Annie Fischer plays Schumann: Klavierkonzert a-minor video! full!

[@TobonDavid]

Annie Fischer is one of the most important pianists of the 20th century, and in this impressive concert by Schumann shows it.

[@Bulbophile]

the older generation of pianists had so much more discipline; pedaling, especially, but also phrasing, melody, voicing, articulation. For instance 3:48 - 3:53, in today's consummate artistry, [overkill] orgasmic sounds would be at 3:49. I prefer Fischer's generation of interpretation.... all about carefully directing the line. Probably much closer to composer 'intention' (yeah, yeah) than anything one hears today. 30:36 - interesting

[@SebastianWill]

No wonder Sviatoslav Richter admired her. She is amazing!!

[@Michelle6998832]

[ At 22:00 ] I just can't get enough of how she turns her head to the right with the beat. I feel the same way as she does. The musicality just pours out of her, and I'm so here for it! 👏 👏 👏
R.I.P. Mrs Fischer. Your talent and passion will never be forgotten & forever admired. 🎶 🎵 🌻

[@dirkdannowski9701]

Wenn ich sage , stellen Sie sich vor wie ein geschliffener Diamant in der Sonne funkelt , dann weiß jeder wie das aussieht. Und wenn ich sage , stellen Sie sich vor wie das Schumann Klavierkonzert klingen muss , dann landet man automatisch bei dieser grandiosen Frau Annie Fischer.Oh mein Gott wie liebe ich diese Aufnahme. ♥️

[@borkal969]

100% Zustimmung.

[@dickskinner9721]

Annie Fischer was one of the greatest.

[@quaver1239]

Annie Fischer was perfection! Those gorgeous, athletic hands; her relaxation and happiness in performing - and her immaculate musicianship. Just wonderful. Thank you!

[@ericastier1646]

I have many decades of piano playing in my ear and heard all the historical best and i am not too enthralled by this performance by Annie Fisher. Maybe she was past her prime and i would pass less noticeable messy passages if they're just one or two occurrences but she has major mess ups and in the one most important bar of the entire concerto in the third movement, she recovers instantly also her sense of rhythm gets very nervous and unstable and she struggles quite a bit with the concerto technical difficulties. Again i wouldn't care if it does not degrades the musicality but it does.
So no, this is not a favorite of mine and as usual when writing a critic, i expect some dumb arse to ask me if i can do better, and that is not the point. Sofar this is my least liked interpretation on youtube of all but there is probably worse. Also the piano sounded beat and loosing its singing tone. But i heard better recordings from the same period.

[@jrodriguezpiano]

Wow spoken from emotion and passion, perfection can exist!!
This should quell every neck beard proclaiming “its all about talent, its not in your control”

[@jrodriguezpiano]

And you are right!!! Her third movement is perfect in the sense that she can masterfully hypnotize you with it.

[@jondavwal13]

Jesus Christ. She's unbelievable. Maybe not the most note perfect performance I've ever heard but her playing is electric in a way that I've only experienced listening to Horowitz. And as a pianist myself, her hands are as perfect as it gets. I'm in awe.

[@MrKlemps]

Agree, but her sense of the piece's architecture, of what it is really all about, is way beyond that of Horowit+. Both were incredibly unafraid the grand piano. For a somewhat different account of the Schumann by Annie Fischer, check out her recording with Klemperer (ca. 1960). They were close friends from OK's time as Music Director of the Budapest Opera in the late 1940's where Fischer's husband was general manager.

[@tangistanguy]

I really wonder why people who play the piano feel forced to say that they do when commenting on a pianist, as if they had more "authority" ... Who cares ? We came to this page to listen to Annie Fischer, full stop.

[@jondavwal13]

It wasn't a matter of authority. I was more commenting on her hands and someone who doesn't play the piano wouldn't understand. I actually studied with one of her teachers many years after she did. Watching what I was taught being done to perfection is an amazing thing to see. And don't care if you care.

[@helgeevju]

Her hands were wonderful, her fifth fingers nearly as long as her fourth fingers.

[@MrSebastianarancibia]

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[@patfraser7167]

her power is unbelievable. how beautiful!

[@stefanholz7166]

Very intimate performing. Loveable, pure and honest. Magnificent! 💐💐💐💐

[@patrickcrosby3824]

In case you good folks didn't notice, the conductor here is the legendary Paul Kletzki, the one who gave us perhaps the greatest Mahler 4th on record.

[@antoinezygfryd]

ouiiii !!!!!

[@Rx-mn5fv]

Poetry in performance! Inspirational. I deeply regret not knowing of her playing previously. So much lost time to try to recapture. I know that is impossible, but I am thankful for today and the future with these videos. Thank you.

