CLAUDIO ARRAU
SCHUMANN: CONCERTO; CARNAVAL
BEETHOVEN: SONATA No.32
All performances filmed in London and Paris in the 1960s and 1970s.
Sources: BBC Archive and INA Archive.
BONUS: SOLOMON PERFORMS BEETHOVEN'S APPASSIONATA
Filmed in London, 1956.
Source BBC Archive
DVB 7243 4 92839 9 2

Claudio Arrau's memorable rapport with the LSO under the young George Hurst is the stuff of visual poetry while Arrau goes it alone in Schumann's kaleidoscopic Carnaval and a work that is particularly associated with him, Beethoven's last piano sonata (Op.111). The bonus track brings us a precious opportunity to watch the fabled pianist Solomon throw caution to the winds in a thrilling rendition of Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata.

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