Since you are interested in Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (with Weber-Konzertstuck / Piano Sonata No. 1) (recorded 1941-47), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BACH / BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / DEBUSSY
The Final Sessions Claudio Arrau (piano) [ Philips Collectors Edition / 7 CD - released 20/Dec/2006 ] The master pianist's final satatements on many of his most cherished composers. |
Claudio Arrau, piano
Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor, etc [ Philips 50 / CD - released 5/May/2001 ] one of the greatest masterpieces for the piano |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Preludes / 4 Impromptus Claudio Arrau (piano) [ Philips Originals / CD - released 20/Aug/2006 ] "any listener interested in the music of the greatest solo Romantic piano music ever composed should hear Arrau's preludes." (Allmusic.com) |
Claudio Arrau, piano
Schubert - The Late Sonatas & Impromptus (D958-960 / D899) [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2003 ] 2003 also marks the 100th anniversary of Arrau's birth |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Waltzes and Polkas Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy [ Sony Essential / CD - released 5/Jun/2008 ] "I personally feel that almost all of the material Ormandy committed to disc with the Philadelphians during his association with CBS/Columbia/Sony is worth owning, and this CD of Strauss Waltzes is no exception." (Amazon.com) |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 / Carnaval, Op. 9 (with Richard Strauss-Burleske in D minor, TrV 145) (Rec 1939-46) Claudio Arrau (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Desire Defauw (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 25/Nov/2007 ] This third Naxos volume of Claudio Arrau's recordings from the 1930s and 1940s includes two performances set down in an incredibly short period of time. Richard Strauss's Burleske was recorded at a morning session on 13th April 1946 at Orchestra Hall... |
CHOPIN
Complete Preludes (with Schumann-Papillons Op.2) Claudio Arrau (piano) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] In just 40 minutes, the cosmos was created. To be sure, here we are talking solely about a pianistic cosmos: yet it is one that still, more than 170 years after its creation, remains breath-taking and arouses many diverse emotions, including... |