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1986 Hunt Productions, Italy/France
Chopin / Piano Concerto 1 [Klemperer] 1954 Live. Piano Concerto 2 [Jochum]. Live.  HUNTCD 511 / 1 CD  §.

1987 Fonit Cetra, Italy
Chopin / Piano Concerto No.1 [Klemperer]. 1954 Live, Köln.  CDE 1004 / 1 CD / Italy  §.

1988 RCA Victor Gold Seal, USA

JS Bach / Goldberg Variations. Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue. Three Inventions. Three Sinfonias.
7841-2-RG / 2 CDs  §.

2001 reissue by RCA Red Seal BMG, France
Bach / Goldberg Variations. Chromatic fantasy & fugue. Three inventions. Three sinfonias.   74321 845 932 / 2 CDs  §.
2001 RCA Red Seal, Japan
   

J.S. Bach / Goldberg Variations BWV.988.   BVCC 37312 / 1 CD  §.

1988 Harmonia Mundi (EMI Licensed), France & Germany

Beethoven / Piano Sonanas 23 & 22.  32 Variations sur un thème original. (From UK Columbia).  HMA 190060 / 1 CD / France & Germany / §§.

1988 Nuova Era, Italy/France
Schuman / Piano Concerto [De Sabata].   013.6338 / 1 CD  §.

1989 AS disc, Italy
Liszt / Piano Concerto 2 [Cantelli].   AS 509 / 1 CD  §.

1990 Melodram Connaisseur, Italy/Switzerland

Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.3 [Carl Schuricht, Paris, 1959].   CD 27504 / 2 CDs  §.

1991 Green Line Classical Collection, E.E.C.

Chopin / Piano Concerto No.1 [Klemperer]. 1954 Live, Köln.   CD3CLC 4013 / 3 CDs  §.

1992 & 2000 Pearl (Pavilion Records), England/Germany
Liszt. Schumann. Debussy. Chopin. Bizet-Busoni.   GEMM CD 9928 / 1 CD  §.

Weber. Schumann. Balakirev. Busoni. Debussy. Stravinsky. Chopin. Liszt. [Bizet. Schubert. Paganini]
GEMS 0070 / 2 CDs  §.

1993 Larrikin-Dolphin, Condon Collection, Australia
Menter / Waltz for Claudio Arrau.  Schubert / Impromptu Op.142 No.4.   CD DDC 937 / 1 CD  §.
2003 reissue by Dal Segno,  England

Menter / Waltz dedicated to Claudio Arrau.  Schubert / Impromptu Op.142 No.4.    DSPRCD 006 / 1 CD  §.

1993  I grandi della classica, Italy
Beethoven / Sonata No.14. Sonata No.15.  Schubert / Trois moments musicaux Op.94. Wanderer Fantasie Op.15. Chopin / 'Etudes Op.10
Claudio Arrau - Starportrait Vol.1.  93.5103 - 1 - 2 / 2 CDs  §.
Chopin / Piano Concerto No.1 Op.11 [Klemperer, 1954].  Etudes 1 to 5 from Op.25.
Brahms / Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 [Giulini, 1960]
Claudio Arrau - Starportrait Vol.2.  93.5104 - 3 - 4 / 2 CDs  §.

1993 Angel, USA
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.3 - 3rd Movement Rondo Allegro [Galliera].
The Key to Classics-Beethoven [sampler].  CDK 7243 5 65138 2 2 / 1 CD  §.

1994 Panton, Czech Republic

Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 3 [Zdenek Kosler].   81 1372-2011 / 1 CD  §.

1994 Classico in Compact, Italy
Chopin / Scherzi 1 & 2.  Ballata.  Barcarola.  Impromptus 1, 2 & 3.  Trois nouvelle études.  Allegro da concerto.
PTC 2012 / 1 CD  §.

1994 VAI Audio, USA
Liszt / Arrau: Hungarian Rhapsody No.13.   VAIA/IPA 1066-2 / 2 CDs  §.
The 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by 19 pianists.

1994 Fabbri Editori (from EMI), Italy
Brahms /  Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra n.2.  [Giulini: Philharmonia Orchestra].  GSDM 88 / 1 CD / Italy  §.

1994 Opus Musicum (from Philips), [Germany]
Schumann / Arrau: Kreisleriana Op.16.  [Haitink: Symphonie Nr.4].  000117 / 1 CD  §.

1995 SIAE La Grande Classica, Italy

Chopin / Piano Concerto No.1 Op.11 [Klemperer,1954]. Fantasia Op.49 [from UK Columbia,1960]
Albéniz / El puerto. El Corpus. Triana. [from US Columbia 1946/47].  
Insert to 'La Grande Classica' weekly magazine No.8 of 1995 / 1 CD / Italy / §.

