Description
FHR Remasters
Released as a 3CD box set and on all digital platforms: 11 December 2026
ANNIE FISCHER piano
The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals Pasadena, California, USA, 1982 and 1988
All recordings are first releases
CD1
17 OCTOBER 1982
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, ‘Waldstein’ (1804)
1. I. Allegro con brio
2. II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
3. III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato
Franz SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935 (1827)
4. No. 1 in F minor: Allegro moderato
5. No. 2 in A flat major: Allegretto
6. No. 3 in B flat major: Andante
7. No. 4 in F minor: Allegro scherzando
interval
CD2
Robert SCHUMANN (1811–1886)
Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 (1838)
1. I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen – Im Legendenton – Erstes tempo
2. II. Mässig
3. III. Langsam getragen
Encores:
4. Fantasiestücke, Op. 12, No. 2, Aufschwung (1837)
Frédéric CHOPIN (1810–1849)
5. Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (1847)
2 MARCH 1988
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10, No. 3 (1798)
6. I. Presto
7. II. Largo e mesto
8. III. Menuetto: Allegro
9. IV. Rondo: Allegro
CD3
SCHUBERT
Piano Sonata in B flat major, D960 (1828)
1. I. Molto moderato
2. II. Andante sostenuto
3. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza
4. IV. Allegro ma non troppo
SCHUMANN
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 11 ‘Grosse Sonate’ (1836)
5. Ia. Introduzione: Un poco adagio
6. Ib. Introduzione: Allegro vivace – Più lento
7. II. Aria
8. III. Scherzo: Allegrissimo – Intermezzo: Lento
9. IV. Finale: Allegro un poco maestoso – Più allegro
Encore:
BEETHOVEN
10. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ‘Moonlight’: I. Adagio sostenuto (1801)
24 bit, 96kHz high resolution transfers from open reel tapes
24 bit, 96kHz high resolution remastering by John Croft (Chiaro Audio)
Booklet notes by Jonathan Summers
Recordings released with approval from the estate of Annie Fischer
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