Claudio Arrau – Beethoven, Weber, Chopin, Schumann, Sizt, Strauss (4 CD box set, APE)

Audio CD
Number of Discs: 4 CD box set
Format: APE (image+cue)
Label: Artone
Size: 874 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD1
BEETHOVEN
Piano concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37
01. Allegro con brio
02. Largo
03. Rondo. Allegro
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
Recorded 1947

WEBER
04. Konzertstück for Piano & Orchestra in F minor Op. 79
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Desire Defauw
Recorded 1946

Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major Op. 24 «Perpetuum mobile»
05. Allegro
06. Adagio
07. Menuetto
08. Rondo. «Perpetuum mobile»
Recorded 1941

CD2
CHOPIN
01. Scherzo No. 1 in B minor Op. 20
02. Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 31
03. Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23
04. Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52
04. Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major Op. 51
05. Fantasy-Impromptu in C sharp minor Op. 66
06. Barcarolle in F sharp major Op. 60
Recorded 1953

CD3
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54
01. Allegro affettuoso
02. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso
03. Allegro vivace
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Karl Krüger
Recorded 1944

«Kreisleriana» Op. 16 (Eight fantasies for solo piano)
04. Aussert bewegt
05. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch – Intermezzo 1 – Sehr lebhaft – Tempo 1 – Intermezzo 2
06. Sehr aufgeregt
07. Sehr langsam
08. Sehr lebhaft
09. Sehr langsam
10. Sehr rasch
11. Schnell und spielend
Recorded 1946

12. Arabesque Op. 18
Recorded 1947

CD4
LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
01. Adagio sostenuto assai – Allegro agitato assai
02. Allegro moderato – Allego deciso
03. Marziale un poco meno allegro
04. Allegro animato – Stretto (molto accelerando)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Guido Cantelli
Recorded 1953 live

05. Hungarian Fantasy for piano and orchestra in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
Recorded 1952

06. Hungarian Rhapsodie for Piano No. 9
07. Hungarian Rhapsodie for Piano No. 11
Recorded 1951

R. STRAUSS
08. «Burleske» for Piano & Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Desire Defauw
Recorded 1947 live