Ravel piano concerto arturo benedetti michelangeli wikipedia

'One of the finest concerto records ever made. Marvellous piano playing…this disc will give you enormous delight.'

- Original Gramophone review.

Alfred cortot

'Great excitement when this album arrived! Straight away, it was hastened to my CD player, for this is one of the true piano classics of the gramophone. I checked the digital transfer sound quality against my treasured old 1958 LP and was assured: more detail and, of course, full security against those devastating old clicks and plops.

I say treasured LP because it has always been one of the pearls of my collection. I checked my log (I habitually wrote the dates when I played my LPs on the inner sleeves) and noticed I had played this record more often than practically any other I owned.

Ravel piano concerto arturo benedetti michelangeli wikipedia

Michelangeli made too few recordings. He was meticulous in preparation, and his fabulous technique and elegant playing was the result of years of intense and obsessive work. Listening to him playing these