Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas

Arrau Claudio

Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas
Format
Audio
Publisher
UNIVERSAL
Published
20 April 2012
ISBN
0028947836940

Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas

Arrau Claudio

Catalogue # 4783694

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Beethoven:

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Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32 (Complete)

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Eroica Variations, Op. 35

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Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80

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Variations (6) for Piano on an Original Theme in F major, Op.\n34

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Diabelli Variations, Op. 120

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Claudio Arrau (piano)

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CD - 12 discs

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Review

Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau (1903-1991) is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, and he recorded this cycle of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas in the 1960s. These analogue recordings are warm and rich, with great spatial depth, and Arrau delicately balanced the required technical muscularity with an intense, deeply tender emotionality. This is particularly apparent in the later works, from the ‘Hammerklavier’ (No 29), through to Beethoven’s devastating final sonata from 1822, just five years before his death. This set by Arrau has been out of print for years, so Decca’s reissue, which includes the Diabelli Variations, is a welcome one. If you don’t have a complete set of Beethoven’s extraordinary piano sonatas (even if you do - I have three!) then this exemplary collection is for you.

Lisa MacKinney is from Readings Carlton.

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