Title: melancholy dark sound
Product review: The bulk of the Arrau Philips recording of Moazart was not very remarkable, but this particular disc achieved a stereo image that is unforgettable. The sound is dark, mysterious, melancholy, enigmatic. Through earphones you can easily hear the strings of the piano sounding under Arrau's touch. The andantes of 570 and 576 have a hovering quality because of the unusual keys in which the sonatas were written. K 540, the adagio that Alfred Einstein called Mozart's "Most tragic" piano work, is unforgettable. It is seventeen minutes long, but it doesn't feel long. Every time I listen to it I think, "this is the best piece of music I own."Lovers of standard Mozart performers like Uchida, Pires, Schiff, de Larrocha, Ashkenazy, Barnenboim, Perahia, would be shocked by the seriousness of this disc. Arrau takes Mozart to a level never heard elsewhere.Not for everyone, but if you buy it you won't be disappointed.
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