Michelangeli Performs Vivaldi, Debussy, Galuppi, Liszt & Chopin

On this CD:

1. Work(s) Unspecified Concerto for keyboard & orchestra in B minor: III. Allegro
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Suisse Romande Radio Orchestra with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Conducted by Ernest Ansermet

2. Reflets dans l'eau, for piano, L. 110/1
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

3. Presto for piano in B flat major
Composed by Baldassare Galuppi
Performed by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

4. Piano Concerto No. 1, for piano & orchestra in E-flat major, S. 124 (LW H4)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Suisse Romande Radio Orchestra with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Conducted by Ernest Ansermet

5. Mazurka for piano in A minor, Op. 68/2, CT 97
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin
Performed by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

6. Scherzo for piano No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31, CT 198
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin
Performed by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Michelangeli Performs Vivaldi, Debussy, Galuppi, Liszt & Chopin, Music, Fryderyk Chopin, Claude Debussy, Baldassare Galuppi, Franz Liszt, Antonio Vivaldi, Ernest Ansermet, Radio Suisse Romande Orchestra, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Concerto, Keyboard, Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclassified Title, Mazurka for Keyboard, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Music for Keyboard, Orchestral & Symphonic, Piano Concerto, Scherzo for Keyboard

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Tracks:

1. Allegro (III Movement) From Concerto In B Minor Radio Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Anserment Geneve, 1942
2. Reflects dans l' eau
3. Presto In B Flat Major
4. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat Major: Allegro maestoso (Incomplete - The First 36 Bars Are Missing)
5. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat Major: Quasi adagio. Allegro vivace. Allegro animato
6. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat Major: Quasi adagio. Allegro vivace. Allegro animato
7. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat Major: Allegro marziale animato - Radio Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet. - Geneve, 1939
8. Mazurka No. 47 In A Minor, Op. 68, No. 2
9. Scherzo No. 2 In B Flat Minor, Op. 31

Average customer rating: Young Michelangeli --- "a new Liszt is born!" Young Michelangeli --- "a new Liszt is born!"

Michelangeli Performs Vivaldi, Debussy, Galuppi, Liszt & Chopin Manufacturer: Historic Collection ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Mazurkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Galuppi | Galuppi, Baldassare | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00000I74S Release Date: 1999-02-23

Tracks:

1. Con in b: Allegro (III Movt)
2. Reflets Dans L'eau
3. Presto in B-flat
4. Pno Con No.1 in E Flat: Allegro Maestoso
5. Pno Con No.1 in E Flat: Quasi Adagio. Allegro Vivace. Allegro Animato
6. Pno Con No.1 in E Flat: Quasi Adagio. Allegro Vivace. Allegro Animato
7. Pno Con No.1 in E Flat: Allegro Marziale Animato
8. Mazurka No.47 in a, Op.68 No.2
9. Scherzo No.2 in b Flat, Op.31

Customer Reviews:

Young Michelangeli --- "a new Liszt is born!".......2000-10-22

This CD offers a collection of recordings made by "the new Liszt" in the early 40's, directly after his Geneva triumph.

First, it features the pianist's only studio recording of Liszt, namely, of the Piano Concerto N.1.

Unfortunately, when the work was recorded by the Swiss radio, the recorder only switched on about two minutes after the orchestra and Michelangeli started playing, so you would start listening from the third minute. This is just a minor point, however; the remaining minutes amply compensate and the result is among the very finest recordings of the Liszt's much played masterpiece, to rank along Richter; quite superior, in my opinion, to Michelangeli's own later (1960's) live account.

Everything has already been said about Michelangeli's pianism --- stupefying virtuosity, impeccable technique, amazing control of colour etc. etc. All this, of course, is true of recordings on this CD. The special thing to note is that the very young Michelangeli we have here is a completely different personality from the Michelangeli we know from his later (and more widespread) recordings.

You can see this if you compare the Chopin and Debussy recorded here to the pianist's DG recoridngs made in the 1970's.

One could point out that the earlier recordings on this CD are more freely emotional, less controlled than the later ones; some Italian critics bluntly write that the earlier recordings are "better"; I prefer to say that they are just absolutley different; if you already have the later recordings, comparing them to these ones would be fascinating.

The true jewels of this CD are, however, the pieces that Michelangeli never recorded again. In the 1940's his repertoire was much broader than in his later years; he would often perform little known and rarely heard pieces, especially Italian piano music from the XVIII century; on this CD we have the Presto of Galuppi (a movement from a sonata) and the third movement of the Piano Concerto of Vivaldi.

The notes to the CD mention that there is no evidence that Vivaldi was really the author of this concerto; anyway, the piece was hugely popular in the late XVIII --- early XIX and was subsequently forgotten. Unless you already have the CD I am reviewing, you've probably never heard this concerto. Of course, it's not an "immortal masterpiece", but in the hands of Michelangeli it attains overwhelming emotional power and tragic splendour. Michelangeli never recorded it again nor is there to my knowledge any other major pianist who did.

Summing up, we have here a portrait of the young Michelangeli, with many treasures and many surprises. I deliberately spare you the superlatives ("amazing", "fantastical", "revelatory") but this CD deserves all of them.

Let me add that the sound is absolutely acceptable and the notes, while brief, are informative.

Young Michelangeli --- "a new Liszt is born!".......2000-10-22

This CD offers a collection of recordings made by "the new Liszt" in the early 40's, directly after his Geneva triumph.

First, it features the pianist's only studio recording of Liszt, namely, of the Piano Concerto N.1.

Unfortunately, when the work was recorded by the Swiss radio, the recorder only switched on about two minutes after the orchestra and Michelangeli started playing, so you would start listening from the third minute. This is just a minor point, however; the remaining minutes amply compensate and the result is among the very finest recordings of the Liszt's much played masterpiece, to rank along Richter; quite superior, in my opinion, to Michelangeli's own later (1960's) live account.

Everything has already been said about Michelangeli's pianism --- stupefying virtuosity, impeccable technique, amazing control of colour etc. etc. All this, of course, is true of recordings on this CD. The special thing to note is that the very young Michelangeli we have here is a completely different personality from the Michelangeli we know from his later (and more widespread) recordings.

You can see this if you compare the Chopin and Debussy recorded here to the pianist's DG recoridngs made in the 1970's.

One could point out that the earlier recordings on this CD are more freely emotional, less controlled than the later ones; some Italian critics bluntly write that the earlier recordings are "better"; I prefer to say that they are just absolutley different; if you already have the later recordings, comparing them to these ones would be fascinating.

The true jewels of this CD are, however, the pieces that Michelangeli never recorded again. In the 1940's his repertoire was much broader than in his later years; he would often perform little known and rarely heard pieces, especially Italian piano music from the XVIII century; on this CD we have the Presto of Galuppi (a movement from a sonata) and the third movement of the Piano Concerto of Vivaldi.

The notes to the CD mention that there is no evidence that Vivaldi was really the author of this concerto; anyway, the piece was hugely popular in the late XVIII --- early XIX and was subsequently forgotten. Unless you already have the CD I am reviewing, you've probably never heard this concerto. Of course, it's not an "immortal masterpiece", but in the hands of Michelangeli it attains overwhelming emotional power and tragic splendour. Michelangeli never recorded it again nor is there to my knowledge any other major pianist who did.

Summing up, we have here a portrait of the young Michelangeli, with many treasures and many surprises. I deliberately spare you the superlatives ("amazing", "fantastical", "revelatory") but this CD deserves all of them.

Let me add that the sound is absolutely acceptable and the notes, while brief, are informative.

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