1996 Sony Classical Masterworks Heritage, U.S.A.

Liszt / Concerto No.1 & Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Songs (Ormandy).
Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11 & 13.  MHK 62338 / 1 CD (Mono Era)  §.
Liszt / Concerto No.1 & Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Songs (Ormandy).
Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11 & 13.  
MHK 62338 / 1 CD (Mono Era)
Higlights:
Liszt / Hungarian Rhapsody No. 8
MXK 62817 / 1 CD  §.
2002 Reissues, Austria & England
Liszt / Concerto No.1 & Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Songs (Ormandy).
Hungarian rhapsodies Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11 & 13.   5081872 / 1 CD (Mono)  §.
Liszt / Concerto No.1 & Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Songs (Ormandy).
Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11 & 13.   RET 026 / 1 CD (Mono)  §.

1996 Green Hill, USA
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.3 [Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt].   GH-0015-0016 / 2 CDs  §.

1996 INA mémoire vive, France
Brahms / Piano Concerto No.2 [Igor Markevitch].   IMV 022 / 1 CD  §.

1997 & 2010 Tahra & TAHRA-HM / France
Schumann / Piano Concerto [Eugen Jochum].   TAH 241 / 1 CD  §.

Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.3 [Carl Schuricht, Paris, 1959].   TAH 678-9 / HM 47x2 / 2 CDs.  France  §.
 Plus Brahms's German Requiem and Symphony No.4

1997 First Classics, USA

Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58 (Arrau, Bernstein, 1976).  Brahms: Symphony No.3 Op.90 (Bernstein).
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.  FCM-2002  / 1 CD / USA  §.


1997 Phonogram International (from Philips), USA

Disc 1:  Chopin/Arrau -  Impromtu Op.66.  Nocturnes Op.9 No.2 & Op.55 No.2.  Ballade No.3 Op.47.  Préludes Op.28 Nos. 1, 3, 4, 13, 15 & 24.  Waltzes Op.64 No.2 & Op.34 No.1.  Barcarolle Op.60.  Fantaisie Op.49.
Disc 2:  Musically Speaking - Chopin's biography and musical guide, by Gerard Schwarz.  MS218 / 2 CDs  §.


1997 & 98 Magic Talent, Czech Republic

Arrau:  Debussy - Chopin - Busoni(Bizet) - Liszt - Schumann.   CD 48044 / 1 CD  §.
Arrau: Debussy / Tarantelle styrienne (danse).  [Other pianists and composers]  /  CD 48098 / 1 CD  §.

199? Brilliant Classics [Holland]
Arrau:  Balakirev / Islamey.  [Other works, pianists and composers].  99231 / 1 CD  §.

199? Grünenthal [Germany]
Tschaikowsky / Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr.1 (Arrau/Galliera).  (V 1753) / 1 CD  §.
Plus Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 (Ivan Drenikov/Jean-Pierre Wallez)

1998 Magic Master, Spain
          
Busoni(Bizet) - Debussy - Chopin - Schumann - Liszt.   CD MM 37009 / 1 CD  §.
           
Beethoven / Sonatas for Piano and Violin Nos. 5 and 9 (Szigeti & Arrau) /  CD MM 37085 / 1 CD  §.

1999 ACUM History, Germany
Beethoven / Weber / Chopin / Schumann / Liszt.   20 3165-306 / 2 CDs  §.
Please Note: Printing errors in the details of four Chopin works.

1999 TELDEC - Telefunken Legacy, Germany
Arrau: Liszt / Rhapsodie espagnole (Rec.1933).   3984-26919-2 / 1 CD  §.
[Plus 11 other musicians/soloists/conductors interpreting 11 other works by various composers. 1931-41 recordings]

1999 & 2000 BBC Music, England
Brahms / Liebeslieder Op.52  [Britten & Arrau, pianos].   BBCB 8001-2 / 1 CD  §.
               

       Brahms / Liebeslieder Op.52  [Britten & Arrau, pianos].   BBCS 8801-2 / 2 CDs  §.

2000 Marston - Complete pre-war recordings, USA
Chopin / Schubert / Liszt / Busoni (Bizet) / Liszt (Paganini, Busoni, Schubert) / Balakirev / Stravinsky / Schumann / Debussy.   52023-2 / 2 CDs  §.

2000 The Classic Voice, Italy
Schumann / Kreisleriana.  Chopin / Andante spianato e Grande...  Weber / Sonata in C major Op.24.
Volume 12 CD 1  §.

Debussy / Pour le piano. Estampes.  Albéniz / Iberia Books I & II.   Volume 12 CD 2  §.

2000-2010 Deutsche Grammophon, E.U.
Liszt / Various musicians & works - Arrau: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude.   469 151-2 / 2 CDs  §.
Beethoven / Sonata No.30: Arrau, Kempff, Serking. (1991, from Philips).   435 565-2 / 1 CD  §.
Beethoven / Symphonic works.   Arrau: Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58 [Bernstein].   00289 477 6691 / CD 1 of 6  §.
                     
