A recital by Piero Scarpini, the pianist who put his art at the service of 20th Century music, is always a source of stimulating modernity, even when he sits at the piano and plays masterpieces of the past. Those who are familiar with Scarpini and his personal conflict with contemporary music, know in fact, that his Bach, his Mozart, and his Beethoven can not be solely “some works” selected at random from any pianist’s repertoire, but they will always be “that” Bach, “that” Mozart, and “that” Beethoven, which for their interpreter are the most innovative and in some way “contemporary.” These live recordings were taken from Scarpini recitals dated 1953, 1961, and 1974.
