un espiritu lleno de temperamento y passion...magnifica interpretation y tecnica!!...Gracias y que Dios la tenga en Gloria.
BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO!!!! I don't know who Ms Annie Fischer is or was but she is outstanding!!!! She plays with passion and obviously is LOVING what she is doing!!! fave for sure!!!
Hungarian, mostly unknown outside of Europe (she only ever performed twice in the United States), and her Beethoven sonata cycle was not published until after her death (she hadn’t approved its release).
Very good performance; quite expressive but without exaggerations and with very few technical issues, what a shame that she rushed the second part; late thanks for posting it!
Gilels was one of the greatest interpreters Of Beethoven and also Solomon Thay are all great Artists but so different from each Thay are Artists not Robots lots of people Do not understand This
Wonderful to actually see Fischer on film . Her intensity must have made her a very different pianist in the 1920's and later . Could she charm in Schumann like or DeLarrocha Novaes ,,Bruchollerie who never could have had Fischer's technique . If someone played this without telling me I'd say this player has a lot of fire but plays this music in a pianistic way not the music is first conception unlike a completely different generation Ashkenazy 's or Brendel 's depth in this music .
That’s such a disparaging comment! You may as well look at a black person and be surprised he/she can talk! Have you ever heard of respectful attitude to people regardless of gender, race, nationality? Please close your eyes, listen, admire and open your heart to this wonderful pianist.
Very amazing indeed ..... the music is superb , but what is it ? Beethoven , certainly not . Some show off , or pretentious virtuosity ? Of course not . Annie Fischer is just , and only , playing for herself . Not to be listened , no , just only for herself . And she is telling (us) a fantastic story . Something out of her intimate life . Privacy . Something harsh , stiff , it's painful and aching , but it is so "noble" ... I have never listen something like "that" . She respects the master of Bonn . She knows that he wrote the Missa Solemnis . But she do not care .... Beethoven as a walker-on .... Hah ! Annie is telling something , explaining , and more of all , expressing it . Something very special . Intimate women relation . precious stuff . Going far . Very far . Sensuality . Even more . And more again . And this whole "thing" , with no one drop of "romanticism" , no self-wailing or lamentation upon her own soul . Only this story . Only love . I am quite confused .
Toca sucio la Sra con todo mi respeto, nada de perfección, aunque hayan sordos que lo supongan, ex. 6:10 al 6:12 está sucio, por citar uno, interpreta bien pero pasajes sucios, so no es perfecta.
Sadness, passion, fear, frustration are common human feelings, they are not limited to men or women and can equally fantastically be expressed by a talented musicians, male and female... women were rarely given the option to study, build careers hence so many misconceptions.
For a long time mrs annie fischer von toth, is my love, and for me, this brillant kunstlerin is the best and first in all the world. Shalome mrs fischer.@@andrewvincenti2664
her playing of Beethoven is out of this world
Annie Fischer's Beethoven recordings are simply the best; she is second to none! She is one of the few who really delivers a satisfying performance. Beethoven must be played directly with strict timing rhythmic energy; otherwise, it loses its flow. Far too many pianists change tempo arbitrarily, but not Fischer.
She's second to Schnabel and a handful of pianists, both well- and lesser-known.
The complete Annie Fischer dvd edition is a miracle!
It is a must for A.F. fans!
It was said of Annie Fischer that her tremendous musicality afforded her the ability to see something new in the music each time she played it, even when she was on stage. The audience was witness to a unique and new interpretation even as they attended a concert given by this great pianist and musician. This is what we hear here. It is always and ONLY Beethoven, yet we hear her exploring all the possibilities and treasures Beethoven placed in this piece. Totally spontaneous yet it has the quality of Inevitability - the Hallmark of Beethoven. Thank you for giving us this music.
That is it in a nutshell! Well said.
Thank you for your perfect summation of this amazing musician’s skills.
What an extraordinary privilege, having technology that enables us to still see and hear Annie Fischer. Thank you!
Fisher's genius makes Beethoven's genius come to life. Such a daring performance!
Although she´s not unknown she has been,obviously underrated.How can I explain, otherwise, the fact that for more than 45 years I´ve been missing her.I cannot stop listening to her!
Yes her Waldstein is stunning too, really so much more satisfying than any other I’ve heard.
@@matthewv789 Waldstein? Her most outstanding contribution to our understanding of Beethoven comes from the so-called "moonlight" as she demonstrated beyond any doubt that this sonata has nothing to do with moonlight. I consider her the greatest interpreter of Beethoven sonatas.
Perhaps the most perfect.... every, every note covered with Passion, nothing missed in Tempo either.... I heard Beethoven's soul in this...My Thanks...
Such depth and range of feeling. She had worlds to offer as an artist.
Her second movement is the most sublime I have ever heard. With such freedom, sincerity and heart.
She leaves me always admired...
