Claudio Arrau
Piano
1903 - 1991

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 Recent Developments

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important factual information, as it becomes available, on developments such as recent releases of previously unpublished recordings, reissues of vintage recordings of interest, new printed publications,
and other such relevant events as from the year 2000.

Posthumous CD releases
Posthumous CDR releases
Posthumous DVD releases
Posthumous PRINTED MEDIA releases
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Posthumous CD releases - from 2000 to date
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Details forthcoming
 
Decca: 478 2132 DOR. 1CD.
The Originals - Legendary Recordings  
Total timing: 74' 15"
Release date: 2010 E.U.
Technical details: ADD.  96kHz - 24-bit remastering.
Recordings of 1964, 1966, and 1967.

Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor Op.13 Pathétique
Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata
Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2 Moonlight
Rondo in G major Op.51 No.2
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Remarks:
Recordings previously issued on CD.
 

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Remarks:
Details of dates, places, conductors and/or orchestras need corroboration.
PentaTone Classics: PTC 5186 170. 1CD.
Remastered Quadro Recordings RQR series  
Quadraphonic takes of Philips recordings made in 1974
Total timing: 45' 50"
Release date: 2009 E.U.
Technical details: ADD / Surround 4.0 /
Super Audio CD / Hybrid / Direct Stream Digital

Schumann:  Kinderszenen Op.15

Brahms:  Paganini Variations Op.35
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Remarks:
Quadraphonic takes never previously released.
Guild Historical : GHCD 2354  1 CD
Fritz Busch - Human Rights Day Concert
at the Metropolitan Opera House, NY, on 10 December 1950
Total time: 78:20 min.   Release date & place: 2009, England
Technical details: ADD Mono.  Restoration from second generation transcriptions by Guild GmbH Switzerland.

Chopin: Arrau
Piano Concerto No. 2. Rec. 30' 32".
Fritz Busch, N.Y. Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra.

Also:
Brahms's Alto Rhapsody.  Beethoven's Symphony No.5.
Dvorak's Carnival Overture Op.92 (Danish Radio S.O.)

Remarks
Arrau live recording previously released on CD.
   

SWR Music, Hänssler Classic: CD 93.703. 2CDs.
Edition Schwetzinger Festspiele
Release date: 2009.  Release place: Germany.
Total timing: 62' 09" and 51' 18".  Technical details: ADD
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Public performances at the
1963 and 1973 Schwetzinger Festivals

Disc 1: Recordings from 26 May 1963 -
Beethoven: Rondo in G major Op.51 No.2
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.28 in A major Op.101
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Händel Op.24

Disc 2: Recordings from 20 May 1973 -
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.7 Op.10 No.3
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23 Op.57
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Remarks:  
LIVE RECORDINGS NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED

Ysaÿe Records BnF: IM 01. 1CD.
In Memoriam: Claude Debussy
Centre de Documentation Claude Debussy
Release date: 2009.  Release place: E.U.
Total timing: 74' 29".  Technical details: A?D
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Historical recordings of
Debussy: Images pour piano (complete).
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Arrau / Recorded in 1949 for Columbia:
Movement (3' 13) & Cloches à travers les feuilles (5' 35").
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Two or more interpretations of each of the six 'images'.
Other pianists: Benedetti Michelangeli, Doyen, Gaillard, Gieseking, Meyer, Paderewski, Rubinstein, Viñes.
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Remarks:  
Arrau recordings previously released on CD.

forgotten records :  fr 117.  1 CD.
Claudio Arrau (1950)
Release date: 2009.   Release place: France.
Total timing: 40' 09".  Technical details: ADD

Chopin: 24 Préludes Op.28

Remarks:
Transfer in good sound.
Recording previously released on CD by United Archives, France, along with most Arrau's solo US Columbia recordings on 4 CDs, in very good sound.
 
