Arrau plays Schumann Carnaval 3/4

Claudio Arrau, one of the greatest pianists of all time, plays Schumann Carnaval (1961).

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• Claudio
• Arrau
• Schumann
• Carnaval
• piano

[kempff95]

How lovely he playing "chopin".................

[smithsherman]

wHAT HE HAS THAT SO MANY PIANISTS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS LACK....... is an individually non-mechanistically tailored phrasing that brings an intellectual,spiritual,& psychological depth to the piece that so many others have eschewed in favor of relentless tonal beauty in a mechanistically predictable & unlyrical phrasing rhythm.

[CosmosNut]

i've danced ballet and played a few instruments to some level of competence, so with those caveats I just want to say that this playing of 'Chopin' has a near ethereal quality I find missing in so many intrepetations. At this level, true artists are different, doesn't mean better or worse, just different, why they are true artists? But this 'Chopin' - this one here- has got to be my favorite, the musicality and interpretation are divine. if I ever choreograph again,.. this is it...

[SDxEagle]

Favorite part of the peice

[RWinkley02124]

I love the way that the Paganini movement suggests all the diabolism of that famed violinists virtuosity.

[astronomo16]

My favourite romantic composer is too Chopin, but I am in disagree with you about germans, and I think that your words are unfair. The "german" spirit is one of the most romantic of all, and it was caught in the movement of Sturm und Drang, that had very important personalities like Goethe. The music of Schumann and Brahms has all of that. Listen for instance The concert for piano of Schumann of the 2º concert for piano of Brahms...

[junghesse]

@astronomo16 I totally agree with Chopin. Chopin´s kingdom was / is pretty small, but in his kingdom he is the king. His kingdom is called The Piano. Somehow this piece of Schumann is nice, but there is one thing missing - the beauty: Tschaikowsky ,after he met Brahms in Leipzig, said the same about Brahms. Maybe Schumanns and also Brahms were just too "german" - hard to explain, but can´t find no other words. Well, I understand why Chopin said that´s no music, he loved Bach, Mozart, Hummel...

[astronomo16]

Chopin hated this dedication of Schumann to him. Chopin even said that this composition had no music. I am in disagree with Chopin hehe

[keetner]

I chuckled when I saw "Chopin"...

[twooffour]

@nearenough3

No, you said:

"Just too many clunkers. Today's standards are impossibly demanding; Arrau fits a lost era."

Translation: Arrau was good for his old era where the standards for ACCURACY (or what did you mean by "clunkerS" again?) were lower due to the lack of modern media, but mediocre for today's standards. Which is completely fallacious.

Then you go on to call Rubinstein a "contemporary". Really? That guy had some nice "clunkers" in some of his recitals, as well :D

[nearenough3]

@twooffour I said he was mediocre, OK and nice. These don't mean bad, Now you can consign me to my punishment.

[twooffour]

@nearenough3

Yes, and with all these new media and the internet, pianists can still flub up notes on stage. And it seemed to me you called Arrau mediocre for doing exactly that, flubbing up occasional notes, as opposed to "today's pianists" or whatever. Correct me if I'm wrong?