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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
“I do not play for others, but only for myself in the service of the composer. It makes no difference whether there is an audience or not; when I am at the keyboard I am lost. And I think of what I play, and of the sound that comes forth, which is a product of the mind.“ Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Filmed at the RTSI Auditorium, Lugano, 7 April 1981 “The Italian pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-95) was a legend in his own lifetime - renowned for his beautifully polished sound, clarity of execution, strict fidelity to the composer and awareness of
harmonic subtleties. Everything was planned to the highest degree of musical and technical perfection: Michelangeli was not one for freedoms, excesses, rubatos or outbursts of spontaneity. He played the way he
was - with a seemingly unshakeable aristocratic reserve… Brahms's Four Ballades Op.10 benefit most from his introspective approach, especially in the climax to the "Edward" Ballade.” Financial Times | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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The only commercially-available video of legendary pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli in a concerto performance. 39 minutes, black & white, all regions. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Michelangeli plays DebussyRAI 1962 Turin recording
1962 RAI television recording, newly restored and re-mastered for this release.
PICTURE FORMAT: 4:3
LENGTH: 83 Mins
SOUND: LPCM MONO
SUBTITLES: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
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| |  | Michelangeli plays Chopin
Chopin: | Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49 Waltz No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 'Farewell Waltz' Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1 Waltz No. 17 in E flat major, Op. post., KKIVa:14, B 46 Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 Mazurka No. 47 in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2 Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4 Mazurka No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 30 No. 3 Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 |
1962 RAI television recording, mono, newly restored and re-mastered for this release.
PICTURE FORMAT: 4:3
LENGTH: 106 Mins
SOUND: LPCM MONO
SUBTITLES: N/A
“But this recital of Chopin is intensely inspired from first note to last… Michelangeli… begins with the largest work in the programme, the Funeral March Sonata, played with precision but extremely flexible tempos, and a vast dynamic range. It is all great, but the way Michelangeli plays the whirlwind last movement is stunning. Despite his undemonstrativeness, seeing him adds to the intensity of the experience. Only his hands move, with extraordinary seeming individual wills in each of his fingers.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2006 *****  BBC Music Magazine
DVD Choice - March 2006 |
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| |  | Michelangeli plays Beethoven
Recorded 1962, digitally restored and re-mastered.
PICTURE FORMAT: 4:3
LENGTH: 84 Mins
SOUND: LPCM MONO
SUBTITLES: N/A
“…Beethoven's last piano sonata, Op. 111 in C minor. It is an astonishing performance… The second movement, of increasingly sublime variations, is played with a detachment which paradoxically adds to its intensity - that is one of Michelangeli's secrets. it reaches a calm and ecstatic resolution which alone would make this disc worth buying.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2006 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Michelangeli & Richter: Two Titans of the KeyboardCBC Telecasts 1964/1970
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995) was, paradoxically, one of the most celebrated and one of the most reclusive pianists of his time. His fabled technique and peerless musicianship earned him attention early on as the undisputed winner of the 1939 Geneva International Music Competition. One of the jury members was Alfred Cortot, who announced "A new Liszt is born!". To the frustration of his public, Michelangeli’s studio recordings were few and his concert appearances sporadic: his brief recital for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (taped in the Toronto studios, 1970) was appropriately titled "A Most Rare Event". It features a sterling performance of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3. Sviatoslav Richter (1915–1997) was a pianist in the Great Tradition, yet there was nothing traditional about this collosus of the keyboard. Few pianists have had the technical, emotional, and intellectual range that Richter brought to his performances. In 1964, Richter was invited to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Toronto studios for a videotaping of a recital program. The main work of the program, Prokofiev’s Second Piano Sonata in D minor, is a perfect vehicle for a demonstration of Richter’s art, combining, as it does, passages of thrilling virtuosity contrasted with some of Prokofiev’s most lyrical pages. The Sonata is flanked by Brahms’s lovely E minor Intermezzo and two contrasting works by Ravel: the shimmering impressionistic tapestry of Jeux d’eau and the brilliant Spanish-flavored Alborado del Gracioso. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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