I tried two different interpretations of this sonata by other musicians but had to give up after a few minutes because some spark was missing. Then I came to the Maestro's performance and knew this is what I was looking for. At my age I have little time left for mediocre music, so unfortunately I must pick and choose only what seems the best to me. So glad I found this post, thank you.
Maravilloso documento y que toma de sonido mas exquisita por la época de grabación. Podrás subir el resto del repertorio? son 2 cds que ademas trae Beethoven y otros. saludos AZ
This is beautiful, as always with Claudio Arrau. But... Someone wrote somewhere that, if he wants to understand Schumann, he listens to Arrau. And here, I feel his interpretation goes too much in such a direction. Arrau has chosen a meaning for this sonata: melancholic, going towards a somewhat appeased end. This is very coherent, but I prefer to hear the trouble, the ambiguity, and the awkwardness one feels in other interpretations because one cannot exactly understand what Schumann wants to say. It is not a mystery, it is a disturbing feeling stirring unconscious intuitions which, for me, is the essence of some of Schumann's music (not all).
I never enjoy the choppy, ADD phrasing of Spanish music or anything like what this starts off as. I like smooooth.... flowy... floaty.... dreamy.... then who cares what I like???? hahahha
Yes, I am the amazing flying SWINE GOD! Worship me! If you do, you'll go to my Pork Heaven where you can eat bacon every day w/o gaining weight or having a heart attack. But you gotta like Bach and Chopin, though, at least.
Interesting that you mentioned Spanish music. The first movement of the sonata was originally conceived as a stand-alone "Fandango". And Pork Heaven? Yes, please. I promise I'm nuts about both Chopin and Bach. If it weren't for Chopin I might have stopped playing the piano around age 12. I never became a pro, but it still gives me daily pleasure.
@@zenonorth1193 Yeah, I like Chopin's stuff. I don't mean to lump all Spanish music together but it just came to mind. I'm not much on classical music but I like some of it. Some of it is just amazing. I think the length of the pieces is what made me not really like it because my tiny brain couldn't remember half that many notes! :)
@@TruthSurge Well, as far as this Schumann sonata is concerned, he definitely needed somebody to say " Um, Robert...do you really think you need to repeat that part again?" In fact, he could have used some self-editing in a number of his other piano pieces. In the absence of the composer himself though, I guess I'd rather have what he wrote than somebody else's "Reader's Digest" version.
For better or worse, the days are over where you can get a away with such a sloppy technical performance. I give him credit for pursuing such an idiosyncratic view of the piece. Those days are over too, I'm afraid.
