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Claudio Arrau 3 (III) (Great Pianists of the Century series) - Chopin / Debussy / Granados / Liszt / Mozart / Schubert (2 CDs)

Claudio Arrau 3 (III) (Great Pianists of the Century series) - Chopin / Debussy / Granados / Liszt / Mozart / Schubert (2 CDs)
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Disc 1:

  1. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 1 in C
  2. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 2 in A minor
  3. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 3 in G
  4. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 4 in E minor
  5. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 5 in D
  6. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 6 in B minor
  7. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 7 in A
  8. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 8 in F sharp minor
  9. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 9 in E
  10. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 10 in C sharp minor
  11. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 11 in B
  12. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 12 in G sharp minor
  13. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 13 in F sharp
  14. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 14 in E flat minor
  15. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 15 in D flat "Raindrop"
  16. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 16 in B flat minor
  17. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 17 in A flat
  18. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 18 in F minor
  19. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 19 in E flat
  20. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 20 in C minor
  21. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 21 in B flat
  22. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 22 in G minor
  23. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 23 in F
  24. Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 28, CT. 166-189: No. 24 in D minor
  25. Prelude for piano No. 25 in C sharp minor, Op. 45, CT. 190
  26. Prelude for piano No. 26 in A flat major ('Presto con leggerezza'), KK IVb/7, CT. 191 (B. 86)
  27. Nocturnes (2) for piano, Op. 48, CT. 120-121: Nocturne for piano No. 13 in C minor
  28. Nocturnes (2) for piano, Op. 48, CT. 120-121: Nocturne for piano No 14 in F sharp minor
  29. Goyescas (Dandies in Love), pieces (6) in 2 books for piano, H. 64, DLR 2:4: Quejas o la maja y el ruisenor
  30. Aida: Danza sacra e duetto finale, transcription for piano (after Verdi), S. 436 (LW A276)

Disc 2:

  1. Vall�e d'Obermann, for piano (Ann�es I/6), S. 160/6 (LW A159/3)
  2. Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op. 94): No. 1 in C
  3. Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op. 94): No. 2 in A flat
  4. Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op. 94): No. 3 in F minor
  5. Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op. 94): No. 4 in C sharp minor
  6. Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op. 94): No. 5 in F minor
  7. Moments musicaux (6) for piano, D. 780 (Op. 94): No. 6 in A flat
  8. Images (3), for piano, Set II, L. 111: 1. Cloches � travers les feuilles
  9. Images (3), for piano, Set II, L. 111: 2. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
  10. Images (3), for piano, Set II, L. 111: 3. Poissons d'or
  11. Fantasia for piano in C minor, K. 475

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #157567 in Music
  • Released on: 1999-07-20
  • Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

A genius of poetry5
Contrary to the bitter reviewer below, I find these collected perormances by Claudio Arrau to be wonderful. His tone and poetic intrepretation are on full display; something that "music lovers" will take full note of. His Debussy is the best!! The three editions of the series are great, and I advise all readers to avoid jaded and biased reviews. i.e. below

The Sublime and The Ridiculous3
This set is truly a mixed bag. The Chopin Preludes are generally unsatisfactory; at best rather boring, with little invention (although his tone shines through admirably), at worst stodgy and choked. The crowning glory of the record is his rendition of Vallee d'Obermann; the colours, tone and sense of line here are remarkable and it is perfectly organised. The Debussy is not bad - the lack of ideas is compensated for by the man's exceptional richness of tone. When one listens to the Schubert Moments Musicaux as recorded by the aged Arrau, it is difficult to see why Philips continued recording with him. The reading is staid, turgid and plodding, with dreadfully mannered phrasing and articulation. Again, his tone almost comes to the rescue, but it's fighting a lost cause; these performances are nausea inducing and worthy of mockery - they must be avoided at all costs, especially since there are thousands of other superb versions (Richter, for example). If nothing else, they will make you laugh.