mf@cornell.UUCP (02/23/84)
I hold the late Swiss pianist Edwin Fischer to be an outstanding
Schubert interpreter. He is considered by many to be the Mozart
interpreter of the century, and some unsurpassed recordings of his
playing of Bach, Mozart (5 piano concerti), Brahms and Beethoven
(esp. the 5th Concerto with Furtwangler) are available -- mainly in
Europe. I don't happen to have with me his Schubert discography,
though I could dig it out for people who ask (via mail). The
only recording of his playing Schubert that comes to my mind right
now is his accompanying the young Elisabeth Schwartzkopf in some
Lieder (see below). Fascinating, to say the Liszt. While on the
subject of Lieder, I also mention a record of Bruno Walter accompanying
Kathleen Ferrier (the unique!)...
Here are a couple of entries of interest, the first of which with
Schnabel -- probably the one Greg Paley mentioned in his article, and
the last two -- the Fischer and Walter (last because they are not strictly
just piano music).
Sonates #18 D.850, #21 D.959, #22 D.960/ Artur Schnabel/
1939, 1937, 1939/ Electrola C 147-01557
Impromptus #2-3 D.899/ Dinu Lipatti/ 1950/ EMI 1C19753780
Wanderer Fantasie C-Dur D. 760, Sonata a-moll D. 845/ Maurizio Pollini/
DDG 2530 473 (S)
Lieder/ E. Schwartzkopf, E. Fischer/ EMI 2C 251-00404 (C)
Lieder/ K. Ferrier, B. Walter/ 1949/ Decca 6 BB 197-8
(The last record includes also songs of Schumann and Brahms with both
Ferrier and Walter, as well as more popular songs, in which Ferrier is
accompanied by Ernest Lush (?)).
People interested in exchanging information on historical recordings in
general are welcome to send me mail to that effect.
--Michel (Uucp: cornell!mf ; ARPA: mf@cornell)