COMPOSERS: Chopin,Mendelssohn,Weber
LABELS: EMI
ALBUM TITLE: Chopin, Mendelssohn, Weber
WORKS: Piano Sonata No. 3; Fantasy in F minor
PERFORMER: Claudio Arrau, Philharmonia OrchestraAlceo Galliera
CATALOGUE NO: 562 8842
Arrau’s magisterial
1960 accounts of
Chopin’s B minor
Sonata and the
F minor Fantasy
make a totally justified return to the
catalogue. But the unexpected bonus
here is the compelling performance
of Weber’s Konzertstück, which in
Arrau’s hands emerges as a minor
masterpiece of poetry, passion and
virtuosity. Erik Levi
