Claudio Arrau Plays Beethoven, Schumann & Liszt (Live)

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Label
IDIS
Release Date
May 12, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN SCHUMANN LIZT
    • PERFORMER
      Claudio Arruau
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 12, 2015
    • UPC
      8021945003040
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      IDIS6695
    • LABEL
      IDIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro assai

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    2. II. Andante con moto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    3. III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    4. I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    5. II. Massig - Durchaus energisch

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    6. III. Langsam getragen

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    7. 2 Concert Etudes, S145/R6: No. 2. Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Claudio Arrau

    8. Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S514/R181, "Mephisto Waltz No. 1"

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Claudio Arrau


The great piano virtuoso Claudio Arrau (1903-91) joined a transcendental technique with the gift of intellectual analysis, making him a superb Liszt performer as well as one of the most admired 20th c. performers of classical and romantic repertoire. "His" Beethoven had no comparison for clarity of musical logic. Arrau's Schumann perfectly joined strong passionate intensity with a sense of rigor regarding musical structure. All these elements are present on this CD that gathers two live Swiss recitals, captured by Italian Swiss Radio, from 1959 and 1963 during the apex of his career.