{"product_id":"claudio-arrau-claudio-arrau-the-ambassador-auditorium-recitals-cd","title":"Claudio Arrau - Claudio Arrau - The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in Chile, Claudio Arrau (1903-1991) wasone of the greatest pianists of the 20th century,an artist who was totally serious about his role inlife, a man completely dedicated to the music ofthe great composers who shared his insights andunderstanding of their work with his public.Where other famous pianists play the piano forexcitement, power or display, Arrau plays to probe,to divine, to interpret. Says Arrau, 'An interpretermust give his blood to the work interpreted.' Arrauis definitely not onesided or without spiritualgrandeur. Having won particular fame as a greatBeethoven interpreter, he is no less celebrated forhis Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann,Brahms and Debussy. Among the famed peers ofhis generation, it is a range without equal.Located on the campus of Ambassador College inPasadena, California, the 1262 seat AmbassadorAuditorium was a major West Coast concerthall between 1974 and 1995 presenting around2500 concerts, and attracted the greatestinstrumentalists and orchestras.role in the musical life of our ensemble. It's musicalcomplexity and the depth of expression whichMozart achieves through only three voices areseemingly miraculous: it is one of those pieces whichconstantly rewards rehearsal. One simply never getstired of playing it!When the opportunity to record this masterpiecearose, we were faced with the challenge of whatto play alongside it. Our dear friend Rob Fokkenshad written two short movements for string triowhich seemed to fit beautifully with Mozart's music:Rob's translucent harmonic and rhythmic styleoffers unique expressive possibilities. The chanceto commission the great Julian Joseph was notto be missed, and his work, Bring it!, wonderfullydemonstrates his brilliance and lyricism, and thesubtly of his harmonic language. We sincerely hopeyou enjoy listening to the music on this album asmuch as we loved preparing it!to Islamic Iberia or the Al-Andalusian era of Spainbetween the 8th-15th centuries. Yet the fi rst men? onof Flamenco by name is not un? l 1774, where itappears in an epistolary novel, Cartas Marruecas, bythe playwright and soldier, Jose de Cadalso y Vazquez. In collabora? on with soparno Victoria Couper, kanunplayer, Konstan? nos Glynos, and oud\/Flamencoguitarist, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde, this album seeksto explore this ques? on by tracing the infl uences onFlamenco through Arabic music alongside Sephardicsong and the Spanish composers of the late-16th to18th centuries. What happened in these intervening centuries?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109~Vivace ma non troppo, sempre legato - Adagio espressivo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109~Prestissimo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109~Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata in B minor, S178~Lento assai - Allegro energico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata in B minor, S178~Andante sostenuto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata in B minor, S178~Allegro energico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata in B minor, S178~Andante sostenuto - Lento assai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5~Allegro maestoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5~Andante espressivo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5~Scherzo. Allegro energico avec trio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5~Intermezzo. Andante molto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5~Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'~Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'~Allegro molto e vivace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'~Adagio con espressione\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'~Allegro vivace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~Theme. Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~No. 1, Un poco più vivo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~Var. 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~No. 2, Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~No. 3, Vivace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~No. 4, Allegro marcato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~No. 5, Scherzando\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~No. 6, Agitato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~Var. 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~No. 7, Allegro molto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~Var. 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~Var. 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~No. 8, Sempre marcatissimo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~Var. 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~No. 9, Presto possibile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~No. 10, Allegro con energia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~No. 11, Andante espressivo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eÉtudes symphoniques, Op. 13~No. 12, Allegro brillante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEstampes (3)~No. 1, Pagodes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEstampes (3)~No. 2, La soirée dans Grenade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEstampes (3)~No. 3, Jardins sous la pluie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49, B. 137\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnnées de pèlerinage II, S. 161 \"Italie\"~No. 7, Après une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi sonata\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3~Presto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3~Largo e mesto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3~Menuetto. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3~Rondo. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'~Allegro assai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'~Andante con moto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'~Allegro ma non troppo - Presto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'~Das Lebewohl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'~Abwesenheit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'~Das Wiedersehen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'~Allegro con brio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'~Introduzione. Adagio molto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'~Rondo. 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