Genre:

Instrumental

Release Date:

Feb 2006

Recorded:

1962

Number of Discs:

1

Sound:

LPCM Mono

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Display:

NTSC

Catalog Number:

OA0941D

Michelangeli plays Debussy

Debussy: Images Books 1 & 2; Children's Corner; Canope; Bruyères

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli ();

The legendary Italian pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920 - 1995), playing at the height of his powers, performs some of Debussy’s most sensuous and arresting music for piano, in the famously rare 1962 RAI television recording, newly restored and re-mastered for this release. Michelangeli’s fine control and perfect clarity - always present in his playing - have positioned him among the most outstanding recording artists of any generation. "His fingers can no more hit a wrong note or smudge a passage than a bullet can be veered off course once it has been fired..." (Music critic Harold Schonberg)

Reviews

"This recital was filmed and recorded by RAI at Turin in 1962 and is black-and-white. The playing is anything but. Michelangeli plays with an amazingly wide range of colour and refinement of dynamics and touch." (The Penguin Guide)

Extra features

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli - Maestro dei Maestri’ - bonus documenatry.