Claudio Arrau
Piano
1903 - 1991

www.arrauhouse.org
Claudio Arrau

'ArrauHouse' - A Chronology

Maturity Period - 1962 to 1991

1962 Netherlands
Performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, with The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam [Das Koninklijk Concertgebouw Orchester Amsterdam] conducted by Eugen Jochum.
1962
Netherlands
A Beethoven complete piano concerto cycle with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in June.

1962

 

Netherlands

 
Signs a long-term recording contract with Philips, subsequently renewed for life, resulting in his well-known, extensive recordings of works by Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, Schubert, and Mozart, as well as a sample of Bach, Grieg, and Tchaikovsky.
1962-1970
Netherlands
Records his celebrated, complete Beethoven piano sonata and concerto cycles for Philips.
1962
England
Performance in London of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3, Weber's Konzerstück Op.79, and Liszt's Totentanz, under Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra on 21 June.  
Maestro Arrau played in aid of the humanitarian programmes assisted by The British United Nations Association.
1962
Australia
Recitals at the Sydney Town Hall -
30 July programme:
> Mozart: Sonata K.576
> Brahms: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op.24
> Debussy: Twelve préludes Book I
> Debussy: L'isle joyeuse
30 August all-Beethoven programme:
> Pastorale Sonata Op.28
> Sonata Op.31 No.1
> Hammerklavier Sonata Op.106
7 September all-Beethoven programme:
> Sonata Op.2 No. 2
> Sonata Op.101
> Sonata Op. 109
> Waldstein Sonata Op.53
1963 U.S.A.  Performances of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Liszt Totentanz (Paraphrase on the 'Dies Irae') for Pianoforte and Orchestra, with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Milton Katims on 11 and on 12 February.
1963 U.S.A.  Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.
1963 Netherlands Performances of Grieg’s Piano Concerto Op 16 and Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, with The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam [Das Koninklijk Concertgebouw Orchester Amsterdam] conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi.
1963 Germany Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra of Hamburg [NDR Sinfonieorchester] conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt.
1963 Germany Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Hans Werner Henze.
1963 Switzerland Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Zurich Townhall Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle Orchester Zürich] conducted by Erich Schmid.
1963 Switzerland Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with Nello Santi conducting the Zurich Townhall Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle Orchester Zürich].
1963 Scotland Performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson.
1963 England Performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by George Hurst.

1963

England
Celebrates his sixtieth birthday with a performance of Beethoven's complete piano concerto cycle under Otto Klemperer at the London Festival Hall.

1963

 

Germany

 
Winner of the 1963 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis for the recordings in 1960 and 1962 of Brahm's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Carlo Maria Giulini, for the English Columbia label (EMI).

1963

U.S.A.
Recital at The Library of Congress, Washington, with The Juilliard Quartet, on 19 December:
> Schubert's Quintent for Piano and Strings in A, D.667 (The Trout), and
> Franck's Quintet for Piano and String in F minor.
[DOREMI 2-CD, DHR-5701, 2003]
1964 Netherlands Performances of Beethoven’s complete piano concerto cycle with The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam [Das Königliche Concertgebouw Orchester Amsterdam] and Bernard Haitink conducting.
1964 Germany Beethoven-Arrau Cycle in three evenings -
Performances in Berlin at the new Philharmonie Hall of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 5 on the 12th of March, repeated on the 13th;  and Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 on the 15th of march, repeated on the 16th, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmoniker] and Bernard Haitink conducting.  Tickets sold-out in January.

Press raves published by Berlin Tagesspiegel and Berlin Kurier of 13th March, Berlin Tagesbericht of 14th March, Berlin Morgenpost of 15th March, Der Abend of Berlin on 16th March.
1964 Germany Beethoven-Arrau Cycle in three evenings (conclusion) -
Performances in Berlin at the new Philharmonie Hall of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and Choral Fantasy with piano and orchestra Op 80, on the 18th of April, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmoniker] conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch. 
1964 Germany Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with Rafael Jeroným Kubelík conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra [Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks].
1964 Germany Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra [Hamburger Philharmoniker] conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch.

