Michelangeli - The Early Recordings Volume 2

Fascinating documents of Michelangeli’s performances dating from 1940 to 1951, albeit with ageing sound quality. Magisterial and powerful playing. Jessica Duchen

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Jessica Duchen

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:29 pm

COMPOSERS: Beethoven,Chopin,Mozart
LABELS: Naxos
WORKS: The Early Recordings, Vol. 2: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat, K450; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2 No. 3; Chopin: various works
PERFORMER: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 8.112052

Fascinating documents of Michelangeli’s performances dating from 1940 to 1951, albeit with ageing sound quality. Magisterial and powerful playing. Jessica Duchen

Jessica Duchen

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine and the JC, among others. Jessica Duchen has written librettos include numerous choral works and operas for the composer Roxanna Panufnik, including Silver Birch, commissioned by Garsington Opera and shortlisted for an International Opera Award in 2018. Two more works based on stories by Oscar Wilde were commissioned for Garsington’s Youth Company, The Happy Princess with composer Paul Fincham (2019) and The Selfish Giant with John Barber, which fell victim to lockdown, this has been postponed to 2021.

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