Liszt - Après une lecture du Dante (Claudio Arrau)

[@meredith218461]

Arrau could always produce a large scale sonority without banging the instrument. He had a natural muscular freedom, even when playing the most taxing of pieces such as the Dante Sonata. This is a superbly conceived account of this mighty work.

[@beenthereonce]

Fantastic voicing. What an ear and what the composer wrote. BRAVO!

[@shosha1878]

Beautiful interpretation. So profund and full of details. He does not play it as a virtuoso...No doubt he studied in his youth with Martin Krause...

[@douxreveur131]

Quel touché ! c'est juste incroyable ! Son interprétation était réellement unique, bouleversante (pour Kim :).

[@themusicalgerbil192]

Arrau was such a good Liszt player even in his later years, it's unreal.

[@avocatdenis]

In fact, I think he was one of the greatest all-rounders in instrumental history. Doesn't matter what he played, it was always very good to excellent.

[@themusicalgerbil192]

True.

[@Toydota]

I think it’s real

[@laurab562]

I love Arrau 😍♥️

[@arturozeballos1]

impresionante versión, destaca hasta el último detalle de la obra

[@osvaldoegert4771]

LEJOS, LA MEJOR INTERPRETACION ,DE LISZT

[@Xanadu2025]

I heard this live in concert

[@bryanshapiro6977]

and your impression? Both competing for G. Sand....

[@Xanadu2025]

@@bryanshapiro6977 I was very young. I was impressed that a little old man could play so passionately and with such volume.

[@kojikondo4347]

Try listening to this version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGO5pXacgs1racU

[@carlosguzman97]

that was painfully horrible. Does he play the piano with a hammer?

[@Toydota]

@@carlosguzman97 yes pianos do in fact have hammers

[@bryanshapiro6977]

I'll take Grimaud, 10,000:1 over Liszt/Arrau. Liszt too NON-melodic/dissonant....................prefer romantic over "macabre"

[@carlosguzman97]

ahahahahah. I didn't know what to make of her interpretation of this piece. The piano first sounds like a guitar in some places. Then it sounds like she's playing Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. There is no cohesion in her rendition and the pedaling leaves something to be desired.

[@pianobern69]

This is literally the Dante sonata and you don’t want it to be macabre?