Claudio Arrau Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 (Full)

[@ericb252]

I heard so many different pianists over the years play this from Kempff, Richter, Rubinstein, Gould and I never understood this one. Finally, 8 years later I finally got this. Sobbing into tissue paper like a baby.

[@GreenTeaViewer]

Kindly get a grip

[@PeterShort-c6u]

Exactly...Well said...THIS one nailed this amazingly. Taking pathos to another level is what B does and the look of genuine pathos on Arrau's face playing slow part is like he's wincing at the intensity that he knows is COMING up, since he played this piece unnumbered times, and he's not sure he can handle it, pull it off emotionally it's so powerful...

[@darrylschultz9395]

​@@GreenTeaViewer Sorry, your comment makes no sense. Why would someone "get a grip", when one of the main reasons for listening to great music is to be moved by it?!

[@jeanpetard]

Hey KZbin, I know ads are necessary, but you just can't put them in the middle of this masterpiece! That's an insult!

[@calebm3465]

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[@yeib22]

@@calebm3465 But nevertheless he's right.

[@quintonbroster2994]

Drag to the end press rewind and the adds disappear

[@prollejazz]

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[@Numberonesorabjifan]

I doubt KZbin gives a damn

[@magnusjakopsohn7824]

No one ever came close to Arrau as a interpreter of this piece. There were many greet competitors but he's untouchable. The way he handle the music, with perfect Chrystal clear sound. One definitely figures out why Steinways are considered the best Grands, when you put one in Arraus hands

[@miguelarivera]

9:02 Beethoven’s love for Josephine is so apparent, this aria to her, he stuck here on earth while she ascended to heaven and this piece for us to listen to and enjoy, so grateful, so Beethoven!

[@carolcollins4878]

Claudio Arreau was my hero, he saw Beethoven, and made it his own

[@rezamotori5709]

ArrEau?????

[@antonellamajorano5348]

Il secondo tempo ..bellissimo. un canto di straordinaria bellezza e profondità, reso appieno da Arrau. E poi alla fine ...un colpo jazz...quanta modernità.

[@ricardopadilla6082]

Da vero.

[@jhkoh4355]

정말 jazz hit가 나오는군요

[@thomasenman8539]

This is a definitive performance.

[@rmn3949]

At 73 , drenched in sweat and with crazed eyes, Arrau pours his heart out with a piece he so obviously identifies with. At some point, late into the performance, I was struck by the feeling that he is performing a séance and comes under possession by the master himself. I was so impressed, I bought the DVD.

[@jaroslawnowakowski2166]

You had better bought the vinyl :-).

[@VivaRenata]

I met him in Princeton after a recital. He meant that he was no longer himself when performing, when he was playing Liszt, his were the hands of Liszt. At the time I was a graduate student at Princeton (in history) but taking lessons with his pupil and collaborator German Diez! wonderful memories!

[@afritimm]

Why can’t they somehow provide a little ventilation ? It’s a modern hall!

[@claudiasiefer8495]

@@afritimm Often the audience may be A/C but many artists refuse to have cold air near them while playing .

[@fazec0ld802]

@@claudiasiefer8495 Cold fingers also don’t tend to be very mobile fingers either- I’d imagine pianists take the tradeoff of being of being a sweaty mess at the end of the performance.

[@carlosbalbi2230]

El mas grande representante de Beethoven en la tierra. Arrau gracias maestro.

[@victorevelyn3934]

This brings back memories of hearing a performance of this same piece by Arrau live in Newcastle upon Tyne 41 years ago.I was so transported that I was unable to applaud , just sat there stunned.Thanks Beethoven for composing the finest piano work of all time and thanks MR Arrau for sharing your deep understanding of it with the world of music lovers

[@claudiasiefer8495]

I envy you your experience of hearing Arrau play this particular composition live. Today i listened to Evgeny Kissin play with great technical acuity but Arrau is for me the more expressive

[@kvnmurphy]

What a truly joyful memory.

[@larespo1]

So glad that I had the opportunity to study some of the Beethoven piano sonatas with a master teacher who knew how to teach! And now, at 61, I hear and recognize what I had not heard when I was younger. This music is alive forever. As long as man breathes life.

[@luizsgouvea]

Yes, certainly !!!

