Composer: Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss
Performer: Claudio Arrau
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Désiré Defauw, Karl Krueger
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8111265
Release: 2007
Size: 323 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Strauss: Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor, AV85
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
02. I. Allegro affettuoso
03. II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso
04. III. Allegro vivace
Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9
05. I. Preambule
06. II. Pierrot
07. III. Arlequin
08. IV. Valse noble
09. V. Eusebius
10. VI. Florestan
11. VII. Coquette
12. VIII. Replique – Sphinxes
13. IX. Papillons
14. X. A.S.C.H. – S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes)
15. XI. Chiarina
16. XII. Chopin
17. XIII. Estrella
18. XIV. Reconnaissance
19. XV. Pantalon et Colombine
20. XVI. Valse allemande
21. Intermezzo: Paganini
22. XVII. Aveu
23. XVIII. Promenade
24. XIX. Pause
25. XX. Marche des Davidsbundler contre les Philistins
The 1939 recording of Schumann’s Carnaval is one of Arrau’s finest recordings. A contemporary reviewer stated that, “This magnificent recording shows convincingly that Carnaval is one of the masterpieces of piano literature and that Arrau is a great pianist… The recording itself is of the highest quality, better far than any record previously made by Arrau, and the performance – as I ought to have made clear by now – is of supreme artistic value and completely satisfying in every respect.”
Richard Strauss’s Burleske was recorded at a morning session on 13th April 1946 at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, followed immediately by Weber’s Konzertstück (Naxos 8.111263). The 1944 recording of Schumann’s Piano Concerto was recorded in one session of one hour and 45 minutes, with the first side of the second movement and both sides of the last movement done in single takes.