COMPOSERS: Beethoven,Schumann
LABELS: Audite
ALBUM TITLE: Schumann, Beethoven
WORKS: Schumann: Piano Concerto; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
PERFORMER: Annie Fischer, Leon Fleisher (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Giulini; Swiss Festival Orchestra/Szell
CATALOGUE NO: 95.643 (1962)
Recorded live at the Lucerne Festival in remarkably fine sound, Fischer’s golden tone recalls an already bygone age, while Fleisher’s dazzling clarity points to the future.
Julian Haylock