Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 1.- Allegro Affettuoso 2.- Intermezzo: Andantino Grazioso 3.- Allegro Vivace Film footage recorded in 1963 Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Claudio Arrau (1903-1991)
Diese Aufnahme des Konzertes von Schumann zeigt deutlich, wie gut Arrau das Stipendium für ein Studium in Deutschland und der Unterricht bei Martin Krause am Sternschen Konservatorium in Berlin getan hat. Er ist Musiker geworden, will sagen,er hat die Werke der großen deutschen Komponisten großartig gespielt, voller Musikalität und Empfindung und erfüllter Sinngebung. Somit hat er die Grundlage erhalten, einer der größten und glänzendsten Klavierinterpreten zu werden, die die Welt zu bieten hat.
What a pleasure to have such non-fussy camera work. No fade-ins/outs, no double exposures, no irrelevant pans to the decoration on the ceiling, no multiple split images and no non-vertical shots. Just let Schumann do the talking. The good ol' days !!
I couldn't agree more. A camera director who wants to serve the music rather than his own ego. No hideous intrusive close-ups of the performer's sweaty brow either, and no frantic changes of camera angle every two seconds. Today's video directors are all schooled in the cess-pit of television, have not a musical bone in their body, and think they're filming a football match or a riot on the streets. ARTE Verbier Festival, Chopin Competition, I'm talking about you.
Marvelous! How does one person memorize so many musical notes and play so elegantly and beautifully? Wonderful Schumann, excellence conductor George Hurst, supreme Claudio Arrau! Bravo to the orchestra, too. A+++++❤🎉
Qué orgullo ver y escuchar a nuestro gran Claudio Arrau interpretando este concierto en la televisión británica, un 1er movimiento elegante y aristocrático, un 2do movto poético y un finale virtuosistico. Nótese que en el 3er movto el.pianista toca de principio a fin, casi sin interrupción, por momentos acompañando a la orquesta quien ejecuta los temas! La mejor versión que he escuchado en mi vida, como dijo alguien.....una joya musical!!!! Oscar Ignacio Olavarría Aqueveque, de Chile, Sudamérica
Arrau's EXCELLENT playing with his own personal interpretation! WOW! He touches every single key on the grand piano with great sensitivity for every single note he is playing, not leaving anything aside. Especially the 2nd movement where he plays with extreme carefulness. A joy to listen to him!
The early 1960s saw Arrau at his artistic peak. Here we witness a performance of measured intensity and subtlety, free of empty gestures and irritating mannerisms. Many of todays young pretenders should take note.
I think this is the best version of the Schumann Concerto I have heard. Argerich performs this wonderfully but so powerfully I think it losses something...Arrau plays it like he is holding a baby bird! Such grace and fantastic touch! His feeling for what is supposed to sound like, and his execution to get there is incredible!
Superb is the only word for it. Every note, every nuance, every phrase carefully, lovingly considered, beautifully-thought-out and as perfectly realized as any human could ever hope to do. Arrau was in his prime during the fifties and sixties. Later on his playing grew rather stodgy. I heard him play the Brahms Bb with the Rochester Philharmonic in 1961 or 1962, and it was ABSOLUTE PERFECTION one of the most a amazing musical events I've ever witnessed. And he had the very best SOUND in the business.
Yo are so lucky. But he is quite good with Debussy later in his life. Arrau is So thoughtful in his interpretations, and therefore thought-and feeling-provoking.
Un orgullo para Chile y para el mundo de la música. La sensibilidad con que acaricia las notas dulces y la apasionada fuerza con que marca la expresividad de Schumann... Un placer escucharlo una y otra vez.
Yes. I bet at least 40 times I've watched Maestro Arrau and the orchestra and Conductor (George Hurst, I believe) collaborate on this wonderful performance! Thank you for all the joy this video brings to everyone fortunate enough to see it and listen to it. Again and again!
For those who were wondering, Arrau is accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by George Hurst. The DVD is issued by EMI, it features this and other performances by Arrau, and includes one by Solomon.
Tremendo artista Claudio Arrau. Inolvidable maestro de piano ( que tocaba de memoria) , más impresionante aún. Gran concierto y majestuosa orquesta y dirección.
Cláudio Arrau foi simplesmente o maior pianista que a América Latina já possuiu: uma técnica soberba, aliada a uma contenção que dignifica a música, elevando a arte pianística ao seu momento de maior glória. Extraordinário!!!
Maravilloso... Me siento endeudado contigo Farookhq17, has subido un verdadero tesoro en joyas musicales del maestro Arrau mediante tu canal y las has puesto a disposición de todos. Muchísimas gracias de todo corazón.
Mejor sería poder viajar en el tiempo, e ir cuando se estrenó el primer movimiento con Robert Schuman a la dirección y con su Esposa Clara al piano. Pero eso no se puede.
Gracias, muchas gracias, por permitirnos compartir el arte de uno de los más grandes pianistas del siglo XX. Lamento que no haya información de la orquesta y el director.
Thanks for posting. But er... have you not noticed? There are 50 other musicians on stage apart from Arrau. Pray who might they be? Superb performance, as always from Arrau. He's the perfect antidote to speed-maniacs like Argerich, he lets us hear the music.
And yet he's able to play faster than those speed maniac if he wants to... He actually played very fast when he was young, then his teacher and father figure (martin krause) died and he went through a very long psychoanalysis, he started playing much slower around that time (by his own words, those 2 facts are connected). I recommend the book "conversation with Arrau"
The conductor to be lauded too is George Hurst, who we lost last year. So the orchestra then would be the BBC Northern/Philharmonic or BBC Scottish. Hurst, a great conductor with no airs, was therefore greatly "under-rated". But not by those who heard his performances or played with him! If you ARE known by the company you keep/inspire, having Andrew Davis, John Eliot Gardiner and Simon Rattle as students is not bad. Incredible technique-and all the people who worked with him adored him.
his wrists are like snakes movin around the keyboard, his flexibility is awesome very virtusic and poetry at the same time,maybe something like frank liszt
I adore this piece Arrau, he is so technically on point and carries this marvelously without overpowering the whole piece, it is subtle but he knows when to bring it out and when to stay subdued. I still think Helene Grimaud’s version the best ;)
Michael Pak you can’t put in the same level Arrau and Helene Grimaud!!! He is the master of masters and she is an amateur student compared to him ,... no discussion the facts speak for themselves !!!!
of the old school, 1 Annie Fischer's interpretation, 2 Wilhelm Kempf, 3 Arrau. OF the new school, 1 Argerich 2. Grimaud 3 Wang/Brunatishvili tied in last place for technical overkill.
Nice for us to know your 'old school' favorites (I guess). But how unnecessary to use them to dis more modern pianists. Seems to be a thing here on the tubes. Not even sure what "technical overkill" really represents. If by that you mean getting the notes right, which Kempf or Arrau or a Rubenstein did not always manage, then were in the endless debate of preference for music as written, or as 'interpreted' by the melos of the individual player. To my ear Wang has both in her Schumann performance on the tubes-while Brunatishvili is over-heated and misses a few clear notes in her speed, but is certainly passionate. Both are satisfying and do the music credit. Silly to dismiss them in such a shallow way, whatever your individual preference may be..
