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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995), an Italian musician whom some would not hesitate to call "the greatest pianist of the 20th century", passed through his era like a mysterious passenger whose art retained the secret of perfection. He was an impenetrable figure, aloof from the hustle and bustle of the music industry. If this personality trait kept the pianist out of the spotlight and out of the limelight, it preserved him from any faux-pas and built a legend jealously guarded by insiders. An interpreter admired by Alfred Cortot himself, but reviled in his homeland, which he left in 1968, "ABM" left his unique imprint on works by Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and Brahms. After suffering a stroke during a concert in Bordeaux in 1988, Benedetti Michelangeli cancelled concerts and masterclasses, retired into silence and died peacefully at the age of seventy-five. The piano, orphaned ever since, is still searching for its successor.
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  2.   Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40: II. Largo
  3.   Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40: I. Allegro vivace. Alla breve
  4.   Images, Livre I, CD 105, L. 110: No. 1, Reflets dans l'eau by ドビュッシー
  5.   Children's Corner, CD 119, L. 113: No. 6, Golliwog's Cake Walk
  6.   Children's Corner, CD 119, L. 113: No. 4, The Snow Is Dancing
  7.   Children's Corner, CD 119, L. 113: No. 5, The Little Shepherd
  8.   Children's Corner, CD 119, L. 113: No. 1, Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
  9.   Children's Corner, CD 119, L. 113: No. 3, Serenade for the Doll
  10.   Préludes, Livre II, CD 131, L. 123: No. 10, Canope
  11.   Préludes, Livre II, CD 131, L. 123: No. 5, Bruyères
  12.   Images, Livre II, CD 120, L. 111: No. 1, Cloches à travers les feuilles
  13.   Images, Livre II, CD 120, L. 111: No. 2, Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
  14.   Images, Livre I, CD 105, L. 110: No. 2, Hommage à Rameau
  15.   Images, Livre I, CD 105, L. 110: No. 3, Mouvement
  16.   Poissons d'or by ドビュッシー
  17.   Children's Corner, CD 119, L. 113: No. 2, Jimbo's Lullaby
  18.   Debussy: Préludes / Book 1, L. 117 - XII. Minstrels
  19.   Variazioni su un tema di Paganini Op.35Traccia 05
  20.   Brahms: 4 Ballades, Op. 10 - No. 1 in D Minor
  21.   N.4 in Si maggiore - Andante con moto
  22.   Piano Sonata No.32 in C Minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice cantabile
  23.   Sonate pour piano in C Minor, K. 11
  24.   Brahms: 4 Ballades, Op. 10 - No. 2 In D
  25.   Gaspard de la Nuit: "Le Gibet"
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