[@miryambarnabas2424]

Have subscribed to your Channel! 👏

[@waetos]

Arrau is a legend - just as is Beethoven. This is the epitome of Beethoven's keyboard works. The variations are nothing short of superb.

[@sdkee]

+Bill Alexander Yes but others don't know this. Rubinstein also for Chopin.

[@waetos]

I love his interpretations of the Chopin Ballades.

[@loveispatient0808]

Yes! So blessed I have heard him live in Chicago in the 1970s as a student at the American Conservatory of Music!😊😊

[@miryambarnabas2424]

​@@loveispatient0808W❤W!

[@paulobarcelos2308]

The Greatest Master of the Pianoforte ever. Arrau forever.

[@GilbertoGuarino]

Opus 111 is a mystical experience. And what a rendition...

[@miryambarnabas2424]

Indeed! 👏

[@VeganChefRon]

Arrau, Beethoven master, is the best I've ever heard at bringing out all the inner voices. He makes them sing like a vocal chorus.

[@PeterShort-c6u]

WELL said, so true...Arrau really connects with Beethoven, above others, I've noticed...

[@williamadolphe7921]

I am at the beginning of the Arietta and cannot hold back my tears.... Thank you Beethoven.... Thank you Maestro Arrau.

[@miryambarnabas2424]

❤

[@albertocoelho7615]

Tube el privilegio de conocerlo personalmente a Claudio Arrau y verlo tocar en Buenos Aires en el Teatro Colon, un genio total, el mejor en su epoca en todo el mundo, la profundidad de sus interpretaciones, y ni que hablar en cuanto a interpretar, a Beethoven, no hay nadie en este momento año 2016 que lo haya podido superar, la riqueza y colorido de sus matices musicales son unicos

[@enriqueelgenio]

+Alberto Coelho Muchas gracias por el comentario.

[@Tschungermeister]

Envidio el privilegio, Alberto. Cuánto hubiera dado yo por conocer al maestro Arrau en persona. Con respecto al verdadero mensajero de Beethoven en este planeta, creo que Emil Gilels es digno rival de Arrau. Saludos.

[@alejandravalenzuelamolina4476]

El maestro Claudio Arrau, proviene de las fecundas tierras de Chillán, Chile, en donde también nacieron Cercanos a ellas, Violeta Parra y Pablo Neruda.

[@luisgutierrez-ze1zi]

A mi parecer la gran interpretación proviene del exquisito conocimiento que le entregaron sus maestros que provenían en linea directa de beethoven...se dice además que arrau era un gran historiador y se dedicaba al estudio profundo del momento de la composición para entender el estado de animo del compositor...momentos de gozo..frustración...nostalgia...alegría..etc..que pudieran plasmar el sentido de lo que beethoven quería plasmar en sus diferentes composiciones...el gran maestro arrau era lo más cercano a escuchar a beethoven hasta la actualidad...

[@wallyssalas]

What magnificent interpretation of this sonata is presented by Master Arrau back in the late seventies. He was a classic act himself.

[@AntonioToze]

The most impressive Beethoven´s Piano Sonata by the incredible hands of Arrau! Superb!

[@charlesross9260]

Just beautiful. Arrau was such an artist and Beethoven's farewell.

[@jiahongma6433]

The second movement is really touching. I love his disposition of slow the rhythm and leave blank for the audiences.

[@albertomonastero5545]

This is the best interpretation of this incredible sonata on KZbin.

[@seralee5472]

He is the best no.32 player for me. I always look for his playing first when I listen Beethoven.

[@melanie1049]

Arrau, my favorite pianist. Whenever I want inspiration for playing a piece, or simply to be mesmerized and let time come to a standstill, it is Arrau I turn to every time.

[@miryambarnabas2424]

Great comment Melanie! ❤

[@HammAlexander]

best worlds together in a beautifull recording,.... Arrau and Beethoven... seem like soulmates,.... Beethoven saint of never giving up.... thank you Beethoven for this revolutionary work... thank you for never giving up! Wish I met him to worship him. Beethoven will never die.

[@sdkee]

+Alexander Hamm Beethoven had ihis immoratal beloved. But yes, his notes are immortal.

[@fredericchopin7538]

Arrau, one of the best interpreters of beethoven in my opinion, now go practice.

