Annie Fischer - Chopin Concerto no. 1 part 1/4

Allegro maestoso

[@berlinzerberus]

..Just for these reasons Mme. Argerich cannot even hold a candle to this outstanding artist! Ya, Annie Fischer!!

[@alexandrebasto8491]

exactly

[@tedly10027]

what has become more convincing to me over the years of familiarity with the famous pianists especially by quickly comparing her with others through youtube noawadays is how much more naturally musical and artistic, yet unfussy her playing is. there is no hint at all of artificiality and yet her conceptions of structure capture grandeur as well as refined poetry that is difficult to find in beautiful balance among many others.

[@BoratBrother]

What a lyrical execution and what a majestic expression and interpretation...one of the best if not the best..this should rank as the benchmark...incomparable... makes other performances look pale ( without naming names!!!).....thanks for the post..

[@tedly10027]

what's especially endearing about her live performances is: she plays "big" but NEVER plays "to the theatre" as many do. rather she plays by "inviting" the listener into the music and then lets the music and her playing embrace you into that world. she is first an artist and musician and only second a "pianist".

[@musizieren9267]

Thank you very much. .

[@paulprocopolis]

A superb performance - the playing is committed and intense but also deeply poetic where necessary (and who cares about the odd passing slip?). Surely Ms Fischer was one of the great interpreters of the 20th century - if one of the most unglamorous!

[@UnionToko]

Beautiful musicality ! Thx for d video ! Jesus Bless U

[@v3le]

this is exactly how chopin should be played! exactly like this!!!

[@JamesVaughan]

Beautifully stated! I agree. I am impressed with Fischer's sincere approach to the music...I love the way she shapes the bel canto-like 2nd subject, making it a gorgeous nocturne. I have not been familiar with this pianist's Chopin before (only her Mozart and Beethoven). I believe she was a student of Dohnanyi's, in Budapest before the war...clearly she was one of the great ones

[@weikko79]

Well! This is certainly interesting! And even a video! Thank you a lot!

[@floydrharper]

Once again, I think it's folly to attempt to rate her performance based on this ancient, now highly compressed KZbin vid. I like it that she plays without the absurd looking histrionics we see exhibited by some artists today. I guess I've heard this movement performed in person a couple of dozen times by various pianists and each one has brought something unique to the table. We know that S. Richter held her in pretty high esteem and, frankly, that's good enough for me.

[@kingjepoy]

fantastically musical! i love it!

[@paulostroff99]

Beautifully played! Brava! TY.

[@tedly10027]

compared to her -- argerich and many imitators of that "style" of super aggressive playing - are like students trying to impress with how loud and fast they can play while throwing in some token gestures of stock "expression" habits. Fischer is the GENUINE article...deeply musical in every sound, with a mind for the big arch of the architecture, the role of brilliance and playing to play with the most natural elegance of artistic expression.

[@tedly10027]

just a pianist too and lover of great music like you :-)

[@tedly10027]

with chopin -- often in the concertos and big works - the sense of "over-all structure" can take second place behind the beauty and brilliance of the playing, drama and lyricism of players. so- to see just how great Fischer's STRUCTURAL conception was-- check out her late Beethoven sonatas. that is playing of a GREAT mind at work that can conceive large architectures and how the details relate to them.

[@Contrappunto]

Great to read perceptive comments which look beyond the gloss of recent performances of this testing work to savour concepts of architecture and strength (of expression) rather than sentimentality. I do agree the tempo is fast, though not relentless however.

[@seremerow]

大家對於這個指揮所引導出的開頭速度... 有什麼看法嗎？ Does anyone have some ideals or opinions about "the speed" of opening which the conducter made.?

[@uhartchristian]

you got the poiunt, she had a natural phrasing. It wasnt fabricated. She was a musician born..... Talents like her are very rare. Because of the difficulties her country Hungary went through her name is not more known than it is. If she would have been born and living in Russia or USA she would have been very famous throughout the world. But thats life. A good career depends on many factors. But I can tell you her Paris concerts were booked out..... could hear her in salle Gaveau in the 80ties.

[@Contrappunto]

Additional to my first comment, listeners may find the young Kristian Zimmerman's performance of particular interest by way of comparison.

[@tedly10027]

she doesn't quite "play" the music as much as "speak" it as if notes are like "words" to her. listen to her beethoven sonata 111, she plays the first mvt with the force and fullness of an orchestra yet her 2nd mvt has nuances that few if any capture that "guide" us through the grandeur of beethoven's variation explorations.

[@F4sT]

it's too fast.. maybe it's old video problem..

[@uhartchristian]

the tempo isnt that fast , just the right tempo. those who criticise the tempo here are wrong. Even Rubinstein did n t do it more slowly. And nobody does find something to say there, so....

[@weikko79]

Well, obviously.

[@nousernamewhatsoever]

After hearing Rafal Blechacz's playing this concerto it's just very hard listening to other interpretations.For me,anyway.

[@Cattytea]

I agree it is too fast too.

[@BoratBrother]

you must be utterly misguided or there must be something wrong with your ears..and talking about mistakes if you really want to hear how this concerto can be fucked up see Yulianna Avdeeva's performance and listen to the opening few bars..I find Fischer's almost note-perfect...