Warning:
This CD recently issued in Russia, allegedly in 2003, under the series Sobranie of classical music, by a label which translates as Theater Ads, contains Beethoven sonatas Nos. 8, 14, 21 and 23 said to have been recorded by Claudio Arrau in 1979.
Arrau did not record any of these sonatas in 1979.
Both the origin and authenticity of this material are undocumented and highly doubtful.
Deutsche Grammophon Universal:  00289 480 1122.  4 CDs.
Joachim Kaiser "Ich Bin der Letzte Mohikaner"
"I am the last Mohican"
Release date: 2008.  Release place: E.U.
Contents:
Selected movements from stereo and mono recordings of:
solo and chamber music (CD1),
symphonic, concerto and choir music (CD2),
opera and song (CD3),
and historical recordings (CD4).
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Arrau/Philips/CD1:
Schumann's Carnival:  Préamble, Pierrot, Arlequin.
Schubert's Klaviersonate D.959:  Andantino. 
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Various composers, works and artists.
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Remarks:  
Recordings previously released in full on CD.
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
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Charles Munch in Boston - The Early Years
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Boston
Live recordings 1952 - 1955
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Arrau: Brahms' Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83.  
Rec. 09.01.1953.   47' 37".
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Other soloists and symphonic or concertante works by: Debussy, Ravel, Honegger, Wagner, Schubert, Auber, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Mozart, Beethoven, Saint Saëns, Lalo, and Ibert.
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Remarks:  
LIVE RECORDINGS NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED

West Hill Radio Archives:  WHRA-6014.  5 CDs.
Haskil / Arrau / Heifetz / Francescatti
Release date: 2008.  Release place: E.U.
Technical details: Pristine Audio XR, Mono
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Charles Munch conducts Beethoven
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Boston
Live recordings 1954 - 1957
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Arrau: Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73.  Rec.30.11.1957.  38' 55".
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Haskil: Piano Concerto No.3 Op.37.
Heifetz: Violin Concerto Op.61.
Francescatti: Violin Concerto Op.61.
Symphonies: Nos. 3, 6 & 7.
Overtures: Leonore Op.72 & Die Weihe des Hauses Op.124
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Remarks:  
LIVE RECORDINGS NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED
   

EMI Classics:  50999 5 09421 2 1.  3 CDs.
Arrau / Oistrakh / Fournier
Release date: 2008.  Release place: E.U.
Technical details: ADD
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Brahms: The Concerto Album
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Giulini: Philharmonia Orchestra
Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 - Rec.1960
Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 - Rec.1962
Tragic Overture Op.81 - Rec.1962
Haydn Variations Op.56a - Rec.1961
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Klemperer: Orchestre de la Radiodiffusion Française
Violin Concerto Op.77 - Rec.1960
Galliera: Philharmonia Orchestra
Double Concerto Op.102 - Rec.1956
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Remarks:
Piano concertos: Winner of the
1963 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis  
Recordings previously released on CD.
   
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.
   
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.
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Remarks:
Winner of the 1979 Liszt Record Grand Prix
Quadraphonic takes never previously released.
   

Philips Eloquence SBS:  442 8302.  2 CDs.
Arrau & Grumiaux
Release date: 2007
Release place: Australia

CD 1: 442 8303
Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin & Piano Nos. 1, 2 & 4
CD 2: 442 8304
Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin & Piano Nos. 5, 7 & 8
Recorded 1975 & 1976.  Total Timing: 127' 06".
Technical details: ADD
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Remarks:
Set previously released on CD by Philips Japan.
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NAXOS Historical:  8.111265. 1 CD.
Great Pianists - Arrau 
1939-1946 recordings
Release date: September 2007
Total timings: 18' 32"+ 30' 33"+ 25' 05" = 74' 10"
Technical details: ADD audio restoration by Mark Obert-Thorn
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R.Strauss/Defauw:
Burleske in D minor for piano and orchestra. [rec.1946]
Schumann/Krüger:
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54. [rec.1944]
Schumann:
Carnaval Op.9. [rec.1939]
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Remarks:
Reissued in good sound.
All recordings previously released on CD.
   

Past Classics : SP012.  1 CD-R
Total time: 34' 53"
Release date: 2007
by Saland Publishing UK

Beethoven:
Piano concerto No. 3 in C minor Op 37
1947 US Columbia recording
Eugene Ormandy conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra

Remarks:
Recording previously released on CD by Dante, Artone & Naxos
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
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Remarks:
Concerto live recording never previously released on CD
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
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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]
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Remarks:
All studio recordings previously released on CD.

