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The Art of Geza Anda | Brilliant Classics 93795

The Art of Geza Anda

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 93795

Barcode: 5028421937953

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 4

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 16th February 2009

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About

The great Hungarian pianist Géza Anda was born in Budapest in 1921, and studied with Dohnanyi, who provides a direct link to Brahms, and the great virtuoso composer pianist Eugen D’Albert. He died aged only 55 in 1976. Furtwangler called Anda ‘the troubadour of the piano’, and he was indeed a philosopher-virtuoso. His career was devoted to finding the perfect balance between head and heart, intellect and instinct.

The first pianist to record all the Mozart concertos, he was also capable of producing a big heroic sound which led to him acquiring a large repertoire in which he could display his gift for panoramic sound painting. Two composers are especially associated with Anda - Bartók and Schumann - and it is the latter of these two masters that is featured on two of the CDs in this four CD set.
These Schumann recordings are among the greatest ever made of this repertoire.

CD4 contains two recordings of the fearsome Études symphoniques, made in 1943 in his firebrand youth and 20 years later, at the peak of his maturity.

His mastery of Beethoven and Schubert is evident on CD1, where the transition from the classical to the romantic age is apparent in Anda’s extraordinary performance of Schubert’s last sonata. The Beethoven is startling, unconventional, thought provoking and in places uneven – intellect winning over instinct perhaps? Anda questions the composer, challenges the listener, and earns our respect in doing so.

Anda’s interpretations of these works were constantly evolving, so these performances will differ from those he made for EMI.

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