Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók
Performer: Géza Anda, Clara Haskil
Orchestra: Swiss Festival Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan, Ferenc Fricsay, Ernest Ansermet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE95650
Release: 2022
Size: 424 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Bach: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in C Major, BWV 1061 (Live)
01. I. –
02. II. Adagio ovvero Largo
03. III. Fuga. Vivace
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2, Sz. 95o (Live)
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio – Píu adagio – Presto
06. III. Allegro Molt
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz. 119 (Live)
07. I. Allegretto
08. II. Adagio Religioso
09. III. Allegro Vivace
From 1955 until 1969, Géza Anda performed regularly at the Internationale Musikfestwochen Luzern. Only three recordings from this period have survived and are issued here in their entirety for the first time. These are the Concerto for Two Keyboard and Orchestra, BWV 1061, by Johann Sebastian Bach, recorded in 1955, and Béla Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto, recorded in 1965. Anda was partnered by Clara Haskil and Herbert von Karajan for the Bach, and for the Bartók by Ernest Ansermet, who on this occasion was appearing for the final time in Lucerne. Also included here is Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto, which Anda played with his favourite conductor, Ferenc Fricsay, before an enthusiastic audience.
audite presents this important new addition to the Anda discography in collaboration with the Géza Anda Foundation Zurich, Swiss Radio and Television (SRF), Salzburg’s Eliette and Herbert von Karajan Institute and Lucerne Festival.