[@ttrons2]

I love this sonata. One of my few spiritual experiences was this sonata. This is what people were listening to at concerts in 1823.

[@KikeitorAlbo]

This is play with feeling, Claudio Arrau makes me proud of being Chilean 🎹❤

[@miryambarnabas2424]

MUY BIEN! ❤

[@maxitodieguito1810]

Despues de 2casi 30 anos viviendo en el extranjero, puedo decirle que nadie conoce al maestro Arrau en ninguno de nuestros Gobiernos. Es triste que algunos nos encontremos aca y que sepamos escucharlo con orgullo. Es triste decirlo, pero somos tristemente celebres en EEUU y Europa como ladrones y barbaros. Cuando me preguntan mi nacionalidad digo que soy de Mongolia.

[@VivaRenata]

Stupendo! L'unico! Il più grande interprete di Beethoven del novecento! Grazie ed ancora grazie!

[@timefortea1931]

How on earth could a man who could not hear write such a monumental work?! I am in awe of Beethoven.

[@TwelfthRoot2]

+Matilda Woodhouse He could hear. Just not with his ears.

[@arturolopezportillocontrer4902]

he wrote within his mind. Not with his ears

[@VivaRenata]

I've always thought because he could not hear, after a certain time in his life, it opened up the inner universe where he could hear in another sense and breach boundaries.

[@gaston10607]

Precisely because of his difficulty in hearing earthly sounds, was he able to express the deepest feelings of human spirit in such an unwordly musical form.

[@VivaRenata]

@@gaston10607 This is exactly what I too believe.

[@soyrobin2001]

It's amazing the way he plays completely just by memory.

[@lospazio]

All soloists play by memory.

[@78625amginE]

@@lospazio Not always.

[@rezamotori5709]

He is after all a taliban tiger!

[@LuisArrau]

TENGO LA FORTUNA DE SER SOBRINO NIETO DEL GRAN MAESTRO A QUIEN ADMIRO EN TODO EL SENTIDO DE LA PALABRA, SU SENCILLEZ, HUMILDAD, TENAZIDAD ,SU MARAVILLOSA MANERA DE INTERPRETAR A LOS GRANDES MAESTROS DE LA MUSICA, SU FORMA DE VIDA Y SU ESPIRITU ENERGETICO QUE LO ACOMPAÑO HASTA EL DIA DE SU MUERTE, TAL CUAL UN JOVEN DE 20 AÑOS, ES NADA MAS VERLO TOCAR A SUS 80 AÑOS CON LA MISMA ENERGIA DE LOS 20. MARAVILLOSO MAESTRO, EL MEJOR PIANISTA DEL SIGLO XX- UN GENIO... ATTE Luis Arrau Rojas Santiago- Chile- Vitacura

[@fjames208]

Un tio brillante....inolvidable

[@michael.forkert]

Exactamente!

[@michael.forkert]

Para mim, o melhor pianista de todos os tempos.

[@jorgeparise301]

Mi intérprete preferido y mas querido del siglo XX. Admirable. Y abuelo excelente, por lo visto. Enhorabuena.

[@hanssvenquispemamaniperuan2868]

mentiroso

[@23BET23]

the coda is so good... can't get enough of this work.

[@sommerwood2920]

A monument of civilisation both Arrau and the piece!

[@ZarThoustra]

Second Movement: (Timestamps IMHO) Arietta : (09:00) 1st Variation : (11:43) 2nd Variation : (13:43) (Birth of the Swing) 3rd Variation : (15:29) (Birth of the Ragtime Blues) 4th Variation : (17:37) ("Nuages") 5th Variation : (18:14) 6th Variation : (20:47) ^^

[@jamesadams3602]

Zar Thoustra I was listening and then 15:29 hit...where did that come from!? Sounds like jazz! Totally unexpected.

[@sdkee]

+James Adams Yep. Can't say it any better than you did. Beethoven was a time traveller. Or a first rate genius. Pick one.

[@MartinVanBoven]

Everybody with the tiniest bit of knowledge react to that variation "L'istesso Tempo" with that remark. :)

[@johnblanchard2648]

Grimaldi Beethoven 31

[@mileswhitener4173]

@@jamesadams3602 yes pretty well known that LvB discovered boogie woogie

[@billywongting]

Greatest Arietta. Thanks Beethoven for creating this and Arrau for this perfect interpretations!

