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Any rare and unreleased material by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli is bound to attract the pianist’s most rabid admirers. The three Scarlatti sonatas opening this disc
The only reason I can fathom for this particular program, culled from pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli’s early EMI recordings, is that the three selections made
This release must be heard by all fans of amazing piano playing. Michelangeli was one of those artists who was a law unto himself, offering
This first-rate collection has no weak links at all: Karajan’s La Mer, Tilson Thomas’ Boston Symphony recording of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,
The Beethoven and Debussy selections were played on the same April 13, 1982 Royal Festival Hall recital from which BBC Legends released Debussy’s Preludes Book
Nothing new or rare here, but LP mavens wishing these performances in state-of-the-art analog transfers on super thick, extra virgin vinyl should investigate this boxed
Deutsche Grammophon’s original-image-bit-processing renders this material in more impactive, detailed sound than previous CD issues. Granted, we glean more subtlties of color, touch, and pedaling
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995) mastered the art of being elusive. During his long career the legendary Italian pianist’s forays into the recording studio were few
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli’s classic recordings of the Ravel G major and Rachmaninov G minor concertos have never been out of the catalog since they first
Vladimir Horowitz had this to say about Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli: “Interesting pianist, but a little meshugah”! Just a “little”, eh? In the Beethoven Sonata, for
