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Liszt - Chasse Neige - played by Claudio Arrau

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Uploaded by on Aug 26, 2008

Claudio Arrau plays Liszt's Etude n. 12 Chasse Neige (andante con moto)

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  • In this C.Arrau performance i've really heard the wind and the snow.

  • BY far my personal favorite version of Chassre Neige. Others overhaste and choose unbalanced tempo. But Arrau does it the best fashion.

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  • beautifully played...he's the king of this etudes!

  • hands down one of the most beautiful compositions that Liszt ever created

  • Arrau is for me the greatest pianist of our century. This version of Chasse Neige is the best ever. Nothing compared with Cziffra who slaughtered it and turned it into a grotesque piano demonstration with too much approximation and no musicality *at all* .

    Arrau masted both technic AND musicality. Rare pianist. RIP.

  • @aituar77 Kissin

  • it really has something orgasmic in it!

  • Unbelievably beautiful! Just found an interpretation by a young German pianist who shows lots of promise, Adrian Brendle, worth listening to it

  • Ok another Liszt tale... :) When Liszt was on his concert tours he often traveled through the night in a horse-drawn carriage across the countryside. One winter night he apparently chose to sit up front with the driver when it was snowing and allowed himself to get completely covered in snow. He loved the elements and often composed pieces to them. In this performance Arrau casts a magic spell... I see Liszt, playing this by candlelight in a country mansion while the snow whirls all around....

  • Best Chasse-Neige for me

  • I'm not an expert at discerning between what constitutes balanced or unbalanced music, in fact I've never studied the theory of music or attempted to play any written piece; however, I've heard this interpretation as opposed to Lugansky's , Cziffra's, Berman's, and Berezovsky's and I can provide you with my opinion:

    Cziffra: violent

    Lugansky: powerful

    Berman: passionate

    Berezovsky: turbulent

    Arrau: ponderous

    I'm not able to clarify becuase I'm not a professional. They're each beautiful.

  • he goes for the grand melodic line above all....the bravura is second to the music...here Liszt is treated like Beethoven which is all well and good but an additional element is needed which perhaps only the horowitzes and the Czifferas of the world can provide? I think this a fine interpretation but i was raised on Louis Kenteners versions which made my toes stiffen and hair stand up?

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