Music and Arts: CD-1205. 1CD.
Claudio Arrau plays Liszt  
Public Performances 1970-1981
Release date: August 2007
Total timing: 76' 08"
Technical details: AAD
Liszt:
Sonata in B, rec.1976
Dante Sonata, rec.1981
Ballade No.2, [rec.1979]*
Jeux d'eau a la ville d'este, rec.1979
Trascendental étude No.10, rec.1970
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Remarks:
From New York and San Francisco performances.
*Date and venue for Ballade No.2 not stated, but 1979 and San Francisco's Masonic Auditurium were advised.
Live recordings NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED

Fabula Classica : FAB 12052-2. 2CDs.
Claudio Arrau Recitals 
Recorded in 1959, 1963 & 1971 by Radio della Svizzera Italiana
Release date: June 2007
Total timings: 75' 21" & 74' 03"
Technical details: [Not stated]
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Beethoven: Sonata No.23 Appassionata
Brahms: Variations and fugue on Haendel Op.24
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit*
Schumann: Fantasia Op.17
Liszt: Sonata in B & Mephisto Walzer No.1
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Remarks:
*The CD plays Le Gibet and Scarbo in the wrong sequence.
All live recordings previously released on CD by
both Ermitage and Aura.
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
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Chopin:
12 Études Op.10.  12 Études Op.25.
Trois nouvelles études.  Allegro de concert Op.46.
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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
   

PentaTone Classics: PTC 5186 165. 1CD.
Remastered Quadro Recordings RQR series  
Quadraphonic takes of Philips recordings made in 1973 & 1974
Total timing: 62' 50"
Release date: 2007 E.U.
Technical details:
ADD / Super Audio CD / Hybrid / 4-channel / Direct Stream Digital
Chopin:
24 Préludes Op.28.
Prélude No.25 Op.45.  Prélude No.26 Op. posth.
Schumann:
Papillons Op.2
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Remarks:
Stereo and multichannel (surround sound) options included.
Quadraphonic takes never previously released.

Centurion Classics : VIPC-1011 [UK-Germany]. ADD.

Total time: 77' 46"
Release date: 2006
Technical Details: Digitally Remastered

J.S. Bach:
Goldberg Variations BWV 988. Recorded in 1942.

Remarks:

Recording previously reissued on CD.

Philips Classics (Decca) 475 7768. 1CD.
The Originals   Recordings from 1973 & 1980
Total timings: 68' 56"
Release date: 2006
Technical details: ADD 96kHz 24bit
Chopin:
24 Préludes Op.28
Prélude Op.45
Prélude Op.posth
Impromptu No.1 Op.29
Impromptu No.2 Op.36
Impromptu No.3 Op.51
Impromptu No.4 Fantasie-Impromptu Op.66
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Remarks:
All recordings previously released on CD

Philips Universal B0007154-02. 2CDs. ADD.
Steinway Legends
Total timings: 72' 12" + 71' 00" = 2h 23' 12"
Release date: 2006
Beethoven: Sonata No.14 (Rec.1962)
Mozart: Rondo K511 (Rec.1973)
Schubert: Allegretto D.915 (Rec.1978)
Liszt: Sonata in B minor S.178 (Rec.1970)
Balakirev: Islamey (Rec.1928)
Chopin: Impromptus 1, 2 & 3. Fantaisie-Impromptu. (Rec.1953)
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26 (Rec.1967)
Beethoven: Eroica Variatons (Rec.1952)
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Remarks:
1952 Eroica Variations for the first time on CD
(in good sound).
All other recordings previously released on CD.

