Anmeldere får skyld for meget, men hvordan skulle jeg ellers kunne falde over dette vidunder af en CD fra en koncert fra Warsaw i 1955 på et for mig total ukendt plademærke.? Og som Cowan skriver nedenunder er Schumann stykkerne silke for ørerne.
THE WARSAW RECITAL 1955
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Works:
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas L352, L413, L483, L449
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.3 op.2 in C major
Chopin: Waltz in E flat major No.14
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien op.26
Debussy: Hommage a Rameau
Mompou: Cancion y danza No.1
In 1955, Michelangeli amazed the members of 5th Chopin Competition in Warsaw by agreeing to serve on their jury. To the joy of the organizers, he also agreed to take part in two performances; a solo recital and a symphony concert (ALT1007). These legendary performances, now on Altara, were his only appearances in Poland and marked his return to the concert platform.
“…if you want to hear a great pianist captured on the wing in recital then Michelangeli’s 1955 Warsaw recording of Schumann’s Faschingsschwank aus Wien has to be among your first ports of call. To hear the Intermezzo so performed – with so much subtle shading – is to understand at least one explanation for Michelangeli’s awesome reputation. Such a beautiful sound too: powerful, sonorous and silky smooth,
with the most melting pianissimo. The Altara CD also includes superb performances of Beethoven…Scarlatti…Chopin…Debussy and Mompou…the sound here is altogether clearer than on any previous edition I’ve heard.” Rob Cowan (The Gramophone)
mvh. SES.
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also. Igor Stravinsky
Vi har alle lært at skjule vore fordomme, og vi viser ikke vore forkerte meninger. PO Enquist 1976.