[@vivienmerchant]

No other pianist is closer to this wonderful work. One of the most moving musicians I have ever heard live (and I have heard them all). Total immersion, total and direct communication, total truthfulness, sincerity and passion. Very rare today, but not extinct. There are some really gifted young ones. What has gone is the period which produced the best pianists, a climate where classical music really mattered to the people. It's the receptive audience which is, after all, important.

[@paulcapaccio9905]

You are so correct ! Contact me please I think the same way. I graduated from Juilliard studied there 7 years. Studied with Ania dorfmann

[@Highinsight7]

and composers... composers who wrote with such inspired passion and beauty...

[@jrodriguezpiano]

This detailed of a third movement simply requires passionate focus.
Difficult in the age of Free Pxrn and Social Media and Internet

[@jrodriguezpiano]

Of course most young audiences wont accept the modern performance with 0 passion and soul, sounding like a replica of insert x famous name here.
Young audiences can hear details, even if they refuse to admit they hear it all!!

[@gabrieleviola6238]

❤❤

[@MrKlemps]

Given her enormous abilities, Annie Fischer remained something of an unheralded pianist, The playing here is huge and wonderful in all the ways that matter. She often appeared in Boston near the end of her career, and the great critic, Richard Dyer, who was then in his prime years, understood her full worth and helped to achieve a large public for her.

[@andreasdimitriou6830]

Annie Fischer definitely one of the greatest!!!

[@4980cbs]

Today I´ve made a great discovery, I cannot say yet but maybe she´s to become my favourite pianist,for the moment I´m going to listen to everything she recorded.

[@johnshaby2338]

Thank-you so much for posting. Annie Fischer is just a joy and inspiration to watch.

[@elviralovemusic2020]

Великая Анни Фишер! Её исполнение притягивает своей искренностью, артистизмом, темпераментом, проживаемостью музыкальных образов! Слушая её, ты становишься соучастником этого волшебного действа, сопереживая её эмоциям! БРАВО!!!

[@berlinzerberus]

La Stupenda!!
Terrific!
Sviatoslav Richter hat sie nicht umsonst so verehrt!!

[@DavidBallpianist]

Amazing! I love her interpretation! Simply beautiful.

[@meredith218461]

Annie Fischer was one the finest pianists of her generation. This performance has such naturural musicianship and poise with a perfectly chosen tempo.

[@jamesfrank5271]

What did she think of Cziffra, when Tamas Vasari took her to listen to Cziffra playing in a bar?

[@berlinzerberus]

Superb piano playing - wonderful approach to Schumann's Piano Concerto.

[@chai35]

I have no idea how you get this video, but you have done a great service to music by posting Annie Fischer's video!!

[@paulcapaccio9905]

Pure genius !

[@doGreatartistsgrowontrees]

Thank you for uploading this. The great Annie Fischer! One of our now gone aristocrats.

[@Classicalrecitals]

Annie Fisher's Schumann is most outstanding! Thank you, subscribed to your channel as well!

[@paulcapaccio9905]

Forget the young pianists of the present. None of them suffer Only through suffering can art evolve !

[@ernabroers]

Thank you for uploading this great performance, Katalin Sin! And thank you 'helgeevju' for the tip: Joszef Gat's excellent book "The technique of piano playing". I've found it (dissertation) on the internet!!

[@fernandagiannoni4727]

Brillante interpretación!!!!

[@CookieFavorites]

Beautiful!

[@1937franco]

le frasi lunghe fanno comprendere il pensiero dell'Autore,,, grandi intuizioni artistiche coadiuvate dalla tecnica superiore...MERAVIGLIA!"!!!

[@TheSkokuDalj]

this is pure gold!

[@hjzitc2010]

amazing performance!!

[@juanchiviris1]

such a sweet tone

[@canman5060]

She is one of THE woman of the Hammerklavier.

[@laurelgleason7470]

unbelievable beautiful !!!

[@mauroanastacio]

what a human!

[@alvaroriccardi]

Fantástica!

[@danlo5]

My favorite Schumann concertos: Serkin/Ormandy, Freire/Kempe, Backhaus/Wand. I wish the sound/recording quality were better on this, but obviously understandable given how old it is. Fischer's playing here is electric.

[@sophiebattisti4764]

Argerich or Fischer, FIscher or Argerich.... two such marvelous ladies

[@aspeck_of_dust_from_alien_land]

Do not forget Clara Haskil!

[@juanfer277]

Extraordinaria interpretación de este concierto.Modestamente lo recomiendo.

[@peterszigeti7476]

Megható és megrendítő látni és hallani.

[@KV4671]

Hier zit Clara Schummann aan het klavier

[@helgeevju]

I recommend you to read Joszef Gat's excellent book "The technique of piano playing", where he devotes several pages to the issue of poise, body movements, and direction of focus. A quotation: "Remember the great performers you have heard.Everyone of them directed his (sic) eyes forward in his (sic) most inspired moments.".

