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Tokyo FM  TFMSCA-0021

Stereo Single Layer

Classical - Instrumental

Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien "Fantasiebbilder" Op. 26, Chopin: Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35, Ravel: Valse nobles et sentimentales, Gaspard de la Nuit

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

All

Recording

Recorded: 29th October 1973, Tokyo Bunkakaikan

Works (4)

• Frederic Chopin: Sonata for Piano No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35
• Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit for Piano, M. 55
• Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales for Piano, M. 61
• Robert Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien for Piano, Op. 26