1964

Germany
Inauguration of the Berlin Philharmonic's New Philharmonic Hall with a complete Beethoven sonata cycle.
1964 England Performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir John Michael Pritchard.
1964 France Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with L’Orchestre national de France conducted by Jascha Horenstein.
1964
Puerto Rico
Performances at the Pablo Casals' Festival.
1964
Israel
Fifth concert tour.
1964
Japan
First concert tour of Japan, under the sponsorship of the Osaka Festival. The most enthusiastic welcome by critics and the public.
1964 U.S.A. Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Laszlo Somogyi conducting.
1964 U.S.A. Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Josef Krips.
1964 U.S.A. Performances of Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 15 (K450) and 16 (K451), with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf, on 3 & 4 July, respectively.

1964

 

U.S.A.

 

Recital at The Library of Congress, Washington, with The Juilliard Quartet, on 12 December:M
> Mozart's Trio for piano, violin and cello in C major K548, and
> Dvorák's Quintet for piano and strings in A major Op.81. D
[DOREMI 2- CD, DHR-5701, 2003]

1965

 

Argentina

 
Beethoven's complete piano concerto cycle at the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires, where, for the first time ever in the history of this theatre,1 1,000 additional spectators in every concert were allowed to attend standing up.
1965
Colombia
Performances in September.
1965
Poland
Return tour, after a 27-year absence.  Lavishing praise from Warsaw critics. Presented with the mask of Chopin, a cast of Chopin's hand, and Chopin's facsimile manuscripts.
1965 England Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and R.Strauss’s Burleske in D minor, with the London Symphony Orchestra and Colin Davis conducting.
1965 France Cover page photograph of Maestro Arrau on Le Guide du Concert weekly magazine no. 457, of 22 to 28 May.
1965 France Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with L’Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg conducted by Alceo Galliera. http://arrausite.free.fr/Index.html
1965 France Standing ovation in Paris after Arrau's interpretation of Schubert's great Sonata in B flat.
1965 France Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, with L’Orchestre national de France conducted by Zubin Mehta.
1965
France
Awarded the Chevalier de l'ordre des arts et des lettres.
1965 Japan Début at the Osaka Festival Hall on Saturday 24 April, including performances of Brahms's Piano Concertos 1 and 2 in the same evening, with the Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Takashi Asahina.  

A review by Ernst Gottschalk, for the Asahi Evening News of 26 April, highlights the superior attributes of Mr Arrau's artistry, which showed through its performances despite a low quality piano and an unsure conductor.

An all-Beethoven solo recital took place on Monday 26 April.
1965 Switzerland Performance of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Zurich Townhall Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle Orchester Zürich] conducted by Zubin Mehta.
1965 Germany Performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Carlo Zecchi.

1965

 

Germany

 
Winner of the 1965 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis for the recordings in 1964 of Beethoven's Five Piano Concertos with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam under Bernard Haitink for the Philips label.
1965 Germany Article entitled Virtuoser Brahms, by A.S. Mayer, in Bonn's "General Anzeiger" newspaper of 22 October, with an appraisal of Arrau's performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in Duisburg, under Professor Georg Ludwig Jochum conducting the Duisburg Symphonic Orchestra [Duisburger Symphoniker], in a program also including symphonic works by Schubert and Rudi Stephans.
1966 Scotland Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson.
1966 England Performance in June of Beethoven’s complete piano concerto cycle, in a 3-evening program, with The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Groves.
1966 Germany Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra [NDR Sinfonieorchester] of Hamburg conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt.
1966
Japan
Second concert tour.
1966 U.S.A. Performances of Beethoven’s complete piano concerto cycle, plus Choral Fantasy with piano and orchestra Op 80, with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Max Rudolf.
1966 U.S.A. Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Florida Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Canarina.

1966

U.S.A.
Arrau celebrates the 25th anniversary of his U.S.A. annual tours, with five concerts at the New York Philharmonic Hall.