Annie is always my favourite on Beethoven! She is fantastic.
Annie Fischer is legend.... super amazing tuch....!!!! very nice play Pathétique! this is my first Pathétique, best Pathétique, most beutiful Pathétique never ever seen.. thx thx! thX!!!
The most refined beethoven i have ever heard! Amazing!
She has Beethoven in her being. Thank you; thank you for the video. Bravo!
Personally, I find this recording the best among other recordings of this sonata. Its got the clarity, power, the softness as well as the hard pounding sections covered like how I imagine this sonata to sound😅
0:06 - I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
8:30 - II. Adagio cantabile
13:33 - Rondo: Allegro
The absolute best rendition of pathetique...period.
Merci infiniment pour ces vidéos. Annie Fischer, tout en haut, dans le Panthéon des plus grands pianistes.
Thank you immensely for all your Annie Fischer uploads. Priceless does not begin to describe them.
First introduced to her 60+ years ago. She cemented my affection for classical music. Lovely to hear her again.
Excellent interpretation, great intensity!
She was a fantastic Beethoven player.
Simply wonderful. Thank you, Katalin Sin.
Fantastic document. Thank you so much for uploading. I love the power and passion of her playing.
una maestra grande , que técnica , que trabajadas manos y musicalidad !
I also just came upon Annie Fischer. Amazing. I'm enjoying immensely getting to know her performances. Thanks for the posts.
pure soul,
pure music,
pure joy....
Thank you. So good for the ears and the eyes, to watch the hand work. Makes you want to hear Beethoven himself play it.
Gorgeous rendition ! Thanks a lot Katalin for your great choice , such happy to listen this sonate played by Annie Fischer again and again !
Fantasztikus technika, nagyon egyéni, mélyen átélt előadás. KÖSZÖNET.
Truly a master. One of my favorite pianist. Underappreciated and underrated because she was a woman in a mans world! Funny thing she was a chain smoker and orchestras nicknamed her Annie Ashtray! I have several of her recordings on vinyl and every one special to me!
Loved reading this bit of history about “Annie Ashtray.” Thank you!
@@quaver1239 Find the "Mozart practice" with Vasáry Tamás conducting and she's smoking like a chimney, ... (Mozart 22)
czcams.com/video/z7Uf_M-s1eA/video.html - There's a wonderful interview with Vásáry Tamás (in Hungarian) when he talks about going out with Annie Fischer to listen to György Cziffra... Another amazing story from the "Hungarian Club".
the best of thhe bests - the most perfect -Annie Fischer
She's so old and still she plays with so much energy
Age means nothing!
I kept looking for a version I liked. Richter I found too fast but after him many sounded boring and overly miserable, thank you for posting this version, so far I have not found I like more!
La gran pianista ANNIE FISCHER estudio en el Academia Franz Liszt con Ernő Dohnányi ganando el concurso homónimo en 1933. Fue una niña prodigio y debutó a los ocho años.
Actuó en Europa y Australia y al final de su carrera en Estados Unidos, donde debutó en 1961 en Carnegie Hall dirigida por George Szell con la Orquesta de Cleveland.2
Fue la esposa del musicólogo Aladar Toth (1898-1968).
En 1940, Annie Fischer huyó de la persecución nazi y se refugió con su esposo en Suecia,3 regresando a Budapest en 1946, donde falleció en 1995.
Admirada por Otto Klemperer, Sviatoslav Richter y Maurizio Pollini se destacó en interpretaciones de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert y Robert Schumann, así como de Béla Bartók.
Que mujer tan fuerte. Con la esencia de un hombre.
Magnifica interpretación¡
La expression de su cara parece que forma un Marco de roca solidamente tallado Para el fantastic concierto de unas Manos magistrales impulsadas por un espiritu lleno de temperamento y passion...magnifica interpretation y tecnica!!...Gracias y que Dios la tenga en Gloria.
BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO!!!! I don't know who Ms Annie Fischer is or was but she is outstanding!!!! She plays with passion and obviously is LOVING what she is doing!!! fave for sure!!!
Hungarian, mostly unknown outside of Europe (she only ever performed twice in the United States), and her Beethoven sonata cycle was not published until after her death (she hadn’t approved its release).
I did not Know to miss fischer,but,she is excellent performer,at my humble opinión.
Graceful music! Great Artist! Tears in my eyes. I respect her immersion in music!
I was worried I was going to be watching that guy sitting in his chair - but luckily he disappears after 23 seconds - phew!
She is one of the all-time great pianists. Her tempo is a little too fast, but the playing is exquisite. Bravo!
You can do better, yes?
One of the really important recordings of this sonata.
Breathtaking.
E x t r a o r d i n a r y...she was special..
THANKS ANNIE ♥
“悲怆“ 奏鳴曲 8:30 2nd mvt. Andante Cantabile, 3rd. mvt. 13:35
Heavenly beautiful! Thank you for this video.
