Arrau Maestro Masters
Claudio Arrau
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Release Date: 26/09/2011
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Third part of the successful 4-part Signature Performance Series. Only rarely do musicians win fame as great interpreters of everything they touch. However, the Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau was one such virtuoso. Like his great predecessors Liszt and Busoni, Arrau was renowned for reaching to the stylistic core of every composer he performed. In this historic recital, filmed during his rapturously received return to Santiago in 1984, Arrau demonstrates profound insights into the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt and Debussy, all of whom were dear to him.
REVIEW
He excels in Beethoven's youthful Sonata Op. 10 No. 3, while his velvet, in-depth sonority continually ravishes the ear, especially in Liszt and Schubert. ---- 4* --Julian Haylock, BBC Music Magazine