The Complete Warner Recordings (14CD)

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

CD1

  1. 3 Sonatas and 3 Partitas BWV1001-1006 (1992 Digital Remaster): Chaconne (arr. Busoni)  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  2. Sonata in D minor Kk 9/L 413, "Pastorale"  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  3. Sonata in C minor Kk 11  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  4. Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 (1992 Digital Remaster): I Allegretto con brio  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  5. Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 (1992 Digital Remaster): I Allegretto con brio  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  6. Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 (1992 Digital Remaster): II Adagio  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  7. Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 (1992 Digital Remaster): III Scherzo  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  8. Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 (1992 Digital Remaster): IV Allegro assai  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  9. Mazurka No.47 in A minor, Op.68 No.2  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  10. Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  11. Waltz No.9 in A flat, Op.69 No.1  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

CD2

  1. Variations on a theme by Paganini Op.35 (1992 Digital Remaster): Theme  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  2. Variations on a theme by Paganini Op.35 (1992 Digital Remaster): Variations I - VIII  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  3. Variations on a theme by Paganini Op.35 (1992 Digital Remaster): Variations X - XII  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  4. Variations on a theme by Paganini Op.35 (1992 Digital Remaster): Variations I & II  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  5. Variations on a theme by Paganini Op.35 (1992 Digital Remaster): Variations V - VIII  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  6. Variations on a theme by Paganini Op.35 (1992 Digital Remaster): Variations X - XIII  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  7. Variations on a theme by Paganini Op.35 (1992 Digital Remaster): Variations III & IV  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  8. Variations on a theme by Paganini Op.35 (1992 Digital Remaster): Variations XIII & XIV  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  9. Lyric Pieces: Melancholy, Op.47 No.5  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  10. Lyric Pieces: At the Cradle, Op.68 No.5  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  11. Rumores de la caleta, Op.71 No.8 - Malagueña  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  12. Images, Set 1 No.1 - Reflets dans l'eau (Andantino molto)  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  13. Danzas españolas, Op.37 No.5 - Andaluza (Playera)  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  14. Canción y Danza No.1  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  15. Marescotti: Fantasque (1939)  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

CD3

  1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415 (2004 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti/Franco Caracciolo
  2. Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major K415 (2004 Digital Remaster): II. Andante  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti/Franco Caracciolo
  3. Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major K415 (2004 Digital Remaster): III. Allegro  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti/Franco Caracciolo
  4. Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major K450 (1992 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro - Cadenza  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Orchestra Sinfonica da Camera dell'Ente dei Pomeriggi Musicali di Milan/Ettore Gracis
  5. Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major K450 (1992 Digital Remaster): II. Andante  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Orchestra Sinfonica da Camera dell'Ente dei Pomeriggi Musicali di Milan/Ettore Gracis
  6. Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major K450 (1992 Digital Remaster): III. Allegro - Cadenza  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Orchestra Sinfonica da Camera dell'Ente dei Pomeriggi Musicali di Milan/Ettore Gracis
  7. Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K488 (2004 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Naples Scarlatti Orchestra/Franco Caracciolo
  8. Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K488 (2004 Digital Remaster): II. Adagio  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Naples Scarlatti Orchestra/Franco Caracciolo
  9. Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K488 (2004 Digital Remaster): III. Allegro assai  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Naples Scarlatti Orchestra/Franco Caracciolo

CD4

  1. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: I. Allegro  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  2. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: II. Romanze  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  3. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: III. Scherzino  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  4. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: IV. Intermezzo  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  5. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: V. Finale  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  6. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 1. Préambule  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  7. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 2. Pierrot  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  8. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 3. Arlequin  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  9. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 4. Valse noble  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  10. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 5. Eusebius  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  11. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 6. Florestan  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  12. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:  7. Coquette  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  13. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:  8. Réplique  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  14. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9:  9. Papillonsaus Wien, Op. 26: I. Allegro  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  15. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 10. A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes)  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  16. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 11. Chiarina  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  17. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 12. Chopin  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  18. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 13. Estrella  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  19. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 14. Reconnaissance  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  20. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 15. Pantalon et Colombine  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  21. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 16. Valse allemande  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  22. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 17. Paganini (Intermezzo)  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  23. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 18. Aveu  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  24. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 19. Promenade  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  25. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 20. Pause  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  26. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: 21. Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

CD5

  1. Debussy: Images Set II (1907): II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut: Lent  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  2. Debussy: Images Set II (1907): I. Cloches à travers les feuilles: Lent  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  3. Debussy: Images Set I (1905): II. Hommage à Rameau: Lent et grave  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  4. Debussy: Images Set I (1905): I. Reflets dans l' eau: Andantino molto  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  5. Chopin: Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 49  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  6. Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  7. Mompou: Canción (from Canción y danza No. 6)  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  8. Chopin: Valse No. 17 in E -Flat Major, Op. posth.  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  9. REHEARSAL AND SOUND-CHECK  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

