Along with Schnabel, in the first half of the 20th century Edwin Fischer was generally regarded as the greatest interpreter of the Germanic classics - Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms.

This was the period when recording came of age, and many first recorded performances, regarded as definitive in their time and still thought amongst the greatest even today, were set down by Fischer. Supreme among them were the first complete recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and the Mozart concertos presented here.

These are the only Mozart concerto recordings Fischer was to make commercially, except for an LP remake of the D minor in 1954. Their status is such that they should never be out of the catalogue, and we are delighted therefore to reissue these APR transfers as a 3CD set.

Also included are most of Fisher’s solo recordings of Mozart and his only recording of a Haydn concerto.

Contents:
CD 1 (71’16)
- Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor K466
Recorded in London on 24 November 1933
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edwin Fischer

- Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat major K482
Recorded in London on 6 June 1935
Unnamed Orchestra / John Barbirolli

- Rondo for piano and orchestra in D major K382
Recorded in Berlin on 13 October & 30 November 1936
Edwin Fischer Chamber Orchestra / Edwin Fischer

- Minuet in G major K1, arranged by Edwin Fischer
Recorded in London on 25 November 1933

CD 2 (75’09)
- Piano Concerto No.17 in G major K453
Recorded in Berlin on 7 May 1937
Edwin Fischer Chamber Orchestra / Edwin Fischer

- Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor K491
Recorded in London on 3 March 1937
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Collingwood

- Fantasia in C minor K396
Recorded in London on 28 August 1934

- Piano Sonata No.11 in A major K331
Recorded in London on 28 April 1933

CD 3 (75’07)
- Piano Concerto No.25 in C major K503
Recorded in London on 10 October 1947
Philharmonia Orchestra / Josef Krips

- Piano Sonata No.10 in C major K330
Recorded in London on 6 March 1937

- Fantasia in C minor K475
Recorded in Berlin on 29 May 1941

- Romance in A flat major KAnh205
Recorded in Berlin 29 May 1941

Haydn: Concerto in D major Hob XVIII:11
Recorded in Vienna circa 19–22 October 1942
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Edwin Fischer