1966-
1967

U.S.A.
Performance in Spartanburg City under the auspices of the Spartanburg Civic Music Association of South Carolina.

1967

U.S.A.
Performance of Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under visiting conductor Hans Swarowsky on 27 January.
1967 Denmark Performances of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Militiadis Caridis.
1967 Csechoslovakia Performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with the Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Zdenek Kosler.
1967 Germany Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, with RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Antonio Janigro.
1967 England Performances of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the London Symphony Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa conducting.
1967 Switzerland Performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Zurich Townhall Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle Orchester Zürich] conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.
1967 U.S.A. Performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, and Weber’s Konzertstück Op 79, with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Max Rudolf.
1967 U.S.A. Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Laszlo Somogyi.
1967 U.S.A. Performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with Charles Mackerras conducting the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
1967
U.S.A.
Establishes The Claudio Arrau Foundation in New York for the encouragement of young musicians.

1967

 

Chile

 
Recitals performances in Santiago at the Teatro Municipal on 22 July and the Teatro Caupolicán on 24 July, after a euphoric welcome to the country by high Chilean dignataries.  Proceeds towards the Claudio Arrau Foundation for Young Musicians.
[Chronicle on Arrau, and interview with him and his wife, by Hans Ehrmann in Ercilla magazine of Santiago]

1968

World
World tour, including Australia, New Zealand, the Soviet Union, Israel, all Europe, Japan, South America, Mexico, Canada, and the U.S.
1968 Germany

Performances on April 18, repeated on April 19, of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Liszt’s Totentanz for piano and orchestra, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmoniker] conducted by Theodor Bloomfield.  

Arrau's sixty-five birthday concerts organised by the Berlin Philharmonic, lavishly acclaimed by the critics on 19 April [Der Abend] and 20 April [Morgenpost, Der Telegraf, Berliner Zeitung, Der Tagesspiegal, Die Welt]

Salzburg's Der Tagesspiegel of 20 April includes an enthusiastic appraisal by Walther Kaempfer entitled Dämonische Faszination - Arrau mit den Philhatmonikern [Demonic fascination - Arrau with the Philharmonic].

Berlin's Der Welt of 20 April contians an article by M-r entitled Alle Himmel der Virtuosität [Heavens of virtuosity].

And Berlin's Der Telegraf of 20 April includes an apprails by KW entitled Triumph Arraus.
1968 Germany Performances on 22 April, repeated on 23 April, of Schumann’s Piano Concerto and Weber’s Konzertstück Op 79 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmoniker] under Gerd Albrecht.
Arrau's sixty-five birthday concerts organised by the Berlin Philharmonic, highly acclaimed by the critics on 24 April [Der Abend] and 25 April [Berliner Zeitung, Morgenpost, Die Welt]
1968 Germany

Performance of Weber's Konzertstück für Klavier und Orchester Op.79 and Schumann’s Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Op 54, with Gerd Albrecht at the Philharmonie conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester] on Tuesday 23 April, with a program also including Mendelssohn's Symphonie Nr 3 Op.56 and Schumann's Ouverture zu Byrons dramatischen Gedicht 'Manfred" Op.115.

1968 Germany Performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, with Rafael Jeroným Kubelík conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra [Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks].
1968 Germany Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra [Kölner Radio Symphonieorchester] conducted by Ferdinand Leitner.
1968
URSS
Returns to the Soviet Union to sold-0ut concerts in May, after a 38-year absence. Welcomed with the greatest aclaim, this was an event of major musical significance for Arrau and a revelation for music lovers, particularly young musicians.
Arrau gave two concerts in Leningrad, two in Moscow, and one in Kiev.
Leningrad:
> Beethoven's Piano Concertos 4 & 5 with the Leningrad Philharmonic.
Moscow on 31 May:
> Brahm's Piano Concertos 1 & 2 with the URSS Grand Radio and Television > Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.
Kiev: x
1968 Asutralia Article in Melbourne's 'The Age' of 13 August, entitled 'The Modest Master: Claudio Arrau at 65', examining the Maestro's distinguishing musical qualities, conceptions, techniques, and interpretation approaches. Claudio Arrau was appearing in the current Melbourne season.
1968
Australia

