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Recent
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The
Recent Developments section aims to displaying
important factual information, as it becomes available, on developments
such as recent releases of previously unpublished recordings, reissues
of vintage recordings of interest, new printed publications, Posthumous
CD releases |
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| Posthumous
CD releases - from 2000 to date |
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West
Hill Radio Archives: WHRA-6015. 7 CDs.
Power Biggs organ / Lelia Gousseau piano / Ruth Posselt violin / Doriot Anthony flute / Claudio Arrau piano Release date: 2008. Release place: E.U. Technical details: Mono, Digitally Remastered . Charles Munch in Boston - The Early Years Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Boston Live recordings 1952 - 1955 . Arrau: Brahms' Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83. Rec. 09.01.1953. 47' 37". . Other soloists and symphonic or concertante works by: Debussy, Ravel, Honegger, Wagner, Schubert, Auber, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Mozart, Beethoven, Saint Saëns, Lalo, and Ibert. . Remarks: LIVE RECORDINGS NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED |
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West
Hill Radio Archives: WHRA-6014. 5 CDs.
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EMI
Classics:
50999 5 09421 2 1. 3 CDs. |
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DECCA
Universal: 478 0244. 1 CD. Total time: 78' 07" Release date: Germany 2008. Tecnical details: Digital recordings. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58. Rec. in 1984. Piano Concerto No. 5 Op.73. Rec. in 1984. Sir Colin Davis conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden Remark: Winner of the 1989 Japan Record Academy Award Philips recordings previously released on CD. |
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PentaTone
Classics: PTC 5186 171. 1CD. Remastered Quadro Recordings RQR series Quadraphonic takes of Philips recordings made in 1974 Total timing: 66' 25" Release date: 2008 E.U. Technical details: ADD / Surround 4.0 / Super Audio CD / Hybrid / Direct Stream Digital Liszt: 12 Études d' exécution transcendante. . Remarks: Winner of the 1979 Liszt Record Grand Prix Quadraphonic takes never previously released. |
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Philips
Eloquence SBS: 442 8302. 2 CDs. |
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NAXOS
Historical: 8.111265. 1 CD. |
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Past
Classics : SP012 CD |
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Deutsche
Grammophon :
00289 477 6690. 6 CDs. Leonard Bernstein - Beethoven including 'The Amnesty International Concert' and others 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, and 1990 recordings Live performances, except CD 3 (Overtures). Release date: 2007 CD 1: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op.58 Recorded 1976. Timing: 35' 48". Bernstein: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Technical details: ADD Plus: Symphonies 5, 7 & 9, Missa Solemnis, Seven Overtures, String orchestra versions of String Quartets Op.131 and Op.135 . Remarks: Concerto live recording never previously released on CD |
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NAXOS
Historical: 8.111263. 1 CD. Great Pianists - Arrau 1941-1947 recordings Release date: August 2007 Total timings: 35' 08", 16' 16" & 21' 13" = 72' 37" Technical details: ADD audio restoration by Mark Obert-Thorn . Beethoven/Ormandy: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37 [rec.1947] Weber/Defauw: Konzertstück in F minor Op.79 [rec.1946] Weber: Piano Sonata No.1 in C major Op.24 [rec.1941] . Remarks: All studio recordings previously released on CD. |
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Music
and Arts: CD-1205. 1CD. |
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Fabula
Classica :
FAB 12052-2. 2CDs. |
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Warning: This CD, issued in Japan in 2007 by an unknown World Music Express label, showing a "Made in the USA" statement, contains recordings of works wrongly claimed to have been performed by Claudio Arrau. |
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EMI
Classics: 0946 3 79988 2 3. 1CD. Great Recordings of the Century Recordings made in 1956 Total timing: 79' 45" Release date: 2007 Technical details: Prism SNS remastering . Chopin: 12 Études Op.10 12 Études Op.25 Trois nouvelles études Allegro de concert Op.46 . Remarks: The 1987 EMI CD release of the Études was a co-winner of Poland's 1990 Grand Prix du Disque Frédéric Chopin for Remastering All recordings previously released on CD |
