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Composer:
Frederic Chopin

Artist(s):
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Background: The legendary Italian pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, playing at the height of his powers, performs Chopin's Sonata in B flat minor and other music by one of the instrument's most brilliant and idiomatic writers, in the famously rare 1962 RAI television recording, newly restored and re-mastered for this release.

These are rare archive recordings. In 1962 Michelangeli agreed to record a series of televised studio performances for RAI Turin, though not without laying down strict stipulations: the camera set-ups were to be minimal, and there were to be no facial close-ups. Those limitations explain the austere visual style of the recordings presented here, but the light they shed on Michelangeli’s artistry is in no way diminished - indeed, the restraint of the camera-work enables us to concentrate without distraction on the musical performances. Even between individual movements of the same work there is no edit, and it is clear that these are single-take interpretations.

CATALOGUE NR: OA0940D
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 03-Jan-2006

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Michelangeli plays Chopin
TRACKS: Sonata in B flat minor Opus 35. Ballade in G minor Opus 23. Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante Opus 22. Fantasia Opus 49. Waltz in A flat Opus 69 Number 1 'L'adieu'. Waltz in A flat Opus 34 Number 1.Waltz in B flat Opus post. Scherzo Number 2 in B flat minor Opus 31. Mazurka in A minor Opus 68 Number 2. Mazurka in B minor Opus 33 Number 4. Mazurka in D flat Opus 30 Number 3. Berceuse in D flat Opus 57
ARTISTS: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Sound Format: LPCM Mono / Timing: 106 minutes / Region Code: All / Recorded: RAI Turin 1962 - Mar-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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