Arrau:  Schumann / Carnaval: Préamble, Pierrot, Arlequin.  Schubert: Klaviersonate D.959, Andantino.  CD 1.
Other composers, movements from works, and musicians.   00289 480 1122 / 4CDs  §.
              
Beethoven / Bernstein / Arrau: Piano Concerto No.4
Plus Overture Leonore III and Symphony No.5
Tower Records Vintage Collection Vol.10.  PROC-1053/4.  2 CDs.  Japan.  §.

19? Eyewitness Records, USA
   
Brahms / Piano Concerto No.1 [Hans Swarowsky].   Reference CD / 2 CDs  §§.
Please Note: Two separate releases of the same performances, one dated 26 and the other 27 January 1967.

19?? Eterna (from Philips), East Germany
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.5 (Davis).   Eterna 3 29 083 / 1 CD  §.

2001 Cantus Classics, Germany
Schubert / Bizet / Liszt / Weber / Beethoven / Chopin.   5.00174 / 2 CDs  §.
Please Note: Printing errors in the details of four works. Shubert works wrongly stated as recorded in 1948.

2001 Classics da Capo TA NEA, Greece
Bach / Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (Rec.1942).   777.711-2 / 1 CD  §.

2001 Regis Records Ltd, England
 

A historical selection - Nine Composers, Seven Pianists.  Arrau: Balakirev / Islamey.   RRC 2015 / 2 CDs  §.

2002 Past Perfect Classic Line PPC, Germany
Chopin compilation / Various Pianists -
Arrau:  Ballade 3.  Étude Op.10 No. 4.  Études Op.25 Nos. 1 & 2.  Prélude Op.28 No. 3.  Taratelle Op.43.
205832-303 1 / 2 CDs  §.

2005 reissued by MCPS Documents, Country?

Chopin compilation / Various Pianists -
Arrau:  Ballade 3.  Étude Op.10 No. 4.  Études Op.25 Nos. 1 & 2.  Prélude Op.28 No. 3.  Taratelle Op.43.
222913-321_1 / CD 9 of 10  §

2003 LAR Music, Grabaciones Históricas, Spain

Chopin / Études Op.10 Nos.3,4,8 & 9. Waltz Op.34 No.3.  Schumann / Carnaval Op.9 (a selection).  
Beethoven / Sonata for violin and piano No.9 Op.47 'Kreutzer' (with Szigeti).   
Audioclásica (DI.M27329.99) I / 1 CD  §.

2003 Steinway & Sons, Germany

Brahms / Arrau:  Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor Op.5. (from Philips).
Liszt / Zimerman: Piano Sonata in B minor (from Deutsche Grammophon).
 Universal Marketing Group  109495-2 / 1 CD / Germany §.

2003 & 2006 Centurion Classics, Germany
Liszt / Piano Concerto 1 [Rosbaud].  Schuman / Arabesque. Carnaval.   2108 / 1 CD / Germany §.
Please Note: Wrong recording place and date for the Concerto and wrong recording date for Carnaval.
J.S. Bach / Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (Rec.1942).  VIPC-1011 / 1 CD / UK-Germany §.

2004 Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH (from Philips), Germany

Klavier Kaiser / Fourteen Great Pianists -
Arrau:   Schubert / Klaviersonate A-dur D.959.   Schumann / Carnaval Op.9.   
Kommentar von Joachim Kaiser: 6' 57".   No.12 / 1 CD. Germany  §.

2004/5? PARNASS, Germany

Compilation / Various Pianists -  Arrau: Beethoven / Adagio cantabile from Piano Sonata No.8
033 492 0 476 120-2 / 2 CDs  §.

2005 Artone / Documents, Germany
Beethoven. Weber. Chopin. Schumann. Liszt. R.Strauss.   222367-354 / 4 CDs  §.
Plus: 20-page booklet ISBN 3-86562-094-9

2005 Living Era Classics, England

20 Great Pianists -  Arrau: Liszt / Paganini Etude No.6 (Theme and Variations). (Rec.1928).  AJC 8563 / 1 CD §.

2005 Lantower, Argentina

Arrau: Liszt / Piano Concerto No.1 (Ormandy, 1952). Five Hungarian Rhapsodies (1951-52). 
Arrau: Schumann / Piano Concerto (Krüger, 1944). Carnaval Op.9 (1939).  DPCD 10042/52 / 2 CDs  / Argentina / §.

2008 forgotten records, France

Chopin / 24 Préludes Op.28. (Rec. US Columbia, 1950).  fr 117 / 1 CD §.