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PentaTone
Classics: PTC 5186 165. 1CD. |
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Centurion
Classics : VIPC-1011 [UK-Germany]. ADD. |
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Philips
Classics (Decca) 475 7768. 1CD. |
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Philips
Universal B0007154-02. 2CDs. ADD. |
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Philips
475 7947 PB7. 7CDs. DDD. |
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United
Archives: UAR008.4 4CDs ADD |
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ORFEO
D'OR : C 712 062 I. 2 CDs. |
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Music
and Arts: CD-4643 AAD Mono The Budapest Quartet Total time: [22:56+27:19] + 23:16 Release date: 2006 Mozart: Quartet for Piano & Strings K478. Rec. 20/21.05.1943 With Joseph Roisman vn, Boris Kroyt va, Mischa Schneider vcl. Live recording in Washington on 20 or 21 May 1943. Plus: Mozart Quartet K493 and Schumann Quintet Op 44 with Clifford Curzon, piano. Remarks: 2006 remastering in reasonably good sound. Arrau acknowledged in the program but not on the cover or the actual disc. Program first issued in 1990 as M&A CD643. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-3385/6. 2CDs. DUO |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-3365/6. 2CDs. DUO |
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EMI
Classics / Toshiba: TOCE 13137 |
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EMI
Classics / Toshiba: TOCE 13079 |
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Warning: This 2-CD compilation, issued in 2005 by an unknown Russian label contains, amongst other recordings by vairous artists, Beethoven sonatas Nos. 8 and 14 said to have been recorded by Claudio Arrau in 1979. The origin and authenticity of these recordings are undocumented and doubtful. |
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URANIA:
SP 4246. ADD. Milan, Italy. |
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Philips
Classics 476 818-2. 2CDs. DDD / ADD. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-7052 [52]. Super Best 100 Timings: Recording date: 1974 & 1972. Release date: 2005 Schumann: Kinderszenen. Kreisleriana. Waldszenen. Remark: Winner of the 1979 Caecilia Award, Belgium Recordings previously released on CD. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-7035 [35]. Super Best 100 Timings: Recording date: 1980. Release date: 2005 Grieg: Piano Concerto Op.16 Schumann: Piano Concerto Op.54 Remark: Recordings previously released on CD. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-7032 [32]. Super Best 100 Timings: Recording date: 1979. Release date: 2005 Chopin: 19 Waltzes Remark: Recordings previously released on CD. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-7019 [19]. Super Best 100 Timings: 42' 19" & 33' 58" Recording date: 1970. Release date: 2005 Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Eliahu Inbal conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra Remark: Recordings previously reissued on CD. |
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Music
and Arts: CD-1174 AAD Mono Historic public performances Total time: 21:31+33:16+16:26 = 70:25 min. Release date: October 2005 *Liszt: Piano concerto No. 2. Rec. 05.09.1943 Dimitri Mitropoulos, N.Y. Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Schumann: Piano concerto. Rec.18.03.1951. Victor De Sabata, N.Y. Philharmonic Orchestra Weber: Konzertstück Op 79 . Rec. on 20.12.1947 Erich Kleiber, National Broadcasting Co. Symphony Orchestra Remarks: *Liszt's 1943 recording NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED Remastered in reasonably good sound. |
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Music
and Arts: CD-1158 (I) Claudio Arrau plays Chopin - Two historic public performance recordings Total time: 40:37+ 31:02 = 71:42 min. Release date: May 2005 Technical details: AAD Mono. Restoration by Graham Newton. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1. Rec. 25.10.1954 Otto Klemperer, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne. Piano Concerto No. 2. Rec. 10.12.1950. Fritz Busch, N.Y. Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra. Remarks Lost 1st movement of Concerto No. 2 reasonably well restored from 78 rpm. |
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Artone:
222367-354. Germany. |
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Vanguard