[@mauriziolivraghi5572]

I quite agree

[@soubass16]

Sin duda alguna, la interpretación de las sonatas de Beethoven por Arrau es insuperable. Su sonido, elocuencia discursiva y técnica, son un referente interpretativo siempre.

[@KikeitorAlbo]

Y sobre todo, el sentimiento y el entendimiento del momento de Beethoven cuando compuso las sonatas, eso es un verdadero intérprete, no sólo tocar las notas

[@Warrencparker]

I just love this performance. The video quality is fantastic too.

[@KalD2306]

Such a brilliant play with the most beautiful Arietta...breathtaking.

[@henblair]

Wilhelm Backhaus #1, Arrau #1.1...No one else in their league. Just magnificent. Thanks for the upload.

[@DavidIzquierdoAzzouz]

Incredible sound and picture quality for being in it the 77'

[@chezbe]

Yes, i agree with your opinion! Its incredible quality for 77'!

[@solidsnake9332]

Thats what you call analog my friend

[@diegoemaldonado]

nadie mas que Arrau para tocar la ultima sonata de Beethoven, no te puedes cansar de escuchar algo como esto...

[@miryambarnabas2424]

Agredecido! 👏

[@enocalexisulloalopez6903]

No entiendo como puede tener 103 dislikes esta tremenda interpretación del maestro Claudio Arrau... Realmente estoy impresionado con la calidad de este genio...

[@paulorodriguez1904]

son peruanos envidiosos

[@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk]

@@paulorodriguez1904 ¿Pa que tan detonao, shoro? Son bots que ponen dislikes para que no aparezcan puros likes.

[@arturolopez-portillo4452]

Beethoven was so much of a genius that he created jazz in his own time!

[@karinarojas3211]

Awesome

[@shangshi4609]

Which jazzy part are you referring to?

[@rsr789]

@@shangshi4609 The third variation of the 2nd movement, in this performance, it starts around 15:28... it's more of a proto-boogie-woogie; it has a ragtime-like sound to it that's seemingly 70 years ahead of its time.

[@youngpaderewski3668]

Ah, this makes me want to practice.

[@MsSilita]

Mucho que aprenderle a este extraordinario intérprete.....y al sublime compositor que quiso transmitirnos semejante maravillosa música nacida de su alma.

[@hanssvenquispemamaniperuan2868]

palabras bacias

[@jan-pietervanwaasbergen2441]

I love this work so much and it is played with love by mr Arrau, with the soul of Beethoven. Thank you so much

[@Zeflik84]

Long time ago, I heard him play this in Katowice, Poland.

[@Sergei_Gusakov]

The most beloved piece of music since I was a teenager.

[@eduardopoblete8839]

Eduardo Poblete de Chile, que hermoso sonido, del maestro Arrau. Inmensa sonata que se adelantó a su época introduciendo elementos jazzísticos en la Arietta que fue un movimiento creado por Beethoven...

[@ttrons2]

I saw him twice. Once in Edmonton 1972 or 3 and again in London in 1986 or so. We got Beethoven 5 in Edmonton and both 4 and 5 in London. Life in the boondocks.

[@pilotgalvez]

Mi compatriota, el más grande intérprete de Beethoven de todos los tiempos!

[@ozielich]

Un honor para el resto del mundo ese gran maestro, tu compatriota.

[@ozielich]

Sublime su conexión con Beethoven. Arrau... el gran maestro!

[@louiskoenig1357]

On se calme les Argentins !

[@Lopesmarson]

Arrau é o pianista que melhor entendeu as sonatas de Beethoven

[@miryambarnabas2424]

I fully agree! 🤝

[@cmmaz]

a master playing a master.

[@rogermichou8654]

+cmmaz more like a master playing a Super Genius

[@angelicbaby92]

It's wonderful and I don't understand how anyone can play an entire sonata from memory! damn. Well, these are the reasons why these men are famous and professionals.

[@bolhommeable]

He didn't know only this sonata by heart but the other 31 and all Beethoven's piano works, Liszt, Chopin, Ravel and Bach and I surely forgot others. THAT was amazing.

