Edwin Fischer was undoubtedly at the forefront here. He displayed his brilliant, infallible musicality in his trio performances with Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Enrico Mainardi, in solo recitals and, not least, in the piano concertos that he performed as soloist-cum-conductor with the Vienna Philharmonic (he was one of the founding fathers of this particular interpretive art and possessed the authority that comes with it).

All this is to be heard in Orfeo's new collection in memory of Fischer, with recordings from the years 1946–54. There are piano concertos by Mozart, piano trios by the same composer, Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms, and then - in Fischer’s final, gripping concert for the Salzburg public - we hear Beethoven’s Sonatas Op.28, 53 and 111.