Birth of a Legend (Columbia Recordings 1946-1950)

Album by Claudio Arrau

Birth of a Legend is a compilation album of recordings by Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau from 1946 to 1950. The set presents classical piano repertoire with a broad tonal range, clear articulation and a strong low register, and it shows Arrau in an early postwar phase when he was consolidating the interpretive weight he would bring to later performances.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Piano Sonata no. 21 in C major, op. 53 "Waldstein": I. Allegro con brio
    11:10
  2. 2.
    Piano Sonata no. 21 in C major, op. 53 "Waldstein": II. Introduzione (Adagio molto)
    4:03
  3. 3.
    Piano Sonata no. 21 in C major, op. 53 "Waldstein": III. Rondo (Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo)
    9:46
  4. 4.
    Piano Sonata no. 26 in E-flat major, op. 81a "Les Adieux": I. Adagio - Allegro
    6:49
  5. 5.
    Piano Sonata no. 26 in E-flat major, op. 81a "Les Adieux": II. Andante espressivo
    3:37
  6. 6.
    Piano Sonata no. 26 in E-flat major, op. 81a "Les Adieux": III. Vivacissimamente
    6:04
  7. 7.
    Allegretto in C minor, D. 915
    4:16

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 1 in C major
    0:40
  2. 3.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 2 in A minor
    2:04
  3. 4.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 3 in G major
    1:03
  4. 5.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor
    2:02
  5. 6.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 5 in D major
    0:37
  6. 7.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor
    2:20
  7. 8.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 7 in A major
    0:48
  8. 9.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 8 in F-sharp minor
    1:50
  9. 10.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 9 in E major
    1:25
  10. 11.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 10 in C-sharp minor
    0:29
  11. 12.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 11 in B major
    0:35
  12. 13.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 12 in G-sharp minor
    1:08
  13. 14.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 13 in F-sharp major
    3:34
  14. 15.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 14 in E-flat minor
    5:32
  15. 16.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 15 in D-flat major "Raindrop"
    0:46
  16. 17.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 16 in B-flat minor
    1:04
  17. 18.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 17 in A-flat major
    3:28
  18. 19.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 18 in F minor
    0:50
  19. 20.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 19 in E-flat major
    1:19
  20. 21.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 20 in C minor
    1:36
  21. 22.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 21 in B-flat major
    2:06
  22. 23.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 22 in G minor
    0:51
  23. 24.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 23 in F major
    0:54
  24. 25.
    24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 24 in D minor
    2:25
  25. 26.
    Kreisleriana, Op. 16: I. Agitatissimo
    2:17
  26. 27.
    Kreisleriana, Op. 16: II. Con molta espressione, non troppo presto
    2:15
  27. 28.
    Kreisleriana, Op. 16: III. Intermezzo I (Molto vivace)
    2:57
  28. 29.
    Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VI. Intermezzo II (Poco piu mosso)
    4:32
  29. 30.
    Kreisleriana, Op. 16: V. Molto agitato
    4:25
  30. 31.
    Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VI. Lento assai
    3:26
  31. 32.
    Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VII. Vivace assai
    2:53
  32. 33.
    Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VIII. Lento assai
    4:03
  33. 34.
    Kreisleriana, Op. 16: IX. Molto presto
    2:21
  34. 35.
    Kreisleriana, Op. 16: X. Vivace e scherzando
    3:23
  35. 36.
    Arabesque in C major, Op. 18
    4:32

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Pour le piano: Prélude
    3:56
  2. 4.
    Pour le piano: Sarabande
    4:50
  3. 5.
    Pour le piano: Toccata
    3:52
  4. 6.
    Estampes: Pagodes
    4:31
  5. 7.
    Estampes: Soirée dans Grenade
    4:23
  6. 8.
    Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie
    3:40
  7. 9.
    Images, Livre I: Reflets dans l'eau
    4:32
  8. 10.
    Images, Livre I: Hommage à Rameau
    7:09
  9. 11.
    Images, Livre I: Mouvement
    3:15
  10. 12.
    Images, Livre II: Cloches à travers les feuilles
    5:34
  11. 13.
    Images, Livre II: Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
    5:27
  12. 14.
    Images, Livre II: Poissons d'or
    4:00

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Gaspard de la nuit: Ondine
    7:05
  2. 5.
    Gaspard de la nuit: Le gibet
    6:09
  3. 6.
    Iberia, Livre I: Evocación
    5:52
  4. 7.
    Iberia, Livre I: El puerto
    4:16
  5. 8.
    Iberia, Livre I: Corpus in Sevilla
    7:14
  6. 9.
    Iberia, Livre II: Rondena
    6:20
  7. 10.
    Iberia, Livre II: Almeria
    7:59
  8. 11.
    Iberia, Livre II: Triana
    4:24

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