Sensational: a first recording by Géza Anda of Chopin’s 12 Etudes Op. 10. He once said of Op. 10 No. 1 that you have to have been a pianist for 25 years before you can play it. The Hungarian pianist Géza Anda (1921–76) was a celebrated interpreter of classical and romantic repertoire. Particularly noted for his performances and recordings of Mozart, he was also a tremendous interpreter of Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Bartók. In his heyday he was regarded as an amazing artist, possessed of a beautiful, natural and flawless technique that gave his concerts a unique quality. But since his death in 1976 at the age of fifty-four, his high reputation has faded somewhat from view.