CD6

  1. Piano Concerto in G major (2000 Digital Remaster): Allegramente  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Philharmonia Orchestra/Ettore Gracis
  2. Piano Concerto in G major (2000 Digital Remaster): Adagio assai  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Philharmonia Orchestra/Ettore Gracis
  3. Piano Concerto in G major (2000 Digital Remaster): Presto  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Philharmonia Orchestra/Ettore Gracis
  4. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor Op. 40 (1999 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro vivace  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Philharmonia Orchestra/Ettore Gracis
  5. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor Op. 40 (1999 Digital Remaster): II. Largo  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Philharmonia Orchestra/Ettore Gracis
  6. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor Op. 40 (1999 Digital Remaster): III. Allegro vivace  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Philharmonia Orchestra/Ettore Gracis
  7. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor Op. 40 (1999 Digital Remaster): III. Allegro vivace  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Philharmonia Orchestra/Ettore Gracis

CD7

  1. Piano Concerto No.11 in D HobXVIII:11 (2004 Digital Remaster): I. Vivace  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Edmond de Stoutz/Das Zürcher Kammerorchester
  2. Piano Concerto No.11 in D HobXVIII:11 (2004 Digital Remaster): II. Un poco adagio  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Edmond de Stoutz/Das Zürcher Kammerorchester
  3. Piano Concerto No.11 in D HobXVIII:11 (2004 Digital Remaster): III. Rondo all 'Ungherese  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Edmond de Stoutz/Das Zürcher Kammerorchester
  4. Piano Concerto in G major Hob. XVIII:4 (1986 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro (Cadenza by Nino Rota)  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Das Zürcher Kammerorchester/Edmond de Stoutz
  5. Piano Concerto in G major Hob. XVIII:4 (1986 Digital Remaster): II. Adagio cantabile (Candenza by Nino Rota)  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Das Zürcher Kammerorchester/Edmond de Stoutz
  6. Piano Concerto in G major Hob. XVIII:4 (1986 Digital Remaster): III. Rondo (Presto)  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli/Das Zürcher Kammerorchester/Edmond de Stoutz

CD8

  1. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Préambule Quasi maestoso - Più moto - Animato - Vivo - Presto  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  2. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Pierrot. Moderato  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  3. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Arlequin. Vivo  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  4. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Valse noble. Un poco maestoso  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  5. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Eusebius. Adagio  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  6. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Florestan. Passionato  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  7. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Coquette. Vivo  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  8. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Réplique. L'istesso tempo (-Sphinxes)  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  9. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Papillons. Prestissimo  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  10. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): A.S.C.H._S.C.H.A (Lettres dansantes). Presto  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  11. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Chiarina. Passionato  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  12. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Chopin. Agitato  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  13. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Estrella. Con affetto  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  14. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Reconnaissance. Animato  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  15. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Pantalon et Colombine. Presto  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  16. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Valse allemande. Molto vivace  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  17. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Paganini. Intermezzo. Presto  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  18. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Aveu. Passionato  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  19. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Promenade. Comodo  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  20. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Pause. Vivo  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  21. Carnaval, Op.9 (2004 Digital Remaster): Marche des 'Davidsbündler' contre les Philistines. Non Allegro-Molto più vivo - Animato - Vivo - Animato molto - Vivo - Più stretto  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  22. Album für die Jugend, Op.68 (2004 Digital Remaster): No.38 Winterzeit  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  23. Album für die Jugend, Op.68 (2004 Digital Remaster): No.37 Matrosenlied  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  24. Album für die Jugend, Op.68 (2004 Digital Remaster): No.39 Winterszeit II  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  25. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 (Extracts)*: I. Allegro  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  26. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 (Extracts)*: II.  Romance  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  27. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 (Extracts)*: III.  Scherzino  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

CD9

  1. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: I. Allegro affettuoso  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  2. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54: II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  3. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54: III. Allegro vivace  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  4. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  5. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  6. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Quasi presto - Andante maestoso  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

CD10

  1. Grieg: Lyric Pieces: Erotik Op. 43, No. 5  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  2. Bach, JS: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971: I. [without tempo indication]  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  3. Bach, JS: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971: II. Andante  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  4. Bach, JS: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971: III. Presto  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  5. Tomeoni: Allegro  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  6. Scarlatti: Sonata in D major, Kk 96  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  7. Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, Kk 27  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  8. Chopin: Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  9. Chopin: Mazurka in B minor, Op. 33 No.4  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