[@helgeevju]

I might add that in his superb book "The Technique of Piano Playing", Joszef Gat devotes several pages to the issue of poise and body and eye movements. It is very illuminating reading..

[@jrodriguezpiano]

Wow her 3 movement is lightyears ahead of most pianists. But she still only touches on JRPIANOs achievements with Hypnosis at the piano.
I cant debut yet.
We live in an age where every Joe and Jane has a dictatorship over their AC, car, Music, Instruments, Buildings, Resources.
You expect a surge in artism when youve sterilized most forms of creative involvement, and Keycarded/Security Guarded most peoples access to their passions.

[@KV4671]

een waarlijk groot misica en wat geniet ik daarvan

[@eldarshus351]

GREAT GREAT GREAT!!!!!!!

[@dr.x3495]

filled with floating idea... romantic

[@carloseduardomarques8827]

This is a old video for sure but it´s the best interpretation of the Concerto i´ve seen so far.

[@dorindraghici348]

Her interpretation remembers me of that of Dinu Lipatti.

[@christiankircher369]

Annie Fischer was a pianiste like Martha Argerich but 10 times more powerful. a solid technique and a ver deep comprehension of the composition. her breething of the phrases is so natural and her sensitivity is controlled by avery intelligent play. All the recordings are worth listening. What a shame that she could not record under better conditions and had such a hard life.

[@Ndybabe]

ah agreeee concert communication is a 2 way street. The audience in da 'older' days produced a curisosity toward a unique perfromance whereas today audiences prefer a faultless rendition never mind the unique interpretation.

[@berlinzerberus]

30:03 - 30:31
Wonderful!

[@gitithadani]

fantastikus!!!

[@helgeevju]

To watch Annie Fischer playing is a lesson in poise, attitude, and movement. Always one with the music, never resorting to theatricalities like looking heavenwards for "inspiration" etc. Otherwise I am fully in accord with Joyce Little's insightful observations.

[@carlodeceglie6376]

Splendido

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

And if you want to know who is for me the utterly best interpret of this concerto , this is Artur Schnabel with Pierre Monteux (in YT) , especially the third movement . Would you try ? Last word : Annie Fischer is not my preference , but I am very respectful on her moving , sensible and inner performance . Really .

[@christianspillemose4074]

Almost as good as Lipatti. Okay, maybe even better

[@musicandliterature47]

Annie Fischer plays this fabulous concerto with unusual clarity, power, and conviction. It is an exciting performance, in which the voice of Florestan is omnipresent, but I don’t hear that of Eusebius quite enough.

[@francoissaillard1050]

Bien sûr Annie Fischer est desservie par la qualité du son ; mais on sent une grande artiste... et de la fougue.

[@michelvoisin4842]

Technique summit level.
Musicality same.

[@jozsefbodi8204]

Igen nagy érzelmet visz a műbe, ezért talán kicsit lassult is az előadás. Ezzel együtt igen szép produkció Ma már gyorsabban adják elő ( lásd Marha Argerich előadását)

[@helgeevju]

Well, I think it's a theatricality because it has nothing to do with the music execution and you never see Annie Fischer doing it.She basically looks to where the music is produced, which is on the strings. But of course it's just a personal point of view and you are entitled to yours.

[@jamesfrank5271]

The orchestra is NOT NHK; it seems to be the Hungarian National SomethingOrOther. The recording is too old for NHK and the violins aren't shiny enough for NHK

[@teodorhamad2157]

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[@theonesaracen6289]

Thank goodness you can hardly hear this awful orchestra, but what piano playing!! The sound balance makes it a masterclass in the solo part.

[@jamesfrank5271]

The orchestra ain't bad, it's the recording equipment and the hall. Ashtray Annie's playing is the best. Maybe ever.

[@jamesfrank5271]

And, I'm in love with the blond first violinist, second stand from the back. Hands off! She's mine!

[@natashadimitrovagyaurova4855]

Fantástica!!!! ❤❤

[@jamesfrank5271]

With Annie playing, who cares about the details, which follow this?

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

It seems she plays for "someone" ...... man or woman , I don't know , I would bet a woman ... this must have been a tragedy .....

[@jamesfrank5271]

Who be da dirigent?

[@zene330]

Antal Doráti

[@jamesfrank5271]

who thinks it's not? I do.

[@jamesfrank5271]

The title screen says it's Paul Klecki (Kletzki), conductor, and composer (until 1942, when he claimed that Uncle Adolf wrecked his composing spirit). But not his conducting spirit?

[@tonyvent3238]

imperiale

[@b1i2l336]

Too bad about the very poor recorded sound.