Edith Farnadi

Born in 1921, killed by cancer in 1973, the Hungarian pianist Edith Farnadi had studied piano at the Academy Franz Liszt of Budapest, where once graduated, she taught alongside Bartok. She lived in Austria after the war. Known especially for his interpretations of the music of Liszt and Bartok, she had registered for the brand Westminster concertos with Hermann Scherchen in the fifties.

Take the Second concerto by Liszt, but few subtle seductive work. Here is a wonderful interpretation, supported by a pianist who knows where it goes: s''enchaînent episodes with cohesion flawless, the agreement with the chief, pugnacious, is perfect. The first concerto n''est not worse.

Take one of the greatest works that are, the Second Piano Concerto Bartok. However much love and Anda Fricsay, the winds might be acids in the first movement, and the sound unflattering, here are a proud interpretation, idiomatic, tempestuous, with a slow movement (in 14 'min 57' ') which will at the end, and that n''est saying something, of what this music is full of fatal beauty and darkness. Again, the leader and soloist going in the same direction. Simple and touching, the 3rd Bartok concerto takes the same color and reveals a wealth qu''on do not find him to this degree with many interpreters.

A beautiful portrait of a talented artist.