Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Carnaval Op. 9 & Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor / Arrau
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Actor: Claudio Arrau, Schumann, SolomonDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); German (Original Language)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: EMI Classics
Movie Reviews of Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Carnaval Op. 9 & Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor / Arrau
Movie Review: It's a mystery why Solomon's not highlighted as the main item on the cover!
Summary: 5 Stars
You may not yet know it, but you want this DVD for the filler that's not even indicated on the (front) cover: Solomon playing Beethoven's Appassionata. What graceful playing! What a great interpretation, by the way. If you're addicted, and you will be, there is a 1954 HMV studio recording of the same piece re-issued by Testament, again, one of the better Appassionatas I've heard (other must-have recordings - albeit not videos - are Richter's 1960 Moscow recital, Moravec's 1962 and Schnabel's 1933 studio recordings).
Not that the Arrau items aren't worth having, of course: the Op. 111 here is particularly noble, deep in the keys playing, not quite as clean and rythmic as his 1965 studio recording, but a transcendental experience all the same, especially since one gets to watch it, too. Arrau's Carnaval here is a bit stodgy compared to his 1966 and especially 1939 studio traversals, as is the Concerto compared to his 1980 and 1963 studio recordings, but he's still a pleasure to watch. I tend to return to the Op. 111 and that Solomon filler most often, though.
Sound quality, all in mono, is acceptable, picture quality perhaps a bit less so, but to reiterate the obvious: get a copy - you'll know you've always wanted this soon enough.
Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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