Michelangeli: Piano Works (Live)

Featuring

Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Mario Rossi
Alceo Galliera
Ettore Gracis
Alfred Wallenstein

Rafael Kubelík
Hermann Scherchen
Carlo Maria Giulini
Antonio Pedrotti
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI
Robert Schumann
Ludwig van Beethoven
Edvard Grieg
Maurice Ravel
Johannes Brahms
Ferruccio Busoni
Johann Sebastian Bach
Baldassare Galuppi
Claude Debussy
Frédéric Chopin
César Franck
Franz Liszt
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph Haydn
Domenico Scarlatti
Frederic Mompou

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Performer Biography

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli made an acclaimed debut at Carnegie Hall in 1950 during a tour of the USA.

Performer Biography

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, a renowned pianist, graduated from the Milan Conservatoire at the age of 14.

Performer Biography

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's career was frequently interrupted by health issues, including a respiratory illness and a heart attack in 1988.

Performer Biography

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli founded his own music festival in Brescia and Bergamo in 1965, serving as its Artistic Director until 1969.

Performer Biography

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli won first prize at the Concours International d'Exécution musicale in Geneva in 1939, performing Liszt's E flat major Concerto.

Critical Reception

Critics described Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's performances of Brahms's Paganini Variations and the Bach Chaconne (arranged by Busoni) as 'exemplary'.

Critical Reception

Ingo Harden and Gregor Willmes, in their book 'Pianistenprofile', praised Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's Scarlatti Sonatas for their 'flawless, hitherto unsurpassed tonal perfection and harmony'.