Classics : ATM CD 1585. New York. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-9516. Mini-LP CD. Eliahu
Inbal conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-3205. CD. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-3206. CD. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-3207. CD. Timings: 16' 51", 25' 58" & 27' 36" = 72' 03" Recording date: 1962, 1987 & 1984 Release date: 2004 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 Op.27 No.2 Moonlight Piano Sonata No.17 Op.31 No.2 The Tempest Piano Sonata No.21 Op.53 Waldstein Remark: Recordings previously released on CD. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-3208. CD. Timings: 27' 02", 12' 59" & 20' 51" = 60' 52" Recording dates: 1986 & 1973 Release date: 2004 Mozart: Piano Sonata No.11 K.331 Fantasy K.475 Piano Sonata No.14 K.457 Remark: Recordings previously released on CD. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-3209. CD. Timings: 22' 07", 26' 00" & 10' 09" = 63' 16" Recording dates: 1984 & 1973 Release date: 2004 Mozart: Piano Sonata No.8 K.310 Piano Sonata No.10 K.330 Rondo K.511 Remark: Recordings previously released on CD. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-3210. CD. Timings: 36' 47" & 31' 00" = 67' 47" Recording dates: 1972 Release date: 2004 Schumann: Kreisleriana Op.16 Fantasiestücke Op.12 Remark: Winner of the 1979 Caecilia Award, Belgium Recordings previously released on CD. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-3212. CD. Eliahu
Inbal conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-3213. CD. Sir
Colin Davis conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-3214. CD. Sir
Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra |
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BBC
Legends: BBCL4162-2 |
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Music
and Arts: CD-1140 AAD Mono |
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Testament/BBC:
SBT2 1361 - 2CDs |
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ARCHIPEL
ARPCD 0103 Studio recordings from 1928, 33, 39 & 47* 24-Bit remastering Total time: 75' 00" Release date: October, 2004 Liszt: Recorded 1928 and 1933 Au bord d'une source, Les jeux d'eaux à la villa d'Este, La leggierezza, Valse mélancolique, Rhapsodie espagnole (abridged). Albéniz: Recorded 1946/47 Iberia*: Cahier 1 & Cahier 2 Debussy: Recorded 1939 Tarantelle Styrienne. Jardins sous la pluie. Remarks: Latest reissue of Arrau's Iberia Books 1 & 2 in good sound. All recordings previously released on CD. |
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EMI
Classics: 7243 5 62884 2 3 Great Recordings of the Century Studio recordings of 1960 and 1951* Total time: 72' 11" Release date: September, 2004 Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor Op.38 Fantasy in F minor Op.49 Weber: Konzertstück in F minor Op.79 Mendelssohn: Andante and Rondo capriccioso Op.14* Remark: Mendelssohn recording for the first time on CD |
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Appian
Publications & Recordings: APR 5633 Claudio Arrau in concert 3 Total time: 69' 55" Release date: May, 2004 Beethoven: Piano sonatas Nos.: 30 Op.109, 31 Op.110, and 32 op.111 Recorded in recital at the Theresa Kaufman Concert Hall, New York, on 20.12.1975 Remark: Live recordings NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. |
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NDR
Kultur: NDR 20012 - 2 CDs |
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URANIA:
SP 4230. ADD. Milan, Italy. |
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ARCHIPEL:
ARPCD 0260. ADD 24Bit. Germany. |
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Philips
Japan UCGP-7044. 1 CD. Timings: Recording dates: 1969 & 1970 Release date: 2004 Technical details: Super Audio, Hybrid Liszt: Sonata in B minor Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude Zwei Konzertetüden (Waldesrauschen & Gnomenreigen) Vallée d' Obermann Remark: Recordings previously reissued on CD. |
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Philips
Japan UCCP-3235. 24bit 96kHz Timings: Recording dates: 1969 & 1970. Release date: 2004 Liszt: Sonata in B minor Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude Zwei Konzertetüden (Waldesrauschen &Gnomenreigen) Vallée d' Obermann Remark: Recordings previously reissued on CD. |
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Philips
Classics: 473 745-2 |
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DOREMI:
DHR-5701/2 - 2 CDs With the Juilliard Quartet at The Library of Congress on 19.12.1963 and 12.12.1964* Total time: 79' 32" and 66' 38" Release date: January, 2004 (Canada) Schubert: Quintent for piano & strings D.667 Frank: Quintent for piano and strings in F minor Mozart: Trio for piano, violin and cello K.548* Dvorák: Quintet for piano and strings Op.81* Remark: Unique live recordings NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. |
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Centurion
Classics : 2108 [Germany]. ADD. |
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DAL
SEGNO: DSPRCD 006 U.K. Masters of the Piano Rolls Piano Roll recordings of 1922 Aeolian Duo Art Rolls PR010 and PR019 Total time: 06' 17" and 03' 47" Release date: September, 2003 Schubert: Impromptu No.8 in F minor, D.935 Menter: Valse dedicated to Claudio Arrau Other pianists, composers and works Remarks: Two of the six piano rolls known to have ever been perforated by Arrau. Recordings previously released on CD. |
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ORFEO
D'OR : C 611 031 B Live recordings from the Salzburg Festival, 15.08.1982 Total time: 74' 06" Release date: August, 2003 Liszt: Sonate h-Moll, Après une lecture du Dante Beethoven: Sonate No.23 f-Moll Op.57 Remarks: From Arrau's last Salzburg recital. Program partly released in 2000 by Fachmann für Klassischer Musik in the U.S. as CDR FKM1018. |
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BBC
Legends: BBCL4125-2 Live broadcast, BBC FM Radio 3 Total time: 76' 38" Release date: September, 2003 Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major Op.83 Recorded at Kelvin Hall on 17.06.1963 Sir Alexander Gibson conducting The Scottish National Orchestra Schubert: Three piano pieces D.946 BBC studio recording, London, 09.03.1959 Remark: Recordings NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. |
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Philips
Universal: 473 782-2 11-CD box |
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Philips
Universal: 473 461-2 10-CD box |
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Philips
Universal: 475 029-2 8-CD box Arrau Heritage (A 55-CD, 9-box Edition) Release date: April 2003 Chopin: All Arrau Philips recordings of Chopin's works (1970-1984) including: Préludes, Impromptus, Ballades, Krakowiak, Waltzes, Scherzos, Barcarolle, Fantasy on Polish Airs, Nocturnes, Polonaise-Fantaisie, Piano concerto No. 1, Variations on Là ci darem la mano, Andantre spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, Piano concerto No. 2, and Fantasie in F minor. Remarks: Bonus CD contains all Arrau's 1953 American Decca recordings of Chopin works, remastered in good sound, including Barcarolle and complete Impromptus, Ballades and Scherzos. |
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URANIA:
SP 4216 Milan, Italy US Columbia, 1947 studio recordings in London and the US, respectively Total time: 47' 23" + 24' 39" = 72' 07" Release date: 2003 Brahms: Piano concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 Basil Cameron conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra Beethoven: Piano sonata No. 21 in C minor Op 53 Remark: Recordings previously released on CD by Dante in 1997 and 1998, respectively. |
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Retrospective
Recordings : RET 026 CD |
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Archipel
Records : ARPCD 0092 Desert Island Collection Germany 24-bit remastering Total time: 57' 40" Release date: 2002 Chopin:: Scherzos No. 1 Op 20 and No. 2 Op 31 Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op 23 Barcarola in F sharp major Op 60 Impromptus Nos 1, 2 and 3. Op 29, 36 and 51. Remarks: Selections from unacknowledged American Decca recordings dated 1953 (not 1952 as shown). |
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Philips
Universal: 464 713-2. 1 CD. Total time: 74' 36" Release date: Germany 2001. Technical details: 96kHz 24-Bit. Super Digital Transfer Liszt: Sonata in B minor. Rec. 1970 Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude. Rec. 1970 Swei Kinzertetüden. Rec. 1970 Vallée d'Obermann. Rec. 1969 Remark: Recordings previously released on CD. |
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Philips
Universal: 464 694-2 2CDs |
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Philips
Universal: 464 681-2. 1 CD. Total time: 78' 25" Release date: Germany 2001. Technical details: 96kHz 24-Bit. Super Digital Transfer Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58. Rec. in 1984. Piano Concerto No. 5 Op.73. Rec. in 1984. Sir Colin Davis conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden Remark: Winner of the 1989 Japan Record Academy Award Recordings previously released on CD. |
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INA,