Recitals at the Sydney Town Hall -
3 September programme:
> Beethoven: Sonata Op.109
> Schumann: Fantasy Op.17
> Chopin: Twenty-four Preludes Op.28
5 September programme:
> Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata Op.27 No.2
> Mozart: Fantasy K.475 and Sonata K.457
> Debussy: Estampes
> Chopin: Ballades Nos. 3 & 4, Scherzo No.1
7 September programme:
> Beethoven: Eroica Variations Op.35
> Beethoven: Sonata Op.110
> Liszt: Les jeux d'eaux a la villa d'este
> Liszt: Gnomenreigen
> Schumann: Carnaval Op.9
1968 France Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting L’Orchestre national de France.
1968 Scotland Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson.
1968 England Performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and Liszt’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, with Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
1968 England Performances of Brahms’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 in June at the Royal Festival Hall, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.
1968 U.S.A. Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Josef Krips conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
1969 Switzerland Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Zurich Townhall Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle Orchester Zürich] conducted by Antal Dorati.
1969 Germany Performances of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and R.Strauss’s Burleske in D minor with the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester conducted by Karel Ancerl.
1969 Germany Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with Hiroyuki Iwaki conducting the Frankfort Radio Symphony Orchestra [Rundfunksinfonie Orchester Frankfurt].

1969

Germany
Peters Verklag Publising House of Frankfurt commissions Professor Claudio Arrau an edition of Beethoven's Complete Sonatas from the composer's original manuscripts.

1969

Germany
Winner of the 1969 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis for his 1967 & 1968 recordings of Schumann's Sonate Op.11 and Fantasiestücke Op.111, for the Philips label.

1969

Israel
Article by Yehuda Cohen in the Jedioth Hadashoth of 10 September, entitled Claudio Arrau beschliesst die Festspiele, leitet die Beethovenfeiern ein [Claudio Arrau defines the festival, leads the Beethoven celebrations], considers Arrau a Beethoven interpreter par excellence.   The last evening of the 1969 Israeli Festival at Jerusalem is described as the prelude to the Beethoven centenary celebrations, 16 months prior to his 200th birth anniversary.  Claudio Arrau's recital at the Roman Theater in Caesaria, Jerusalem, consisted of four Beethoven sonatas.
1969 Netherlands Performances of Brahms’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, with The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam [Das Königliche Concertgebouw Orchester Amsterdam] conducted by Bernard Haitink.
1969 Austria Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra [Wiener Symphoniker] conducted by Josef Krips.
1969 Austria Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, with Ferdinand Leitner conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra [Wiener Symphoniker].
1969 England Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the London Symphony Orchestra under Antal Dorati.
1969 England Performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 5, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Bernard Haitink conducting.
1969 U.S.A.  Performances of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Weber’s Konzertstück op 79, with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Maryland) conducted by Sergiu Commissiona.
1970 England Performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 and Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink.
1970 England Performances of Chopin’s Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2, as well as Krakowiak Op 14, with Eliahu Inbal conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
1970 Austria Review by f.e. in the Die Presse of Vienna (April), entitled 'So spielt man Liszt' [Thus plays Liszt], of a recital at the Großen Musikvereinssaal [Grand Music Hall], including works by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Liszt.

Review of the above recital by F.W. in the Vienna 'AZ ' publicaiton of 16 April, entitled 'Ein unwirscher Beethoven' [A temperamental Beethoven].
1970 France Cover page photograph of Maestro Arrau on Le guide du concert, du disque, de la musiqye et du son, no. 567 of 25 April.
1970 England

All-Beethoven recital in aid of the British Red Cross Society (London), on the occasion of the Red Cross Centenary, at the Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday 1st July.   The program comprised:
> Sonata in E major Op 109
> Sonata in A flat major Op 110
> Sonata in C minor Op 111, and
> Sonata in F minor Op.57, Appassionata
1970

Germany

Pro Musica:  All-Beethoven recital at the Philharmonie of Berlin on Friday 10 April at 8 pm, including:

> Sonate Es-dur Op.7
> Sonate Es-dur Op.81 a 'Les adieux'

> Sonate E-dur Op.109
> Sonate c-moll Op.111

1970

Germany
Bonn:  Beethoven's Bicentenary Festival in May:

> Beethoven Master Class at the University of Bonn.
> Filmed recital at the Bonn Beethoven Festival.

