Geza Anda – The Telefunken Recordings (2015) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Géza Anda: The Telefunken Recordings – masterpieces of incisive poetry and brilliant technique.
These recordings are characterised by Géza Anda’s distinctive balance of spontaneity and intellectual control, incisive poetry and brilliant technique. Géza Anda bestows upon his audience not only a pianistic and musical moment of glory, but also invites them to witness the birth of a pianistic aestheticism where objectivity and fantasy are no contradiction but are dependent on each other.

Following its ‘Edition Géza Anda’, audite now issues – for the first time on CD – Géza Anda’s Telefunken recordings made in 1950 and 1951. This fifth audite release featuring the Swiss-Hungarian pianist closes a gap which has long been a source of regret to connoisseurs and admirers of Géza Anda’s pianism. Chronologically, the Telefunken recordings are positioned between Anda’s first recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and the later recordings for Columbia and DG. They document the pianist’s transition from brilliant virtuoso to sophisticated musician. The objectivity of his Bach, Haydn and Mozart interpretations and the painstakingly worked out, fantastic world of the Schumann cycles complement each other in characteristic and fascinating fashion.

Comprising Robert Schumann’s Carnaval Op. 9 and his Symphonic Etudes Op. 13, the Telefunken recordings represent two important pillars of Anda’s repertoire. However, they also contain three works which he played only rarely: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826, Joseph Haydn’s Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI/23, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s last Piano Sonata in D major, K. 576. The recording of the Mozart sonata is a particular rarity and treasure as it is the only recording of Anda, the great Mozart interpreter, documenting a performance of a Mozart work for solo piano.

‘These recordings demonstrate the warmth and the charisma of Anda’s personality. The Schumann is crisp and direct, the Haydn and Mozart dance with rhythmic energy.’ (BBC Music Magazine)

„These recordings demonstrate the warmth and the charisma of Anda’s personality. The Schumann is crisp and direct, the Haydn and Mozart dance with…“ (BBC)

Tracklist:

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Carnaval, Op. 9
1 Préambule 02:30
2 Pierrot 01:13
3 Arlequin 00:49
4 Valse noble 01:14
5 Eusebius 01:41
6 Florestan 01:06
7 Coquette 01:08
8 Réplique 00:33
9 Papillons 00:49
10 A.s.c.h.-S.c.h.a. (Lettres dansantes) 00:40
11 Chiarina 00:57
12 Chopin 01:29
13 Estrella 00:35
14 Reconnaissance 01:56
15 Pantalon et Colombine 00:51
16 Valse allemande 00:58
17 Paganini 01:16
18 Aveu 00:59
19 Promenade 02:06
20 Pause 00:20
21 Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins 04:03
Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
22 Thema: Andante 01:17
23 Etude I: Un poco più vivo 00:44
24 Etude II 01:43
25 Etude III: Vivace 01:19
26 Etude IV 00:53
27 Etude V 00:42
28 Etude VI: Agitato 00:46
29 Variation posth. IV 02:07
30 Etude VII: Allegro molto 00:45
31 Variation posth. V 01:29
32 Etude VII I02:18
33 Etude IX: Presto possibile 00:37
34 Etude X 00:37
35 Etude XI: Con espressione 02:03
36 Etude XII (Finale): Allegro brillante 05:44

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826
37 I. Sinfonia 04:30
38 II. Allemande 01:56
39 III. Courante 01:06
40 IV. Sarabande 02:49
41 V. Rondeau 01:20
42 VI. Capriccio 03:30

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI: 23
43 I. Allegro 03:24
44 II. Adagio 03:05
45 III. Presto 03:34

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in D Major, K. 576
46 I. Allegro 03:17
47 II. Adagio 04:33
48 III. Allegretto 03:38

Personnel
Géza Anda, piano

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