Annie Fischer plays Beethoven Sonata No.7, op.10 no.3 (I)

Piano Sonata no. 7 in D major, the last of the three piano sonatas in his tenth opus, was dedicated to the Countess Anne Margarete von Browne, and written in 1798.

In the late 18th century it was customary to publish works in multiples of three and Beethoven worked on his op.10 sonatas simultaneously between about 1796 and 1798 which usually are described as angular or experimental, as Beethoven began moving further and further away from his earlier models.

The third sonata of this set is the longest, and it is the only one that has 4 movements:

I. Presto
II. Largo e mesto / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I66Oh1uhicM
III. Menuetto / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezu5M7W0U1c
IV. Rondo. Allegro / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ32lewvV4E

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Annie Fischer (1914 - 1995)

Hungarian pianist Fischer was born in Budapest, and studied in that city at the Franz Liszt Academy. In 1933 she won the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in her native city. Throughout her career she played mainly in Europe and Australia, but was seldom heard in the United States until late in her lifetime, having concertized only twice across the Atlantic.

Her playing has been praised for its characteristic intensity and effortless manner of phrasing as well as its technical power and spiritual depth.

She was greatly admired by her contemporaries as Sviatoslav Richter; Richter wrote that -Annie Fischer is a great artist imbued with a spirit of greatness and genuine profundity"-.

Her interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Schumann, as well as Hungarian composers like Bela Bartok continue to receive the highest praise.

Fischer made significant studio recordings in the 1950s with Otto Klemperer and Wolfgang Sawallisch, but felt that any interpretation created in the absence of an audience would artificially be constricting. Her greatest legacy, however, is a studio-made integral set of Beethoven piano sonatas. A self-critical perfectionist, she did not allow the set that was worked on since 1977 to be released in her lifetime.

Only after her death the recordings of the 32 sonatas were released.

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[musicy88]

what edition is this music score?!?!?!?!?

[SertavisPianist]

I like it, but its not as good as Irena Koblar, in my opinion