Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli developed a reputation as an unpredictable musician and perfectionist, with a select repertoire.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was a multifaceted individual, also known as an airplane pilot, boat pilot, and ski champion.
Chopin composed the famous Funeral March, which forms the third movement of his Piano Sonata No. 2, in 1837, shortly after meeting George Sand.
The term 'fantasy' in Chopin's Fantaisie in F minor does not refer to operatic themes, but indicates a structure that cannot be easily classified.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, the pianist on this album, was a child prodigy who learned piano and violin at age four.
Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto was his first work composed after moving to the United States in response to the 1917 revolution.
Chopin completed his Second Piano Sonata at George Sand's country home at Nohant in the Berry region of France.
