Claudio Arrau plays Liszt Sonata in B minor (3/4)

[superbemaison]

Far too personal-too many rythm changes and slowing downs..!!!

[gerardbedecarter]

Did Araau study the Sonata with Martin Krause ???

[elcaballodecaligula]

@gerardbedecarter No, I don't think he did. However, he understood quite well the necessities of this kind of oeuvre.

[gerardbedecarter]

@elcaballodecaligula ... I don't doubt that Arrau understood the Liszt Sonata.

[ipublica]

@elcaballodecaligula Sorry, that I contradict. What Arrau focused about with Krause was exactly Liszt. Why do you think that in the famous movie about Franz Liszt, Arrau was chosen over Richter? The reason is that Richter was overly emotional, going for drama, not what in Chinese philosophy (and also German wisdom) is called restraint. Emotions need to be channeled, and Liszt's music is extraordinarily emotional. We are not living in the 19th centry, okay?

[gerardbedecarter]

@elcaballodecaligula ... of course .... Arrau would, no doubt, have in time studied the Sonata with Krause but the latter died suddenly in the flu epidemic of 1918.

[ipublica]

@gerardbedecarter Yes, he did. Krause's teaching is reflected very thoroughly with Arrau's whole repertoire. Let me tell this as a German who besides studying law but also music at a German conservatory, the 'German school', as it is called, does not stress 'virtuosity' in the sense this is perceived in the USA, but as a very competent handling of any difficulty in pianistry, which means to value perfection over speed, and score-obedience over fancy liberties. Arrau was genial.

[TripleRhu]

So warm.. so dramatic... so beautiful..

[KarloFeder]

Was für eine solide, wirklich gute und vernünftige Technik (zB bei den Oktaven) Ohne jede Krampfhaftigkeit und forcierte "Wildheit" Die klangliche Größe oder beser "Breite" finde ich faszinierend

[chilenoHDU]

@KarloFeder Ich stimme völlig mit Ihnen!!

[fledgehog]

the return to the grandioso theme at 3:30 is one of the most beautiful, brilliant moments in music.

[beethomozart]

dated from 1851-53, this magnificent work caused conmotion among the people from that time due to its challenging presentation and even was left aside by many artists due to its formal novelties, and written in a single movement filled with chromatisms.

[ipublica]

@beethomozart Not only that, filled with extraordinary and extravagant pianistic difficulties that no amateur in piano performance can master. Also, the tensions in the hands are such that a child prodigee cannot master them, do what you will.

[honron23]

does someone know of what year is this recording? 1970 or 1985? because I have one that I don't like at all, but I love this one

[jazzlover06]

Wow, Arrau playing faster than average! Sublime.

[gerardbedecarter]

*****

[chacoteris]

Magnificent! He owns this Sonata.

[VivaRenata]

@chacoteris Indeed!

[ipublica]

@chacoteris Okay, you say it in your way but all great music is owned by all people all over the world because the musical language is universal, belonging to all cultures of the world.