Annie I love you !
Best pathetique ever
Not cold technical perfection, but rather we hear titanic emotion and passion!
She was amazing. Thanks!!
Very good performance; quite expressive but without exaggerations and with very few technical issues, what a shame that she rushed the second part; late thanks for posting it!
Fantastic, you did awesome.
정말 멋지십니다. 베토벤의 음악을 너무나 잘 해석하시는 것 같네요. 애니 피셔님의 연주, 감사합니다.
Nagyon szép köszönöm.
Muito obrigado à Katalin Sin tornar acessivel esta gravação maravilhosa.
Absolutely brilliant!
Just brilliant
WOW
merci, merci !
Beautiful
MARAVILLOSO!
2nd Mvt at 8:30
Thanks
Poetic!!
❤
Dear Katalin Sin, if you could tell about when and where this wonderful rendition is recorded...?Thank you so much for the upload🐝
+Proclus Did you get an answer?
her playing is so alive
Who else listens to the Grave at half
speed? 😭🥰
Bravo!!!!!!
When you play something that you know again and again, there must be something special to it!
Does anybody know , from which year this recording is? The recordings you can buy are different - even from Hungaroton;
1. bölüm dinlediğim en güzel yorumdu
嚇死人!!!!!太優了
Does anyone know what metronome speed this could be?
This is the best recital of this piece. stupid camera man show her hands.
This is absolutely amazing. Forget Brendel, Arrau, Gilels and all others.
bubffm Maybe my dear friend..But can't forget Richter interpretation. For me he is the best.
Gilels was one of the greatest interpreters
Of Beethoven and also
Solomon
Thay are all great Artists but so different from each
Thay are Artists not
Robots lots of people
Do not understand
This
Really different.
What year was this recorded?
Wonderful to actually see Fischer on film . Her intensity must have made her a very different pianist in the 1920's and later . Could she charm in Schumann like or DeLarrocha Novaes ,,Bruchollerie who never could have had Fischer's technique . If someone played this without telling me I'd say this player has a lot of fire but plays this music in a pianistic way not the music is first conception unlike a completely different generation Ashkenazy 's or Brendel 's depth in this music .
I wish she was my grandma
Date of this recording?
My God! I loved John Lill's interpretation. This is even more powerful!
モーツアルトは自然に、ベートーベンは、楽譜の上で演技している様だと、あるドイツ語学者が言っていたことを思い出しましだ。
does she know beethoven
Bach partita no 2 for solo violin
Неслыханно!
皆んなもっとゆっくりひきましょう。
Couldn't believe that it was a female pianist's playing! Brava!
??? how do female pianists play???
+limitattitude Bad lol
+limitattitude what I meant is that she owned the extraordinary power in her playing which is barely seen in female piano players
That’s such a disparaging comment! You may as well look at a black person and be surprised he/she can talk! Have you ever heard of respectful attitude to people regardless of gender, race, nationality?
Please close your eyes, listen, admire and open your heart to this wonderful pianist.
@@professordeportugadoyt113 Mostly.. (except Annie, Marta Argerich, and a few other fem. pianist) but you are right :D
Terrible camera work here !! would’ve liked to seen more of her hands for sure!!
Very amazing indeed ..... the music is superb , but what is it ? Beethoven , certainly not . Some show off , or pretentious virtuosity ? Of course not .
Annie Fischer is just , and only , playing for herself . Not to be listened , no , just only for herself .
And she is telling (us) a fantastic story . Something out of her intimate life . Privacy . Something harsh , stiff , it's painful and aching , but it is so "noble" ...
I have never listen something like "that" . She respects the master of Bonn . She knows that he wrote the Missa Solemnis . But she do not care .... Beethoven as a walker-on .... Hah !
Annie is telling something , explaining , and more of all , expressing it .
Something very special . Intimate women relation . precious stuff . Going far . Very far . Sensuality . Even more . And more again .
And this whole "thing" , with no one drop of "romanticism" , no self-wailing or lamentation upon her own soul .
Only this story . Only love .
I am quite confused .
+Dinara Johansen
Why should I avoid those intimate story and things ?
Toca sucio la Sra con todo mi respeto, nada de perfección, aunque hayan sordos que lo supongan, ex. 6:10 al 6:12 está sucio, por citar uno, interpreta bien pero pasajes sucios, so no es perfecta.
Beethoven Sonata are too masculine for the ladies to play.
Bullshit.
Sadness, passion, fear, frustration are common human feelings, they are not limited to men or women and can equally fantastically be expressed by a talented musicians, male and female... women were rarely given the option to study, build careers hence so many misconceptions.
This video is proof that your belief is false.
john evans idiot
For a long time mrs annie fischer von toth, is my love, and for me, this brillant kunstlerin is the best and first in all the world. Shalome mrs fischer.@@andrewvincenti2664