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Pick any track, go ahead, any track on either disc in the set and you'll be totally blown away. Try, say, the opening of Scarlatti's Sonata in C minor K. 11: isn't the touch the ideal balance between legato and staccato and the tempo the perfect balance between con brio and con spirito? Try the Largo, con gran espressione from Beethoven's Sonata in E flat major, Op. 7: isn't the tone the essence of deepest tragedy and the expression the quintessence of highest nobility? Try Brahms' Ballade in D minor, Op. 10: isn't the texture the definition of despair and the pulse the tread of fate? Try, if you only have time for one performance, Chopin's Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45: isn't the clarity blinding and the intensity absolutely overwhelming? The pianist is Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, one of the most individualistic and compelling pianists of the twentieth century, and although there are in his slim discography some greater recordings -- his transcendent Bach/Busoni "Chaconne" -- and some lesser recordings -- his tired Mozart concertos -- the recordings here include excerpts from arguably his greatest recording -- his luminous Debussy and his glorious Chopin -- and any track on this disc will be sufficient to convert those previously unacquainted with the art of Michelangeli. There is some variety in the sound quality -- the sound of the 1965 Decca Scarlatti sonatas is a bit dim and distant while the sound of the 1971-1972 Debussy and Chopin recordings is as real as fire and light -- but the performances themselves are beyond cavil or criticism.
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Sonata in C minor, K.11 (Domenico Scarlatti)
DOMENICO SCARLATTI, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Decca Music Group Limited
Sonata in C major, K.159 (Domenico Scarlatti)
DOMENICO SCARLATTI, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Decca Music Group Limited
Sonata in A, K.322 (Domenico Scarlatti)
DOMENICO SCARLATTI, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 Decca Music Group Limited
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E Flat Major, Op. 7 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer, Executive Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer, Executive Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer, Executive Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer, Executive Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
4 Ballades, Op. 10 (Johannes Brahms)
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Johannes Brahms, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jürgen Bulgrin, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Klaus Hiemann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Images - Book 1, L. 110 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Images - Book 2, L. 111 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Claude Debussy, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Children's Corner, L. 113 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Claude Debussy, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Claude Debussy, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Claude Debussy, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Claude Debussy, Composer - Christopher Palmer, Arranger, Work Arranger - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Claude Debussy, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
DISC 2
Ballade No.1 In G Minor, Op.23 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wolfgang Werner, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Gernot Westhaeuser, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1972 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wolfgang Werner, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Gernot Westhaeuser, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1972 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 4 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wolfgang Werner, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Gernot Westhaeuser, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1972 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Prélude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wolfgang Werner, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Gernot Westhaeuser, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karl Faust, Producer - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1972 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 (Robert Schumann)
Cord Garben, Producer, Sound Supervisor - Robert Schumann, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Klaus Hiemann, Producer
℗ 1981 British Broadcasting Corporation
Cord Garben, Producer, Sound Supervisor - Robert Schumann, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Klaus Hiemann, Producer
℗ 1981 British Broadcasting Corporation
Cord Garben, Producer, Sound Supervisor - Robert Schumann, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Klaus Hiemann, Producer
℗ 1981 British Broadcasting Corporation
Cord Garben, Producer, Sound Supervisor - Robert Schumann, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Klaus Hiemann, Producer
℗ 1981 British Broadcasting Corporation
Cord Garben, Producer, Sound Supervisor - Robert Schumann, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Klaus Hiemann, Producer
℗ 1981 British Broadcasting Corporation
Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D.537 (Franz Schubert)
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jürgen Bulgrin, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Klaus Hiemann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Piano Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, D. 537 (Franz Schubert)
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jürgen Bulgrin, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Klaus Hiemann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D.537 (Franz Schubert)
Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jürgen Bulgrin, Editor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Klaus Hiemann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
Pick any track, go ahead, any track on either disc in the set and you'll be totally blown away. Try, say, the opening of Scarlatti's Sonata in C minor K. 11: isn't the touch the ideal balance between legato and staccato and the tempo the perfect balance between con brio and con spirito? Try the Largo, con gran espressione from Beethoven's Sonata in E flat major, Op. 7: isn't the tone the essence of deepest tragedy and the expression the quintessence of highest nobility? Try Brahms' Ballade in D minor, Op. 10: isn't the texture the definition of despair and the pulse the tread of fate? Try, if you only have time for one performance, Chopin's Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45: isn't the clarity blinding and the intensity absolutely overwhelming? The pianist is Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, one of the most individualistic and compelling pianists of the twentieth century, and although there are in his slim discography some greater recordings -- his transcendent Bach/Busoni "Chaconne" -- and some lesser recordings -- his tired Mozart concertos -- the recordings here include excerpts from arguably his greatest recording -- his luminous Debussy and his glorious Chopin -- and any track on this disc will be sufficient to convert those previously unacquainted with the art of Michelangeli. There is some variety in the sound quality -- the sound of the 1965 Decca Scarlatti sonatas is a bit dim and distant while the sound of the 1971-1972 Debussy and Chopin recordings is as real as fire and light -- but the performances themselves are beyond cavil or criticism.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 29 track(s)
- Total length: 02:31:27
- Main artists: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2007 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin This Compilation ℗ 2007 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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