CD11

  1. Allegro con brio  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  2. Andante con moto  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  3. Allegro  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  4. Vivace  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  5. Un poco adagio  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  6. Rondò all'ungherese  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

CD12

  1. Allegro affettuoso - Andante espressivo.Allegro - Allegro molto  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  2. Intermezzo (Andante grazioso)  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  3. Allegro vivace  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  4. Allegro maestoso  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  5. Quasi adagio  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  6. Allegretto vivace  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  7. Allegro animato  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  8. Allegro marziale. Presto  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

CD13

  1. Reflets dans l'eau  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  2. Hommage à Rameau  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  3. Mouvement  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  4. Cloches à travers les feuilles  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  5. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  6. Poissons d'or  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  7. Canope  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  8. Bruyères  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  9. Doctor Gradus as Parnassum  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  10. Jimbo's Lullaby  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  11. Serenade for the Doll  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  12. The Snow is dancing  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  13. The little Shepherd  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  14. Golliwog's Cake-Walk  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

CD14

  1. Scherzo n. 2 in si bemolle minore Op. 31  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  2. Ballata n. 1 in sol minore Op. 23  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  3. Fantasia in fa minore Op. 49  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  4. Valzer in la bemolle maggiore Op. 69 n. 1  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  5. Valzer brillante in la bemolle maggiore Op. 34 n. 1  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  6. Valzer Opera Postuma  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  7. Mazurca in la minore Op. 68 n. 2  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  8. Mazurca in si minore Op. 33 n. 4  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
  9. Mazurca in re bemolle maggiore Op. 30 n. 3  - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Released to mark the 20th anniversary of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli’s death in 1995, this 14-CD collection gathers recordings made by the extraordinary Italian pianist between 1939 and 1975 and includes previously unreleased material from 1972 (the three movements from Schumann’s Faschingsschwank aus Wien). Spanning the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, the repertoire encompasses works by all the composers who defined Michelangeli’s art.

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995) remains an enigmatic figure, but the elevated beauty and poetry of his playing – and its superhuman precision – are beyond any doubt. He is a musician who is genuinely deserving of the overused epithet ‘legendary’.

Michelangeli was born in Brescia in Northern Italy in 1920. At the age of three he started learning the violin, but switched to the piano and received his diploma from the Milan Conservatory at the age of 13. In 1939, at the age of 19, he won the Grand Prix at the Geneva Piano Competition; the chairman of the jury, the great French pianist Alfred Cortot, is said to have described him as “a new Liszt”.

A very private man, Michelangeli appeared uncommunicative, even aloof on stage and he was famously perfectionist, both with respect to his pianism and to conditions under which he performed. He rarely played more than 20 engagements per season and over his career became notorious for cancelling concerts if the circumstances were less than ideal. He even acquired the habit of touring with two of his own pianos to ensure that the instrument for each performance met his exacting standards. He summed up the particular magic of his sound when speaking to the New York Times in 1977: “If you speak of my tone, then you must think not of the piano but a combination of the violin and the organ.”

As Alain Cochard wrote in the French magazine Pianiste: “Michelangeli engaged in an intimate, one-on-one dialogue with the music, and he could only appear on stage if the conditions were in harmony with his sense of perfection ... The fascinating sculptural quality of Michelangeli’s pianism can sometimes be mistaken for coldness, but appearances can be deceptive, as was the case for the man himself. The ice must be broken if we are to appreciate the true density and honesty of his interpretations.”

The repertoire Michelangel performed was eclectic – ranging over the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries – but not expansive. According to the British newspaper the Independent, he was supreme in in the works of Debussy and Ravel: “He had an ability to evoke a colour world in which he achieved astonishing effects, combining sustained sound with a pearly clarity. He could mould the texture like melted wax into the subtlest shapes.”

Writing of his early recordings (included in this collection), Gramophone stated that: “Michelangeli ranks among the grandest of all musical autocrats. And when his transcendent mastery is complemented by warmth, wit and charm, such additions are beyond price. Early in his career he possessed a Romantic as well as magisterial charisma, and listening to his performance of Bach's Italian Concerto with its wealth of colour, nuance and resilience is to be reminded that a human heart beat beneath that legendary froideur.”

Further evidence of the passions beneath Michelangeli’s cool surface emerges from his biography. In World War II he served as a pilot in the Italian air force before joining the Resistance. He was imprisoned by the Nazis, but escaped after eight months. The consummate pianist was also a keen racing driver, even competing in the famous Mille Miglia race that ran between Brescia and Rome. More significantly, he chose to devote much time to teaching, and among his students were Martha Argerich and Maurizio Pollini, two of today’s greatest pianists.

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