Rave reviews of Arrau's rendition of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 on the Festival's second session, published in the Bonner Rundschau and the Bonn General-Anzieger of 5th May.  Overwhelming ovations.

Rave reviews of Arrau's two-and-a-half-hour recital of Beethoven's sonatas, on the Festival's fourth session, including sonatas Nos. 23 Op.57 Appassionata, 26 Op.81a Les adieux, and 30 Op.109, published in the Bonn General-Anzieger and Bonn Rundschau of 7 May, and in the Rhein-Zeitung and Bonn Rundschau of 8 May.   Overwhelming ovations.
1970

Germany

Awarded Das Bundesverdienstkreuz (The Federal Cross of Merit), officially known as Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany), one of West Germany's highest decorations.

1970

Germany
Winner of the 1970 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis for the 1969 recordings of Brahms' Two Piano Concertos with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam under Bernard Haitink, for the Philips label.
1970 Germany The Vienna 'Express' of 16 April includes an article by Franz Tassié, entitled 'Phönix in der Asche - Im Musikverein: Klavierabend Claudio Arrau' [Phoenix in the ashes - Claudio Arrau piano recital at the Music Association], praising Maestro Arrau's rendition of works by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Liszt at the Great Music Hall.
1970 Germany The Munich 'Kölner Stadt Anzeiger' of 17 April includes an article by Ingeborg Schwenke-Runkel, entitled 'Entrückt-introvertierter Beethoven - Claudio Arrau und die Bayer-Philharmoniker Musizierten im Erholungshaus ', appraising Maestro Arrau's rendition of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 with the Bayer Philharmonik Orchestra at the Erholungshause.
1970 Germany The Münster 'W. Zeirung' of 18 April includes an article by -t-k, entitled 'Claudio Arrau im Musikverein', appraising Maestro Arrau's recent recital of woks by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Liszt at the Große Musikvereinssaal.
1970 Germany Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the South German Radio Symphony Orchestra [Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) Symphoniker] of Stuttgart conducted by Uri(el) Segal.
1970 Germany Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmoniker] conducted by Hans-Martin Schneidt.
1970 Germany Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmoniker] conducted by Václav Neumann.

1970

U.S.A.

Recital at The Philharmonic Hall on 15 February with a program consisting of:
> Schumann's Fantasy in C
> Chopin's Ballade No. 4
> Chopin's Scherzo No. 1
> Debussy's Pour le piano
> Liszt's Sonnet No. 104 of the Petrarch
> Liszt's Ballade No. 2 in B minor
> Liszt's two Transcendental études.
[A rather deficient overall performance in the opinion of critic Donal Henahan forThe New York Times of 16 February]
1970 U.S.A.  Performance of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Eliahu Inbal.
1970 U.S.A.  Performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with Louis Lane conducting The Cleveland Orchestra.
1971

U.S.A.
Performs Brahm's Piano Concerto No. 2 at The New York Philharmonic Hall under Karl Böhm as guest conductor of The New York Philharmonic Orchestra on 04 March.
[Review entitled "Two Vigorous Veterans" by Raymond Ericson in The New York Times of 06 March]
1971 U.S.A.  Performances of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Weber’s Konzertstück Op 79, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under Gerhard Samuel.
1971 U.S.A.  Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.
1971 Canada Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Feldbrill.
1971 Canada Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Toronto National Arts Centre Orchestra conducted by Mario Bernardi.
1971

Austria
Recital at the Mozarteum on 09 August, interpreting works by Beethoven, Debussy, and Liszt.