2008 & 2013 Suonare Records, Italy

    

Schumann / Piano Concerto Op. 54. Victor de Sabata, NYPSO, 1951.
Chopin / Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op. 11. Otto Klemperer, WDRSO, rec.1954.  SNR 136 / 1 CD / Italy  §.
Chopin's work wrongly identified as Concerto in La maggiore KV 488 on CD and back cover. 

   

Grieg / Piano Concerto Op.16.  Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73.
Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra, rec.1957 & 1958.  SNR 190 / 1 CD / Italy  §.

2009 Ysaÿe Records, E.U.

Debussy: Arrau / Movement & Cloches à travers les feuilles. (Rec. Columbia, 1949).  In Memoriam IM 01 / 1 CD §.
Historical recordings of the complete Images pour piano.
Other pianists: Benedetti Michelangeli, Doyen, Gaillard, Gieseking, Meyer, Paderewski, Rubinstein, Viñes.

2009 SWR Music-Hänssler Classic, Germany

Beethoven / Rondo Op.51 No.2. Piano Sonata No. 28 Op.101.  Brahms / Händel Variations Op.24. (Live, May 1963).  
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 7 Op.10 No.3 & No.23 Op.57. (Live, May 1973).
 Edition Schwetzinger Festspiele.  CD 93.703 / 2 CDs §.

2009 Guild Historic, England

Chopin / Arrau:  Piano Concerto No.2. Fritz Busch. (Live, 10 Dec 1950, Metropolitan Opera House, N.Y.).
 Plus Brahms' Alto Rhapsody Op.53 & Beethoven's Symphony No.5 (all with the New York Philharmonic S.O.)
Dvorak's Carnival Overture Op.92 (Live, 26 Aug 1950, Edinburgh, with the Danish Radio S.O.)   GHCD 2354 / 1 CD §.

2009? Elite Classics, Russia

Beethoven / Arrau:  Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73. Bernard Haitink. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
 Triple Concerto Op.56. Eliahu Inbal. New Philharmonia Orchestra. [From Philips]  SI -1391-C / 1 CD §.

2010 Télérama / E.U. France

Chopin-Arrau / 12 Études Op.10.  12 Études Op.25.  Allegro de Concert Op.46.
Chopin-Kempff / Seven Works.   Chopin Double CD. (Set 3 of 4).  §.

2010 Le Monde du Piano / E.U. France

Beethoven / Piano Sonatas Nos. 21, 28, 31 & 32.  Weber / Piano Sonata No.1.  Debussy / Pour le piano.
Balakirev / Islamey.   Le Monde du Piano. Volume 14.  CD 1 et CD 2.  France  §.

2010 Lantower, Argentina

Arrau/Szigeti: Beethoven / Complete Sonates for Violin and Piano (Live, 1944). 
Two 2-CD cases. DPCD 10702-12 & 10722-32 / 4 CDs / Argentina / §.

2011 Marston - Liszt Illuminated , USA
Liszt / Arrau: Dante Sonata (Salzburg 1982). Sonata in B minor (Toronto 1977). Gnomenreigen (Lugano 1963).
Plus Liszt works performed by pianists Jorge Bolet and Gunnar Johansen.   52065-2 / 2 CDs  §.

2011, Piano Classics, E.U.
Liszt Bicentenial /  Piano Concerto 1 [1935, Rosbaud].  Piano Concerto 2 [1943, Mitropoulos].
Sonetto del Petrarca 104 (1937).  Harmonies du soir or Trascendental study No.11 (1937).
Sonata in B minor (1976).  Dante Sonata (1981).  Ballade No.2 (1979).  Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este (1979). Transcendental study No.10 (1970).   PCLD0015 / 2 CDs / E.U.  §.
Ballade No.2 wrongly placed at the YMHA. Concerto No.2 wrongly dated in August.

2011, Altus (INA), Japan (France).
Beethoven /  Piano Concerto No.3 [1959, Schuricht].  Orchestre National de la RTF.
Plus: Beethoven's Overture Coriolan and Brahms's Symphony No.4.   ALT210/11 / 2 Stereo CDs / Japan §.

2011, Essential Media Group [South Florida]
Schumann / Fantasiestücke Op.12 Nos. 2 (Aufschwung) and 5 (In der Nacht). Recorded c.1962.
Plus other composers and musicians.  EMG / CD 1 of 2 / USA §.

2011, ICA Classics
Chopin / Piano Concerto No.1 Op.11 [Otto Klemperer]. Recorded 1954.
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58 [Christoph von Dohnányi]. Recorded 1959.
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester. Saal 1, Rundhaus, Cologne. ICAC 5045 / 1 CD / Austria §.

2011 Radio România, Romania
       
Brahms / Arrau: Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83.  [Silvestri, Enescu Festival, 1958].  Brief excerpt of radio interview.  ECR 272 / 2 CDs / Romania  §.

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