Claudio Arrau - Schubert- Moments musicaux, D. 780 & Fantasia, D. 760 -Wanderer (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Claudio Arrau León (February 7, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was a Chilean pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms and Debussy. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. Arrau was born in Chillán, Chile, the son of Carlos Arrau, an ophthalmologist who died when Claudio was only a year old, and Lucrecia León Bravo de Villalba, a piano teacher. He belonged to an old, prominent family of Southern Chile. His ancestor Lorenzo de Arrau, a Spanish engineer, was sent to Chile by King Carlos III of Spain. Through his great-grandmother, María del Carmen Daroch del Solar, Arrau was a descendant of the Campbells of Glenorchy, a Scottish noble family. Many claim that his rich, weighty tone lent his interpretations an authoritative, distinctive voice, some saying it sounded thick and muddy and others praising its rounded tone, saying it sounded as though Arrau were almost playing the organ or "plowing" his "paws" into the "flexible" keyboard. According to American critic Harold C. Schonberg, Arrau always put "a decidedly romantic piano tone in his interpretations"

TRACKLIST

1. Claudio Arrau - Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 1 in C Major
2. Claudio Arrau - Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
3. Claudio Arrau - Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 3 in F Minor
4. Claudio Arrau - Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor
5. Claudio Arrau - Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 5 in F Minor
6. Claudio Arrau - Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 6 in A-Flat Major
7. Claudio Arrau - Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 "Wanderer": I. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
8. Claudio Arrau - Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 "Wanderer": II. Adagio
9. Claudio Arrau - Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 "Wanderer": III. Presto
10. Claudio Arrau - Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760 "Wanderer": IV. Allegro
11. Claudio Arrau - Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor (Mono Version)



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