[@cme1447]

I think he didn’t really memorise it, he rather internalised it, it became part of him

[@danielurbinatoro9496]

I recommend this about Arrau: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYmymn-MiZZrjZY

[@charlie7531]

Dude it isn’t hard to memorize I suck and can memorize them

[@annanadal6101]

Simply astounding, masterly piece, masterly execution by Arrau.

[@miryambarnabas2424]

Amen! 👏👏👏

[@JoseMBruna]

Sublime. ....grande maestro! !

[@Scarbogn]

This Sonata is the most sublime ever written, along with the Op 110. 22:45 almost brings tears to my eyes.

[@s.o.7174]

Essa é a melhor performance desta Sonata n 32 de Beethoven. Ouvi minha infância e adolescência toda a partir de um fita k-7 que minha mãe tinha trazido do Japão. A performance de Claudio Arrau é a melhor de todas indubitavelmente. Nem Daniel Barenboim consegue superar, ao meu ver. É muito energética! Um espetáculo! Maravilhoso demais. Dentre as conhecidas Moonlight, Pathetique, Appassionata, fico mesmo é com essa. Muitos dizem que tem uma parte que lembra muito o Jazz, mas a mim, me soa um pouco de Scott Joplin e suas ragtimes. Claro que Beethoven é indescritível e não tem igual, mas é óbvio que inspirou muitas gerações depois. Quando eu puder, mostro pra minha mãe essa versão que ela sempre ouviu, mas acho que nunca viu.

[@MultiSORDO]

Pero, que jazz ni jazz! Arrau toca cantabile y no jazz. No tocaba Rachmaninov porqué encontraba que era musica de cabaret, e iba a interpretar BEETHOVEN que reverenciaba, como Jazz... Jamas se le hubiese pasado por la mente a Beethoven de 'zwingear' y Arrau que respetaba lo que los compositores escribian, menos. Es un mundo al revés y loco que puede concebir tal desproposito. Solo los chapuceros pueden "interpretar" (?) Beethoven al estilo de jazz.

[@DavidLaChanceJr]

As Arrau said, if you don't make a mistake you're not playing it right. Flubs and all it's still the best interpretation. Sublime.

[@romanes2794]

Mon pianiste préféré entre tous interprétant magistralement l'oeuvre pour piano la plus sublime jamais écrite.

[@ThomasOgrodnik]

Movement I - 00:14 Movement II - 09:00

[@Dylonely42]

Thank you very much.

[@berlinzerberus]

Wonderful Arietta! Maestro!!

[@renatoconte6505]

Fantastic Arrau!

[@VanHollandRon]

Tiny tears at the beginning of the second movement (9:00). It's the beginning of the end of Opus 111, and for Beethoven, who knew it was the last movement of the last sonata he would ever write. It's a stunning, timeless, and transcendent work of art.

[@adriatorras8077]

Ron Solyntjes sweat

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

How do you figure that Beethoven knew this was going to be his last Sonata? He finished it in 1822, and it was not that he was terminally ill at that time.

[@rsr789]

Op. 111 was written in 1822, Beethoven died in 1827... you know you can't just make shit up, yes?

[@andream5310]

In this piano sonata You can find both Bach's fugatos themes and jazz music. Definitively a lot more than a normal sonata form...

[@paoloantunes1283]

What is Beethoven trying to say...... 250 years on we still haven’t even slightly caught up! Even a master like Arrau can’t do no more than getting stuck in sweating bewilderment..

[@KyotoMelody]

Thank you very very very very very much for sharing! Thank you!

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[@davidboxer1210]

It is Beethoven who is the genius. Arrau is competently conveying that genius. Listen to Richter's equally competent treatment of the same passages.

[@belcanto24]

Uno de los mejore3s pianistas, de nacionalidad chilena, y fana continental

[@cmmaz]

que regalo a la humanidad!!!

[@ozielich]

Sublime! Gracias maestro Arrau.

[@robertbell4593]

Mexico and Medicine hjmv

[@greenvince5264]

Beethoven my soul is yours ... ;(

[@timefortea1931]

Regarding the comments about "Jazz"- who else but Beethoven would be the first!

[@lawrencemuller8972]

Bach would.