1971

Austria
Fourth appearance at the Salzburg Festival, Großes Festspielhaus, on 11 August, playing Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor under Alain Lombard conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

1971

Netherlands
Winner of the 1971 Edison Award for his 1969 recordings of works by Liszt, including Ballade No.2, Jeux d'eaux, Petrarch Sonetti 104 & 123, Vallée d'Obermann, and Valse oubliée No.1, for the Philips label.
1971 Germany Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra [Kölner Radio Symphonieorchester] conducted by Zdenek Macal.
1971 England Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Zdenek Macal.
1971 England Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Adrian Cedric Boult at the Royal Festival Hall on 08 April at 08:00 pm.
1971 England Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Gennadi Rozhdestvensky at the Brighton Festival, in the city of Brighton-and-Hove, on Sunday the 9th of May at 4:00 pm.
1971 England

Recital at the Odeon Cinema (Temple Fortune N.W.11) on 11 May at 08 pm, performing the following program -
> Beethoven's Sonata Op 2 No. 3
> Liszt's Sonata in B Minor
> Debussy's Images Book One
> Chopin's Ballade No. 4.
> Chopin's Nocturne Op 62 No. 1
> Chopin's Scherzo No. 1
Proceeds in aid of the Girls' Residential Club of the Stepney Jewish (B'nai B'rith) Clubs and Settlement.
1971 Germany Münster's 'Les Leben-Kulturpolitik' magazine of 25 November 1971 publishes a review by Rudolph Reuter entitled Kongeniales Spiel eines singulären Interpreten [Congenial renditions by a unique interpreter], appraising a recent Arrau recital which included works by Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy and Chopin.
1971 Israel Recital at the Mann Auditorium of Tel-Aviv on Saturday 12 June at 8:30 pm, with a program comprising:
> Beethoven’s Sonata in E Flat major Op 7
> Liszt’s Sonata in B minor
> Debussy’s Images Book I
> Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op 52
> Chopin's Nocturne in B major Op 62 No. 1
> Chopin's Scherzo No. 1 in B minor Op 20
Proceeds to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s Musician Pension Fund.

1971

Japan
Two articles in Paris's 'L'Aurore' of Thursday 17 June, entitled 'Au théâtre des Champs-Elysées: Claudio Arrau' and 'La Musique par Clarendon - Claudio Arrau', apprasing the qualities of a recital given on Tuesday 15 June at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, including Liszt's B minor Sonata, Beethoven Sonata No.4, Debussy's Images Book I, and Chopin's Nocturne in B major Op.62, Ballade Op.52, and Scherzo Op.20.

1971

Japan
Interprets two Beethoven concertos with the Ottawa National Arts Centre Orchestra, in the northern autumn season, meeting audiences' standing ovations and highest acclaim.
1971 Czechoslovakia Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Czechoslovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alain Lombard.

1971-1973

Germany
Edits the First Volume of the Complete Beethoven Piano Sonata Urtext Edition, published by C.F. Peters Verlag in Frankfurt.
1972 Germany Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, with the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra [NDR Sinfonieorchester] of Hamburg conducted by Václav Neumann.
1972 Germany Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmoniker] conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini.
1972 England Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Jascha Horenstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra.
1972 England Performances of Chopin’s Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante Op 22, Fantasy on Polish Airs Op 13, and Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” Op 2, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eliahu Inbal.
1972 England Cover page photograph of Maestro Arrau on the October Records and Recording magazine including an interview with music critic Richard Osborne.

1972

England

 Cover page photograph of Maestro Arrau on the October issue of Records and Recording magazine, including an article entitled 'Claudio Arrau talks to Richard Osborne '.

