Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
The legendary Italian-born pianist, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, focuses on the music of Beethoven on this excellent CD.
An amazing performance of the Piano Sonata No.31 is followed by a similarly epic reading of the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, accompanied by the Prague Symphony Orchestra led by Vaclav Smetacek.
The CD includes a wonderful bonus – encore performances of the four Images for solo piano by Claude Debussy.
Here for your enjoyment is Mr. Michelangeli in a concert that is more than 90 minutes long, performing the following:
• Beethoven Sonata № 12 op. 26
• Sonata № 11 op. 22
• Schubert Sonata A moll D 537
• Brahms 4 ballades op.10
And next, he plays two Images by Debussy:
Tags: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Beethoven, Piano Sonata No 31, Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Vaclav Smetacek