Artur Schnabel - Hall of Fame (2002)

Posted By : zedda piras | Date : 15 May 2009 13:41:43 | Comments : 6 |

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Artur Schnabel (1882 – 1951) is an austrian pianist and teacher whose performances and recordings made him a legend in his own time and a model of scholarly musicianship to all later pianists.
He was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding anything resembling pure technical bravura. He is considered a world-class pianist of the 20th century, whose vitality, profundity and spirituality in playing works by core German composers, especially the Viennese classics of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, were praised. He was also renowned for his playing of works by Brahms and Schumann. ~

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Artur Schnabel was known for championing the then-neglected sonatas of Schubert and, even more so, Beethoven. At that time, Beethoven's piano music was little played and largely unappreciated by the public. While on a tour of Spain, he wrote to his wife saying that during a performance of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations he had begun to feel sorry for the audience. "I am the only person here who is enjoying this, and I get the money; they pay and have to suffer," he wrote.
Schnabel did much to popularize Beethoven's music, giving the first complete cycle of his piano sonatas (that is, he played every piano sonata by Beethoven in a series of concerts) and also making the first recording of them all, completing the set in 1935. This set of recordings has never been out of print, and is considered by many to be the touchstone of Beethoven sonata interpretations, though occasional shortcomings in finger technique mar his performances of fast movements (Sergei Rachmaninov is supposed to have referred to him as "the great adagio pianist"). He also recorded all the Beethoven piano concertos. Despite his playing repertoire almost never leaving the works of Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart and Brahms, almost all of his compositions (none of which are in the active repertoire) are atonal. ~ bach-cantatas.com

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Track Listings

CD 1

CD 2

CD 3

CD 4

CD 5

Product Details
Audio CD (2002)
Number of Discs: 5
TIM The International Music Company
AG 220090-220094

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Posted By: DanseDePuck Date: 15 May 2009 14:21:50

The Kreisler transfers by this label were incredibly good, so I am glad that they have taken care of my champion pianist, Artur Schnabel. Many thanks for sharing.

Posted By: Le_vert_galant Date: 15 May 2009 14:26:58

The cover photograph for disk 5 looks like Edwin Fischer...

Posted By: Dobermann1 Date: 15 May 2009 14:31:01

Thank you for this fine collection!

Posted By: voland2 Date: 15 May 2009 22:19:07

CD5 picture is indeed Edwin Fischer... Makes one wonder about the "care" that went into the rest of the production...

Posted By: rvavax Date: 16 May 2009 20:55:26

Thanks guys! ^^^ ...there I was, staring at the pictures, thinking...Isn't that Edwin Fischer on No.5??? and wondering if anyone else noticed...:)

Posted By: robbo Date: 17 May 2009 16:28:41

Big thanks for this gem.

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