1972

Japan

 Cover page photograph of Maestro Arrau on the November issue of The Ongaku No Tomo magazine.
1972 Japan Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with the NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo conducted by Bernhard Klee.
1972 Argentina Buenos Aires 'La Prensa' newspaper of Wednesday 16 August includes a review by L.M.H. , entitled Una Ovación recibió en el Colón Claudio Arrau [Ovation for Claudio Arrau at the Colón] of a recital given at the Teatro Colón, with a program including Beethoven's Sonata No.13, Liszt's Sonata in B minor, and Schumann's Carnaval Op.9.  The writer highlights Arrau's consistently serious technical and interpretative approach and professionalism.
1972 Argentina Buenos Aires 'La Nación' newspaper of Wednesday 16 August includes a review entitled Magnífica expresión de arte pianístico of a recital including Beethoven's Sonata No.13, Liszt's Sonata in B minor, and Schumann's Carnaval Op.9.  The writer calls attention to Arrau's highest interpretative qualities as a mature artist and pianist.
1972 U.S.A.  Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, with The Cleveland Orchestra and Aldo Ceccato conducting.

1972

 

U.S.A.

 
New York's LIFE magazine of 25 August publishes an interview entitled The Fragile Genius of a Virtuoso, conducted by Roger Kahn at Arrau's Vermont estate whereby, at age 69, Arrau speaks of an artist's need to become a vehicle for the composer's spirit, the value of psychoanalysis to combat "fatigues of the spirit", his childhood and youth years marked by Maestro Martin Krause and Dr Hubert Abrahamson, and various other topics of interest. [Pages 49 to 52 and 54 to 56. Six photographs]
1973 Switzerland Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 with the Zurich Townhall Symphony Orchestra [Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich] conducted by Gerd Albrecht.
1973 Germany Recital at Wiesbaden reviewed by Karl Wilhelm Brühl in the Wiesbd Kurier of Monday 26 March under the title 'Meisterschaft der Form order: ein ganzer Abend als Gedicht - Claudio Array mit Werken von Beethoven, Schuman und Liszt' [In the league of champions: An entire evening as a poem - Claudio Arrau interprets works by Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt]
1973 Germany Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [Berliner Philharmoniker] and Gary Bertini conducting.
1973 Germany Performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Eliahu Inbal conducting the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
1973 France Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with L’Orchestre de Paris conducted by Josef Krips.
1973 Finland Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra [YLE Radion sinfoniaorkesteri] conducted by Okko Kamu.
1973 England Performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra of London, conducted by Sir Charles Groves.
1973 England Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Festival Hall with David Atherton conducting.
1973
Lebanon

Recital at the Baalbeck International Festival on Sunday 22 in July, with a program comprising Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata, Liszt's B minor Sonata, and Schumann's Carnaval.

The highest appraisals on Monday 23 July from the Liban Juillet, with an article entitled 'A Baalbeck, Le <Fils Favori> Arrau', and the L'Orient-Le Jour, with an article entitled 'Claudio Arrau, hier soir, à Baalbeck - La nuit des grandes rencontres'.
1973 U.S.A. Performance on 27 February of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Milton Katims conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
1973 U.S.A. Performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op 54, with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Aldo Ceccato.
1973 Canada Performances of R.Strauss’s Burleske in D minor and Weber’s Konzertstück Op 79, with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra [L’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal] conducted by Franz Paul Decker.
1974-1975
World
World tour
1974 Denmark Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the Danish Radio Orchestra conducted by J. Franson.  http://arrausite.free.fr/Index.html
1974 Finland Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Helsinki) and Ulf  Soderblom conducting.
1974 Austria Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra [Wiener Symphoniker] conducted by Eliahu Inbal.
1974 Germany Article by Friedrich Roemer in Berlin's "Die Welt" of 1st April, entitled "Ein Grandseigneur des Klavierspiels" [A Master of the Piano], appraising a Beethoven's [Les adieux, Waldstein] and Brahms's [f-moll] sonata recital given at Berlin's Philharmonic Hall on Friday 29 March.
1974 France Performance of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with L’Orchestre de Paris conducted by Alain Lombard.
1974 France Performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, with L'Orchestre de Paris and Georg Solti conducting.
1974 England Performances of Brahms’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, with Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
1974 U.S.A. Performances of Beethoven’s Pia