[@flexusmaximus4701]

Tiresome papa Bach

[@GRANDPIANOSERIES]

Not jazz. I would say it's the first rock and roll.

[@lamsalgado]

@berlinzerberus Dear YT friend: Isn't Arrau's Arietta the most beautiful ever? I've heard many beautiful ones (well the Arietta is incredibly beautiful: after all, it's Beethoven...), but never one better than Maestro Arrau. Really Wonderful !

[@giovanninapolitano9027]

Sublime.

[@guillermojaramillo8911]

perfecto, ¡¡¡¡

[@rayonhixe4339]

Claudio Arrau interprète si bien Beethoven dans sa toute dernière sonate pour piano que ça nous arrache le cœur tellement c'est beau.

[@edwardvidgen682]

Beethoven OP 111-Arrau-Jung, all in one package here, maybe the humanity's finest achievement

[@pianofuentes]

El maestro Claudio Arrau en ese mismo recital tocó las "Variaciones sobre el tema de la sinfonía Heroica", será posible que pudieras compartir esa pieza en YOU TUBE....Muchas Gracias....

[@daveninjaneuro7089]

Look at the size of those TV cameras! Look like giant rocket launchers. Such nostalgia.

[@claudiasiefer8495]

SUBLIME . Both Beethoven and Arrau

[@Andantino-Academiamusical]

Piano Sonata No. 32 en Do menor, Op. 111 (Concierto: Bonn - Alemania 1977) Movimiento I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato. 00:12 - 08:58 Movimiento II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile 09:00 - 26:23

[@Dylonely42]

Thank you.

[@hostlangr]

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[@hostlangr]

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[@frotalafruta]

im a really proud chilean!!!!

[@cme1447]

😊

[@jjg7]

I always cry when the piece reaches at its climax at 22:45 onwards. Especially at the 23:39 part... I cant explain but the feeling in these parts are very nostalgic.. It's the last sonata and it depicts a pianists retirement from the instrument.. Something like that

[@Bulbophile]

Arrau's late recordings of Mephistoa Waltz no. 1, for instance, show his technical shortcomings (at the late age of...). But his late Beethoven is super, without the virtuosic technical challenges, interpretation is foremost. And it's mature and meaningful.

[@Dylonely42]

Old but gold !

[@junirrollo]

best op 111 interpretation, no comparison!

[@teghem28]

This is the best performance of this piece anywhere.

[@ijontichy4619]

Although he goes some kind of sloppily over the 'Boogie'-part, Arrau gives the very best interpretation of op111 I heard in decades (I know him since the early 90's and never heard a better interpretation)

[@Labienus]

There's an earlier performance of it in b&w-younger, and iMO superior to this, truly mesmerizing-I don't know if it's also on You Tube-I've had the DVD for years

[@jorgevillalobosjorgevik1978]

Magnifique Arrau!

[@SuperLiutprando]

legendary interpretation

[@andrewcarpenter817]

Magnificent, sublime

[@solidsnake9332]

That final movement feels like im floating above the clouds free as a bird. . .

[@Raphael24kim]

he knew very well about Beethoven through playing piano. sometime so passionate, sometime so romance, sometime so sad and so on... like our life story . music make me to stop dailystress. how about you ?

[@sdkee]

+Kim Raphaello Beethoven had a sad life. The oil refinery near your window mistreated him. His sister got cancer from it. Tell me about your experience.

[@philosyche]

hey hey boi what r u say now?

[@mikedaniels3009]

That will be the day when somebody DARES to jazz up that embryonic boogie woogie attempt and actually plays it like a real boogie .

[@geroelze1700]

Alleine die Arietta klingt wie ein protestantischer Choral, besonders bei Arrau! Groß und erhaben!

[@ivanbeshkov1718]

En 1969 el compositor Uruguayo Hector Tosar toco todas la sonatas de Beethoven en radio SODRE, una cada semana. Lamento haber perdido la oportunidad de escucharlo. Iba al liceo.

[@spiritualatheist1]

This is a performance at Beethovenfest, Bonn, GR, 1977. KZbin also has Arrau's 1970 Paris performance which is better - maybe his performance of a lifetime of the 32.

[@pian1sticpeng_in]

Bravo...... Very well done

[@아목동아]

maybe the best performance among stereo recordings