Robert Casadesus - Great Pianists of the 20th Century

Robert Casadesus (Artist), Bach (Artist), Beethoven (Artist), Debussy (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 14, 1999)
• SPARS Code: AAD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B00001IVP2
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,675 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Gavotte

2. Le rappel des oiseaux

3. Les sauvages

4. Les niais de Sologne

5. French Suite No. 6 In E, BWV 817: Allemande

6. French Suite No. 6 In E, BWV 817: Courante

7. French Suite No. 6 In E, BWV 817: Sarabande

8. French Suite No. 6 In E, BWV 817: Gavotte

9. French Suite No. 6 In E, BWV 817: Polonaise

10. French Suite No. 6 In E, BWV 817: Menuet

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Disc: 2

1. En blanc et noir (For 2 Pianos): Avec emportement

2. En blanc et noir (For 2 Pianos): Lent. Sombre

3. En blanc et noir (For 2 Pianos): Scherzando

4. Dolly, Op. 56 (Piano Duet): Berceuse

5. Dolly, Op. 56 (Piano Duet): Mi-a-ou

6. Dolly, Op. 56 (Piano Duet): Le jardin de Dolly

7. Dolly, Op. 56 (Piano Duet): Kitty-Valse

8. Dolly, Op. 56 (Piano Duet): Tendresse

9. Dolly, Op. 56 (Piano Duet): Le pas espagnol

10. Prelude In D Flat, Op. 103 No. 1

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Customer Reviews

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A shinning beacon in the middle of a dark night!, March 20, 2005

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This review is from: Robert Casadesus - Great Pianists of the 20th Century (Audio CD)

Nowadays many pianists think -mistakenly- that to fill a big hall, demands to produce an enormous sound amount of sound, hammering the instrument with all their mighty. That conception prevailed during the second half of the XIX Century with that advertised announce: "an authentic keyboard lion". Casadesus was so reliable about the sheerness of the sound that literally astonished the whole world with his apparent simplicity, facing such dissimilar composers as Beethoven and Ravel, and being so famous performer in both at the same time.

He was owner of an illimitable energy and prodigious generosity. From his unique fingers. Chopin's Third Ballade never sounded better. His Ravel's Concerto with Ormandy for the left hand and his Beethoven `s Fourth Piano Concerto with Van Beinum still maintain a status character between the connoseurs. His Scarlatti is played with the same dedication of a filigree builder: the exquisiteness in its major level.

His great musicianship will remain through the years, due it was born from the inner soul. That' s the divine clue of the real artist. He was not a superb French artist. His grandness is far beyond a simple nationality. The actual generation of many extremely self worried by only the technician aspect should search and take their time to listen this outstanding and supreme master.

He will never be forgotten by those who personally admired his craftsmanship and for those music lovers of the future!