Claudio Arrau 3 (III) (Great Pianists of the Century series) - Chopin / Debussy / Granados / Liszt / Mozart / Schubert (2 CDs)

Claudio Arrau (Artist), Chopin (Artist), Debussy (Artist), Granados (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B00000JNPW
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,257 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 1 In C

2. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 In A Minor

3. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 3 In G

4. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 In E Minor

5. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 5 In D

6. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 6 In B Minor

7. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 In A

8. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 8 In F Sharp Minor

9. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 9 In E

10. Preludes, Op. 28: No. 10 In C Sharp Minor

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Disc: 2

1. Années de pélerinage, Première année: Suisse: Vallee D' Obermann

2. Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 1 In C

3. Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 2 In A Flat

4. Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 3 In F Minor

5. Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 4 In C Sharp Minor

6. Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 5 In F Minor

7. Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 6 In A Flat

8. Images, Book 2: Cloches A Travers Les Feuilles

9. Images, Book 2: Et La Lune Descend Sur Le Temple Qui Fut

10. Images, Book 2: Poissons D'Or

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Customer Reviews

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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A genius of poetry, May 27, 2005

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J. Bewley "mbewley2002" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Claudio Arrau 3 (III) (Great Pianists of the Century series) - Chopin / Debussy / Granados / Liszt / Mozart / Schubert (2 CDs) (Audio CD)

Contrary to the bitter reviewer below, I find these collected perormances by Claudio Arrau to be wonderful. His tone and poetic intrepretation are on full display; something that "music lovers" will take full note of. His Debussy is the best!! The three editions of the series are great, and I advise all readers to avoid jaded and biased reviews. i.e. below

10 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Sublime and The Ridiculous, November 26, 2001

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Rupert Stone (Utopia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Claudio Arrau 3 (III) (Great Pianists of the Century series) - Chopin / Debussy / Granados / Liszt / Mozart / Schubert (2 CDs) (Audio CD)

This set is truly a mixed bag. The Chopin Preludes are generally unsatisfactory; at best rather boring, with little invention (although his tone shines through admirably), at worst stodgy and choked. The crowning glory of the record is his rendition of Vallee d'Obermann; the colours, tone and sense of line here are remarkable and it is perfectly organised. The Debussy is not bad - the lack of ideas is compensated for by the man's exceptional richness of tone. When one listens to the Schubert Moments Musicaux as recorded by the aged Arrau, it is difficult to see why Philips continued recording with him. The reading is staid, turgid and plodding, with dreadfully mannered phrasing and articulation. Again, his tone almost comes to the rescue, but it's fighting a lost cause; these performances are nausea inducing and worthy of mockery - they must be avoided at all costs, especially since there are thousands of other superb versions (Richter, for example). If nothing else, they will make you laugh.