Beethoven Piano Your resource for the piano music of Ludwig van Beethoven

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JOHANNES BRAHMS
(1833-1897).

Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15:
1 - I. Maestro
2 - II. Adagio
3 - I. Rondo: Allegro non troppo.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827).

Piano Sonata No.21 in C minor Op.53 "Waldstein":
4 - I. Allegro con brio
5 - II. Introdizione: Adagio molto
6 - III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato Prestissimo.

CLAUDIO ARRAU, piano.
The Philarmonia Orchestra,
BASIL CAMERON.

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This deluxe four-CD set showcases Beethoven's most popular piano sonatas in classic, contrasting performances by some of the 20th century's greatest keyboard soloists. If Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier" comprises music's Old Testament, Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas constitute the New Testament.

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1-3.sonata no.1 in c op.53.4.andante favori op.57/5-77.sonata no.30 in e op.109

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Along with Marston's invaluable reissue of Arrau's early studio recordings, these radio broadcasts from the late 1930s add to our knowledge of one of the century's greats. The younger Arrau was a more overtly virtuosic pianist than the later, more philosophical one on his Philips recordings, but the seriousness of his interpretive approach shines through. The Beethoven sonatas, for example, are weightier in his later recordings, but we can still revel in his unique depth of tone and refusal to settle for surface glitter, a rare trait in a virtuoso of Arrau's technical accomplishments.

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VAI 4388 Mozart: Sonata No. 7 in A minor, K.310, Beethoven: Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111. Bonus: Arrau interview. Telecast of March 5, 1964, 60 min., B&W, All regions.