Claudio Arrau - Bach: Goldberg Variations 1942 (Remastered 2016)

Sony Classical has the honor to present a set of recordings plate of one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. Concert career began in the fifth year of life. In 1913, he undertook formal musical studies at the Conservatory in Berlin Stern (Stern 'sches Conservatory), in the class of Martin Krause. After graduating from high school in 1918, he took the first tour of Europe. He returned to America in 1921, giving a series of concerts in Argentina and Chile. After a concert in 1923 in the New York debut in international music circles with great success. Two years later, he was offered a job at the Berlin Conservatory as a teacher of piano playing. Seal of newly acquired fame was the first prize at the International Competition for Musical Performances, awarded to him in Geneva in 1927. In 1940 he left Germany and reemigrował to Santiago. He founded the private school for pianists, of which he was director. However, a year later he renounced this function and moved to New York, where he settled permanently.

Tracklist:

01.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria (4:59)
02.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation I (1:46)
03.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation II (1:27)
04.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation III - Canon at the Unison (1:53)
05.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation IV (1:05)
06.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation V (1:32)
07.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VI - Canon at the Second (1:37)
08.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VII (1:37)
09.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation VIII (1:48)
10.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation IX - Canon at the Third (2:13)
11.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation X (1:20)
12.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XI (1:44)
13.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XII - Canon at the Fourth (3:52)
14.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIII (5:18)
15.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIV (2:09)
16.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XV - Canon at th)
32.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria (2:24)e Fifth (4:12)
17.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XVI - Overture (2:52)
18.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XVII (1:58)
19.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XVIII - Canon at the Sixth (1:10)
20.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XIX (1:03)
21.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XX (1:59)
22.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXI - Canon at the Seventh (3:05)
23.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXII (1:22)
24.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXIII (2:01)
25.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXIV: Canon at the Octave (3:20)
26.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXV (8:29)
27.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXVI (2:08)
28.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXVII - Canon at the Ninth (1:55)
29.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXVIII (2:25)
30.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXIX (2:09)
31.Claudio Arrau - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXX - Quodlibet (1:40)