Collectors of historical recordings on LP may recall “Karl Böhm […]
The choice item in this second volume of Deutsche Grammophon’s budget Furtwängler/Berlin Philharmonic collection is the 1942 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 with Edwin Fischer.
The justly acclaimed Fischer/Furtwängler “Emperor” first appeared on CD alone at full price, then at mid-price coupled with the pianist in Beethoven’s Op. 10 No.
On Testament, Paul Bailey’s transfer of Edwin Fischer’s 1947 Mozart K. 503 concerto contains a higher degree of surface noise than APR’s quieter remastering, yet
There’s little anyone can add to nearly 50 years worth of praise and awe-inspired reverence for Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Edwin Fischer’s 1952 Schubert song recital.
Sonically speaking, in Naxos’ remastering Edwin Fischer’s landmark recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier is markedly inferior to the pricier EMI and Pearl reissues. As with
With this release, you can purchase Edwin Fischer’s pioneering set of Bach’s 48 Preludes and Fugues at full price (Pearl), mid-price (EMI), and now budget
Edwin Fischer’s pioneering 1930s recordings of the complete Bach Well-Tempered Clavier get a serious sonic facelift via new transfers effected by Andrew Walter. The results
Testament’s restoration of The 1942 Fischer/Furtwängler Brahms Second Piano Concerto was made from the same source material used for Deutsche Grammophon’s 1989 series devoted to
Mozart’s piano concertos were hardly as ubiquitous on disc as they are today when Edwin Fischer made his pioneering recordings for HMV in the 1930s.