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# Global Acclaim Complete Discography 50+ Albums Claudio Arrau - Complete Philips Recordings

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> 🎹 Unlock the Symphony of a Legend!

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- **How much does it cost?** ₪394 with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Cultural Journey:** Travel through the world of classical music with over 50 albums at your fingertips.
- • **Exclusive Access:** Join a community of classical music lovers who appreciate the art of Arrau.
- • **Timeless Mastery:** Experience the genius of Claudio Arrau across a comprehensive collection.
- • **Collector's Dream:** A must-have for any serious music aficionado or collector.
- • **Unmatched Quality:** Enjoy pristine sound quality with Philips' renowned recording technology.

## Overview

The Claudio Arrau - Complete Philips Recordings is an extensive collection featuring over 50 albums that showcase the unparalleled artistry of the legendary pianist Claudio Arrau. Renowned for his emotive performances and technical brilliance, this compilation offers listeners a chance to experience classical music at its finest, all captured with Philips' exceptional sound quality.

## Description

Limited Edition 80-CD set presenting Claudio Arrau’s complete Philips and American Decca recordings plus his live recording of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 with Leonard Bernstein (Amnesty International) on Deutsche Grammophon  Arrau was among the most deeply satisfying interpreters of Mozart, Brahms, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin and particularly Beethoven Includes recordings with Sir Collin Davis, Bernard Haitink, Leonard Bernstein, Henryk Szeryng, János Starker and Arthur Grumiaux Includes 2 previously unreleased interviews with Claudio Arrau:1. An introduction to the Beethoven Concertos – made for the original 1964 LP release with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and Bernard Haitink 2. Thoughts on the Beethoven Sonatas (1970)  180pp perfect bound book, including: 1. New essay by pianophile and recording producer Jeremy Hayes (E/F/G) 2. Many unseen photographs from the Philips/Decca archive and original sleeves 3. Recording and Work indices Balancing invincible technical accuracy and virtuosity with rigorous intellectual and spiritual stimulation, Claudio Arrau played to probe, divine and to interpret the will of the composer, always faithful to the text. He viewed technique and virtuosity as inseparable from musical expression and constantly stressed the expressive, spiritual and creative power of virtuosity while downplaying its sensational aspect and suffusing every note with meaning. Eschewing superfluous gestures, his naturally relaxed manner of playing resulted in a very distinctive sound of amazing clarity, great tonal depth, nuance and beauty which could fill a concert hall with no apparent physical tension.  Arrau’s career spanned the developments in sound recording from the acoustic era to modern digital recording and he emerged on those upland plateaus where the real heroes of music dwell. But he never remained on those plateaus as he explained in an interview in 1960: “It’s a question of evolution. Any artist who is alive develops all the time and what he thought was good a week ago is bad a week later.” Through the best part of the 20th Century, every recording of Arrau’s was considered an event. This was much helped by the close and warm, glorious sound the Philips engineers gave him on his records, starting with the Beethoven sonata cycle through to his recording of Bach’s G Major Partita, recorded only months before his death at the age of 88 in 1991.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Packaging
  

*by R***6 on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 August 2019*

I was lucky enough to be at one of Arrau's last performances in the late eighties (op. 81a, 111 and Liszt Piano Sonata): in spite of several mishaps (in Liszt, especially), one was still humbled by his depth and beauty of sound production. Therefore, given Amazon special price (considerably lower than anywhere else), I thought it would be a good bargain to get so much from this outstanding pianist in one box - before the price goes up again. It will require hours of serious listening to appreciate all the differences between the two recordings of the Beethoven Sonatas, and I am looking forward to that. The only aspect of this edition I have issues with is the packaging. Not that the design is disappointing, but these boxes take up too much room and really there isn't a place where to keep them all. A while back I purchased 'Horowitz unreleased recordings 50CDs', Karajan-Strauss remastering, Solti's Remastering of the Ring, and they all both come in an LP box format, which makes it easier to sit them on a bookshelf. Sadly, most of the 'opera omnia' like the recent Bach and Mozart, are just square boxes and, for me, it's becoming a problem to arrange neatly. So, four stars only because of this reason - not, clearly, the performance.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Five Stars
  

*by M***L on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 March 2018*

the master of te master .... beautifull  bach partitas melody....the presentation is very good

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great playing, strange manufacturing defects
  

*by D***M on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 October 2019*

Arrau is of course one of the greats and anyone who spends time listening to this set will find music making of a rare quality. Some of his interpretations I love, others I don't, and I'm sure that this will be the same for others. Overall however time spent listening to Arrau is time well spent.My issue with this set, as with the recent de Larrocha set, is that something strange has happened to Decca CD manufacture. Around 20% of the discs in this box can not be read by my Burmester 069 CD player, and I am having to play them on a lesser machine. This has not happened with any older CD sets from Decca, or any CDs from any other source so something strange is going on in the Decca factory. I suspect not many people will have this issue, but you never know....

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