Claudio Arrau – Claudio Arrau Plays Beethoven (2022) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Claudio Arrau - Claudio Arrau Plays Beethoven (2022) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz] Download

He was one of the most important virtuosos in the world, and his ingenuity is still undisputed – well over twenty years after his death – as are the standards he set with many of his recordings. Claudio Arrau, who was treated like a god, when it came to his Beethoven interpretations, was able to trace his musical line back to Beethoven. Martin Krause, his teacher at Stern’s Conservatory in Berlin, was a master student of Liszt; his teacher Carl Czerny was so highly favored by Beethoven that he entrusted his brilliant piano student with playing the solo part at the first Vienna performance of his piano concerto No. 5.”I can breathe freely with full lungs in the Beethovenian world, which I have made my own“, Arrau is quoted as saying. “It has to be an organic ability of adaptation between Beethoven and me.”

For many years the renowned critic Joachim Kaiser tried to investigate the Arrau phenomenon and has intensively dealt with its Beethoven interpretations. He highly admired his sense of style, temperament and touch and came to the conclusion: “Arrau is the noblest, the most careful, the most serious pianist of our time.”

Tracklist:

1-1. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto (06:44)
1-2. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”: II. Allegretto (02:22)
1-3. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”: III. Presto agitato (07:31)
1-4. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: I. Vivace, ma non troppo (04:03)
1-5. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo (02:30)
1-6. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. (a) Andante molto cantabile e espressivo (02:45)
1-7. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. (b) Variation I. Molto espressivo (02:25)
1-8. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. (c) Variation II. Leggiermente (01:35)
1-9. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. (d) Variation III. Allegro vivace (00:27)
1-10. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. (e) Variation IV. Etwas langsamer als das Thema (03:10)
1-11. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. (f) Variation V. Allegro, ma non troppo (01:02)
1-12. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. (g) Variation VI. Tempo I del tema (04:29)
1-13. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”: I. Allegro con brio (12:12)
1-14. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”: II. Introduzione. Adagio molto (04:17)
1-15. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”: III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo (10:48)
1-16. Claudio Arrau – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor”: I. Allegro (20:29)
1-17. Claudio Arrau – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor”: II. Adagio un poco mosso (07:48)
1-18. Claudio Arrau – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor”: III. Allegro – Più allegro (10:45)
1-19. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”: I. Adagio – Allegro (07:00)
1-20. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”: II. Andante espressivo (03:50)
1-21. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”: III. Vivacissimamente (06:08)
1-22. Claudio Arrau – Piano Trio No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 “Gassenhauer”: II. Adagio (04:33)
1-23. Claudio Arrau – Piano Trio No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 “Gassenhauer”: III. Tema e variazioni. Pria ch’io l’impegno (04:41)
1-24. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: I. Allegretto ma non troppo (04:22)
1-25. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: II. Vivace all marcia (05:09)
1-26. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: III. Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto (03:07)
1-27. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: IV. Allegro (07:44)
1-28. Claudio Arrau – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: I. Allegro moderato (19:15)
1-29. Claudio Arrau – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto (05:38)
1-30. Claudio Arrau – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: III. Rondo. Vivace – Presto (10:11)
1-31. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo (07:14)
1-32. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto (02:14)
1-33. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: III. (a) Adagio ma non troppo (03:53)
1-34. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110: III. (b) Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo (07:22)
1-35. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”: I. Allegro assai (10:26)
1-36. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”: II. Andante con moto (07:02)
1-37. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”: III. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto (08:25)
1-38. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54: I. In tempo d’un Menuetto (05:58)
1-39. Claudio Arrau – Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54: II. Allegretto (06:24)
1-40. Claudio Arrau – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: I. Allegro con brio (Live) (16:50)
1-41. Claudio Arrau – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: II. Largo (Live) (11:12)
1-42. Claudio Arrau – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: III. Rondo. Allegro – Presto (Live) (09:20)