Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Debussy (2006/1962)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Debussy (2006/1962)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 4,14 Gb (DVD5) | 84 min
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub.: Deutsch, English, Espanol, Francais, Italiano
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 4,14 Gb (DVD5) | 84 min
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub.: Deutsch, English, Espanol, Francais, Italiano
The legendary Italian pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920 - 1995), playing at the height of his powers, performs some of Debussy's most sensuous and arresting music for piano, in the famously rare 1962 RAI television recording, newly restored and re-mastered for this release. Michelangeli's fine control and perfect clarity - always present in his playing - have positioned him among the most outstanding recording artists of any generation. "His fingers can no more hit a wrong note or smudge a passage than a bullet can be veered off course once it has been fired…" (Music critic Harold Schonberg)
"This recital was filmed and recorded by RAI at Turin in 1962 and is black-and-white. The playing is anything but. Michelangeli plays with an amazingly wide range of colour and refinement of dynamics and touch." (The Penguin Guide)
Cast:
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
Track List:
Images Books 1 & 2
Children's Corner
Canope (Préludes Book 2 No.10)
Bruyères (Préludes Book 2 No.5)
Bonus documenatry:
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli: Il Maestro dei Maestri (1959)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Debussy (2006/1962)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Debussy (2006/1962)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Debussy (2006/1962)
