1. Piano Sonata No.18 in D [K.576 the Hunt] 1. Allegro 2. Adagio 3. Allegretto 4. Fantasia No.4 for Solo Piano in C Minor [K.475] 1. thru 5. Movements 5. Piano Sonata No.14 in C Minor [K.457] 1. Molto Allegro 2. Adagio 3. Allegro assai 8. Fantasia No.3 for Solo Piano in D Minor [K.397] 1. thru 3. Movements 9. Rondo No.3 for Solo Piano in A Minor [K. 511] Pianoforte - Claudio Arrau [K.576 composed in Vienna 1788; K.457 composed in Vienna 1784; K.475 composed in Vienna 1785; K.397 composed in Vienna 1782; K. 511 composed in Vienna 1787] CLAUDIO ARRAU carefully studied WOLFGANG MOZART'S UNIQUE PIANISTIC STYLE to accurately interpret the composer's COMPLETE 18 PIANO SONATAS and 5 SOLO PIANO WORKS like Amadeus intended them to be played with a detached style, scrupulous attention to classical piano music score's details, excellent musical taste, confident expression, a calm determined demeanor without facial gestures, strictly maintained tempos, no speed or slowing in the classical piano score's repeat sections, and each extended musical note must be held to its full dynamic range without any emphatic clipping. At the essence of his perfect piano interpretations, WOLFGANG MOZART'S UNIQUE PIANISTIC STYLE possessed the artistic qualities of clarity, balance, delicacy, eloquence, sensitivity, simplicity, sublime finesse, and elegance that allowed his audiences to feel the piano music he was playing. As a poetic classical piano interpreter, CLAUDIO ARRAU'S ORIGINAL UNIQUE PIANISTIC STYLE on this MOZART COMPLETE PIANO SONATAS & SOLO PIANO WORKS 7-CD SET can be heard in his classical piano's unhurried tempo and rich tone where every musical note is cherished with reverence and care. As an artistic intellectual who traveled the world and spoke five languages, Claudio Arrau was completely faithful in all his CD recordings to the classical composer's ideas in his authoritative piano interpretations by carefully researching the composer's pianism and pianistic style with the historical times and events in which they lived. As the most universally revered classical pianist of the 20th Century, maestro CLAUDIO ARRAU's philosophy on perfect correct piano interpretations was based on his fidelity to the composer's original performance of their classical piano music scores. CLAUDIO ARRAU'S pianism in all his CD recordings was based on his creativity and artistry to explore, divine, reflect, and interpret the meaning of the composer's original classical piano music score which Arrau believed should be the classical pianist's entire focus to deliver a perfect piano interpretation. Claudio Arrau played with seriousness of purpose and total respect for the composer's classical piano music that bordered on veneration. If a classical piano music score was technically difficult, Claudio Arrau believed that the composer had written it that way because the technical difficulties contained an artistic quality whose purpose was intended for the classical pianist to discover and interpret correctly while playing. Unlike other classical pianists, Claudio Arrau's pianistic style never allowed him to play the classical piano with frivolity to wow his audience with exaggeration for mere entertainment. *18 PIANO SONATAS RECORDING DATE 1983 ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON CDS IN 1983 & 1984 & 1985: Piano Sonatas No.1 [K.279], No.2 [K.280], No.3 [K.281], No.4 [K.282], No.5 [K.283], No.6 [K.284], No.7 [K.309], No.8 [K.310], No.9 [K.311], No.10 [K.330], No.11 [K.331], No.12 [K.332], No.13 [K.330], No.14 [K.457], No.15 [K.533], No.16 [K.545], No.17 [K.570] & No.18 [K.576] *5 SOLO PIANO WORKS RECORDING DATE 1973 ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON LPS IN 1783 & ON CDS IN 1981: Fantasia No.3 Solo Piano in D Minor [K.397], Fantasia No.4 Solo Piano in C Minor [K.475], Rondo No.1 For Solo Piano in D [K.485], Rondo No.3 For Solo Piano in A Minor [K.511] & Adagio For Solo Piano in B Minor [K.540]

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