BBC Music: Secrets
Secrets is a compilation of bootleg recordings made between 1978 and 1981 of recitals given by Hungarian pianist Annie Fischer. Fischer disliked studio work, and without these unofficial tapes her wonderful legacy would be considerably smaller. These discs feature music by Schubert, Schumann and Chopin. With Schubert’s Sonatas in A minor, D845, and A major D959 we are drawn into Fischer’s intimately personal world. Many endearingly distinctive aspects of her playing further suffuse her interpretation of Schumann’s Fantasiestücke. Recorded sound is never less than acceptable and, for the most part much more than that.
Nicholas Anderson
Source: BBC Music