Serioser Klangzauberer / Serious Wizard of Sound

When it comes to the Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau, both critics and audiences alike have been generous in the superlatives bestowed upon him: he was known as the "king of pianists" and was even celebrated as a "second Liszt". This compilation features recordings made between 1939 and 1958 and prove Claudio Arrau to be a performer whose playing was both flawless and earnest. Among these admirable recordings are the Chopin "Studies" and Schumann's "Kreisleriana" and "Carnaval". The recordings of the piano concertos written by Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Grieg and Schumann were made with major orchestras - conducted by the leading conductors Otto Klemperer, Fritz Busch and Eugene Ormandy.