Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 3, 32 & 23 "appassionata"

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Label
ICA Classics
Release Date
April 29, 2014
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • PERFORMER
      Claudio Arrau
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 29, 2014
    • UPC
      5060244551220
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ICAC 5122
    • LABEL
      ICA Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    2. II. Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    3. III. Adagio ma non troppo -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    4. III. Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    5. I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    6. II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    7. I. Allegro assai

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    8. II. Andante con moto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    9. III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Claudio Arrau


"Some consider Arrau’s live Beethoven sonata performances superior to the studio versions. In the later sonatas, Arrau himself alluded to the fact that an improvisatory approach was required which was difficult to achieve within a recording studio. Of op. 111, Jonathan Summers says in his booklet note that ‘as we near the close...we realise we've been transported to another world by Arrau’. This 1960 Stockholm recording, with Arrau at his career peak, is extremely rare and has never been issued."