mémoire vive: IMV 022 Total time: 48' 42" (concerto) and 10' 48" (interview) International release date: 2001 Brahms: Piano concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op.83 Recorded on 09.06.1976 at the Théatre des Champs Élysées, Paris Igor Markevitch conducting L' Orchestre national de France Arrau: Interview in French with Cyril Huvé on 10.06.1976 at the International Lausanne Festival Remarks: Live recordings NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. |
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APR
(Appian Publications & Recordings): APR 5632 Claudio Arrau in concert 2 Total time: 68'58" Release date: December, 2001 Beethoven: Piano sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 Recorded at the 1976 Prague Spring Festival Brahms: Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5 Recorded at Fisher Hall, N.Y., on 05.02.1978 Remarks: Live recordings NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. Some intrusive coughing in the Brahms's sonata. |
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Music
& Arts / DRA: CD 1060 2 CDs |
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APR
(Appian Publications & Recordings): APR
5631 Claudio Arrau in concert 1 Total time: 76'19" Release date: 2000 Chopin: 24 Preludes Op.28 Recorded at 1960 Prague Spring Festival Schumann: Symphonic Etudes Op.13 [12 Etudes and 5 phostumous variations] Recorded at 1976 Prague Spring Festival Remarks: Live recordings NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. |
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Philips
Classics - Eloquence: 468 158-2 |
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MARSTON:M52023-2
M2CDsmU.S.A. |
| Posthumous
CDR releases - from 2000 to date |
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En
Larmes: ELS 05-634 CDR
ADD Stereo |
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En
Larmes: ELS 03-368 CDR
Total time: 34' 56" + 19' 19" = 53' 75" Release date: 2003 U.S.A. Beethoven: Piano concerto No. 4 in A major Op 58 Live performance recorded on 19.07.1980 Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu Gary Bertini conducting The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Remarks: Recordings never previously released. |
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Larmes: ELS 02-221 CDR
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En
Larmes: ELS 02-212 CDR Total time: 70' 11" Release date: 2002 U.S.A. Beethoven: Piano concerto No. 4 in A major Op 58 Symphony No.5 in C minor Op 67 Leonard Bernstein conducting The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Recorded in Munich on 17.10.1976 Remarks: Live performance in benefit of Amnesty International. Recordings never released on CD. |
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Three
"0" Clasics: : TH084 CDR Total time: 20' 38" + 32' 35" = 53' 13" Release date: 2001 U.S.A. Liszt: Piano concerto No. 2 in A major Klaus Tennstedt conducting The NDR Symphony Orchestra, 09.05.1977 Schumann: Piano concerto in A minor Rafael Kubelik, conducting The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, April 1968, Munich. Remarks: Live performances never released on CD. Schumann's wrongly dated on CDR |
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FKM
(Fachmann für Klassischer Musik): FKM CDR 76 U.S.A. Total time: 40' 58" + 19' 34" = 60' 32" Release date: 2000 Beethoven: Piano concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op 73 Eugen Jochum conducting The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rec. 17.04.1986 Strauss: Burleske in D minor Horst Stein conducting The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rec. 18.03.1982 Remarks: Live recordings never previously released. |
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FKM
(Fachmann für Klassischer Musik): FKM CDR 1018 U.S.A. Total time: 59' 25" Release date: 2000 Beethoven: Piano sonata No. 26 Op 81a Les adieux Piano sonata No. 23 Op 57 Appassionata Liszt: Après une lecture du dante Recorded on 15.08.1982 Remarks: Unacknowledged live recordings from the 1982 Salzburg Festival. See Orfeo d'or, 2003, above. |
| Posthumous
DVD releases - from 2000 to date |
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VAI
' Video Artist International' DVD 4388, Mono
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Philips:
DVD 075 092-9. Germany. |
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EMI
Classics : DVD 4928399. International. Classic Archive. B & W. Total time: 113' 00" Release date: October 2002 Schumann: Piano concerto in A minor Op 54 George Hurst conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra F |