I tried two different interpretations of this sonata by other musicians but had to give up after a few minutes because some spark was missing. Then I came to the Maestro's performance and knew this is what I was looking for. At my age I have little time left for mediocre music, so unfortunately I must pick and choose only what seems the best to me. So glad I found this post, thank you.
Maravilloso documento y que toma de sonido mas exquisita por la época de grabación. Podrás subir el resto del repertorio? son 2 cds que ademas trae Beethoven y otros. saludos AZ
This is beautiful, as always with Claudio Arrau. But... Someone wrote somewhere that, if he wants to understand Schumann, he listens to Arrau. And here, I feel his interpretation goes too much in such a direction. Arrau has chosen a meaning for this sonata: melancholic, going towards a somewhat appeased end. This is very coherent, but I prefer to hear the trouble, the ambiguity, and the awkwardness one feels in other interpretations because one cannot exactly understand what Schumann wants to say. It is not a mystery, it is a disturbing feeling stirring unconscious intuitions which, for me, is the essence of some of Schumann's music (not all).
I never enjoy the choppy, ADD phrasing of Spanish music or anything like what this starts off as. I like smooooth.... flowy... floaty.... dreamy.... then who cares what I like???? hahahha
Yes, I am the amazing flying SWINE GOD! Worship me! If you do, you'll go to my Pork Heaven where you can eat bacon every day w/o gaining weight or having a heart attack. But you gotta like Bach and Chopin, though, at least.
Interesting that you mentioned Spanish music. The first movement of the sonata was originally conceived as a stand-alone "Fandango". And Pork Heaven? Yes, please. I promise I'm nuts about both Chopin and Bach. If it weren't for Chopin I might have stopped playing the piano around age 12. I never became a pro, but it still gives me daily pleasure.
@@zenonorth1193 Yeah, I like Chopin's stuff. I don't mean to lump all Spanish music together but it just came to mind. I'm not much on classical music but I like some of it. Some of it is just amazing. I think the length of the pieces is what made me not really like it because my tiny brain couldn't remember half that many notes! :)
@@TruthSurge Well, as far as this Schumann sonata is concerned, he definitely needed somebody to say " Um, Robert...do you really think you need to repeat that part again?" In fact, he could have used some self-editing in a number of his other piano pieces. In the absence of the composer himself though, I guess I'd rather have what he wrote than somebody else's "Reader's Digest" version.
For better or worse, the days are over where you can get a away with such a sloppy technical performance. I give him credit for pursuing such an idiosyncratic view of the piece. Those days are over too, I'm afraid.
Schumann was a great storyteller and Arrau a great interpreter. This is the best Schumann, I ever heard.
Outstanding!
I tried two different interpretations of this sonata by other musicians but had to give up after a few minutes because some spark was missing. Then I came to the Maestro's performance and knew this is what I was looking for. At my age I have little time left for mediocre music, so unfortunately I must pick and choose only what seems the best to me. So glad I found this post, thank you.
This is realy an interpretation. Great!
Such passion! I am captivated by this performance. How exciting it must have been in the hall. Thank you for sharing
Beautiful
THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING
bravo ! my mind is blown away !
Maravilloso documento y que toma de sonido mas exquisita por la época de grabación. Podrás subir el resto del repertorio? son 2 cds que ademas trae Beethoven y otros. saludos AZ
Que pianista esse Arrau! quantas vezes eu o ouvi no m
I like his poetic expression.
This is beautiful, as always with Claudio Arrau. But... Someone wrote somewhere that, if he wants to understand Schumann, he listens to Arrau. And here, I feel his interpretation goes too much in such a direction. Arrau has chosen a meaning for this sonata: melancholic, going towards a somewhat appeased end. This is very coherent, but I prefer to hear the trouble, the ambiguity, and the awkwardness one feels in other interpretations because one cannot exactly understand what Schumann wants to say. It is not a mystery, it is a disturbing feeling stirring unconscious intuitions which, for me, is the essence of some of Schumann's music (not all).
What a giant
quantas eu o ouvi no Municipal.
31:20
Martin Krause. Tereza Carreño. Cláudio Arrau.
Не доучил чуть - чуть..)
I never enjoy the choppy, ADD phrasing of Spanish music or anything like what this starts off as. I like smooooth.... flowy... floaty.... dreamy.... then who cares what I like???? hahahha
TruthSurge pork god
Yes, I am the amazing flying SWINE GOD! Worship me! If you do, you'll go to my Pork Heaven where you can eat bacon every day w/o gaining weight or having a heart attack. But you gotta like Bach and Chopin, though, at least.
Interesting that you mentioned Spanish music. The first movement of the sonata was originally conceived as a stand-alone "Fandango". And Pork Heaven? Yes, please. I promise I'm nuts about both Chopin and Bach. If it weren't for Chopin I might have stopped playing the piano around age 12. I never became a pro, but it still gives me daily pleasure.
@@zenonorth1193 Yeah, I like Chopin's stuff. I don't mean to lump all Spanish music together but it just came to mind. I'm not much on classical music but I like some of it. Some of it is just amazing. I think the length of the pieces is what made me not really like it because my tiny brain couldn't remember half that many notes! :)
@@TruthSurge Well, as far as this Schumann sonata is concerned, he definitely needed somebody to say " Um, Robert...do you really think you need to repeat that part again?" In fact, he could have used some self-editing in a number of his other piano pieces. In the absence of the composer himself though, I guess I'd rather have what he wrote than somebody else's "Reader's Digest" version.
For better or worse, the days are over where you can get a away with such a sloppy technical performance. I give him credit for pursuing such an idiosyncratic view of the piece. Those days are over too, I'm afraid.
we have traded musicality for technicality. bad trade.
Too much mistakes
Too MANY mistakes... As you see, we all can make mistakes! Specially if we are playing live...
We´ll wait for your perfect version. "For sure will be the greatest"
Typical YT response.
Listen the ARRAU Phillips record of this Sonata and....tell me about it !!!!!
Mirko Carosella pork god too