Géza Anda, Karl Böhm - Géza Anda plays Brahms and Mozart: Two Legendary Recordings (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

The art of the Swiss pianist of Hungarian origin Géza Anda, which is as unmistakable as it is elusive, is revealed even more impressively in the concert recordings of his career spanning almost 35 years than in the studio recordings, many of which have remained a reference. The numerous surviving concert recordings show the image of an artist who is committed to unconditional dedication and great expressivity. This is impressively demonstrated by the live recordings of Mozart's B flat major Concerto K. 456 and Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1, published here for the first time, which occupy a special place and rank in Anda's oeuvre.

Both concerts are associated with Karl Böhm on the podium: Géza Anda worked with Böhm, so far three times: two of these musical great moments are presented here for the first time. On 25 August 1974, Géza Anda performed Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat major K. 456 with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival, which was also to be Anda's farewell to Salzburg: In May 1975, he was diagnosed with cancer, to which he succumbed a year later, aged just 54. Listening to the Salzburg recording in the knowledge of Anda's tragically early death, it seems that the shadow of a premonition lies over his playing.

Digitally remastered.

Géza Anda, piano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm, conductor

Tracklist:
01 - Original Swiss Radio Announcement (Live at the Lucerne Festival, 1963)
02 - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15_ I. Maestoso - poco piu moderato (Live at the Lucerne Festival, 1963)
03 - Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15_ II. Adagio (Live at the Lucerne Festival, 1963)
04 - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15_ III. Allegro non troppo (Live at the Lucerne Festival, 1963)
05 - Original Austrian Radio Announcement (Live at the Salzburg Festival, 1974)
06 - Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456_ I. Allegro vivace (Live at the Salzburg Festival, 1974)
07 - Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456_ II. Andante un poco sostenuto (Live at the Salzburg Festival, 1974)
08 - Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456_ III. Allegro vivace (Live at the Salzburg Festival, 1974)


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