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’ Burleske was recorded at a morning session on 13th April 1946 at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, followed immediately by Weber’s Konzertstück (Naxos 8.111263). The 1944 recording of Schumann’s Piano Concerto was recorded in one session of one hour and 45 minutes, with the first side of the second movement and both sides of the last movement done in single takes.

The 1939 recording of Schumann’s Carnaval is one of Arrau’s finest recordings.

Contents:

R Strauss:
Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Désiré Defauw
Recorded 13th April, 1946 in Orchestra Hall, Chicago

R Schumann:
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Karl Krueger
Recorded 4th December, 1944 in the Masonic Temple, Detroit

R Schumann:
Carnaval, Op. 9
Recorded 3rd and 4th April, 1939 in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London