Philips 475 7947 PB7. 7CDs. DDD.
The final sessions
Total timing: 6h 36' 42"
Times: 45' 33", 45' 17", 60' 38", 47' 09", 77' 10", 79' 55" & 41' 00"
Release date: 2006
Bach: Partitas Nos. 2 & 1.
Bach: Partitas Nos. 5 & 3.
Bethoven: Sonatas Nos. 1, 16 & 22.
Bethoven: Sonatas Nos. 2, 24 & 25.
Schubert: Piano sonata D894. Moments musicaux D780. Schubert: Impromptus D935. Klavierstücke D946.
Debussy: Suite bergamasque. Sarabande (from Pour le piano).
La plus que lente. Valse romantique.
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Remark:
All recordings previously released on CD as 'The final sessions'
 

United Archives: UAR008.4  4CDs ADD
Birth of a Legend - US Columbia recordings 1946-1950
Total timing: 45' 44"+ 76' 45"+ 55' 15"+ 49' 23 = 3 hrs 47'
Release date: 2006
Beethoven: Sonatas 21 & 26*
Schubert: Allegretto D.915 [abridged]*
Chopin: 24 Preludes Op.28
Schumann: Kreisleriana Op.16. Arabesque Op.18.
Debussy: Pour le piano. Estampes. Images Books I & II.
Ravel: Ondine & Le Gibet (from Gaspard de la nuit).
Albéniz: Iberia Books I & II.
Remarks:
Mono recordings remastered to very good sound. Smart design.
*CD 1: There was no previous knowledge that Beethoven's Sonata No.26 and Schubert's Allegretto (abridged) had been recorded by Arrau for US Columbia. Their original matrix numbers are not provided.
Chopin Waltz Op.18 No.1 (Columbia 78rpm MX307) and Beethoven Bagatelle G.173 (Columbia 78rpm 1309OD), never reissued on CD, are excluded from an otherwise complete solo piano compilation of US Columbia recordings by Arrau.
 

ORFEO D'OR : C 712 062 I.  2 CDs.

Live recordings from Salzburg Festivals, 1956 to 1974
Release date: 2006

Mozart:
Sonate a-Moll KV 310. Rec. 23.08.1956. Timing: 21' 41"

Plus Mozart Sonatas rendered by:
Haskil, Gould, Cherkassky, Backhaus, Gilels & Curzon.

Remark:
Recording NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED
 
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.

Philips Japan UCCP-3385/6. 2CDs. DUO
Timings: 19' 47", 16' 52", 26' 28", 10' 24", 26' 47", 26' 44" & 17' 04"
Recordings from the 1960s stock
Release date: 2006
Beethoven:  Named Piano Sonatas -
No. 8, Pathétique
No. 14, Moonlight
No. 17, The tempest
No. 24, For Therese
No. 21, Waldstein
No. 23, Appassionata &
No. 26, Les adieux
Remarks:
All recordings previously released on CD.

Philips Japan UCCP-3365/6. 2CDs. DUO
Timings: 42' 08", 33' 45", 19' 18", 14' 30", 15' 09", 14' 11" &
4' 41", 6' 03", 6' 19".
Recordings from 1970-71-72 (orchestral) and 1980 (solo)
Release date: 2006
Chopin:
Piano Concertos Nos.1 Op.11 & 2 Op.21
Variations on 'La ci darem la mano' Op.2
Krakowiak concert rondo Op.14
Andante spianato e Grande polonaise brillante Op.22
Fantasy on Polish airs Op.13
Eliahu Inbal conducting The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Impromptus Nos.1 Op.29, 2 Op.36 & 3 Op.51
Remarks:
All recordings previously released on CD.

EMI Classics / Toshiba: TOCE 13137
Total time: 66' 10"
Release date: Japan, 2005.
1956 Mono recordings
Technical details: ADD 24 Bit
Digitally remastered by Yoshio Okazaki

Chopin:
Études Op.10
Études Op.25
Trois nouvelles études

Remark:
The 1987 EMI CD release of these recordings was a co-winner of Poland's 1990 Grand Prix du Disque Frédéric Chopin
for Remastering
All recordings previously released on CD

EMI Classics / Toshiba: TOCE 13079
Total time: 51' 46"
Release date: Japan, 2005. Europe 2006.
Digitally remastered by Yoshio Okazaki

Brahms:
Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15. Rec. in 1960.
Carlo Maria Giulini conducting
The Philharmonia Orchestra, England

Remark:
Winner of the 1963 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
 
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.
Arrau did not record the above sonatas in 1979.
The origin and authenticity of these recordings are undocumented and highly doubtful.
 

URANIA: SP 4246. ADD. Milan, Italy.
2CDs. Total time: 48' 18" + 52' 16" = 100' 34"
Release date: 2005

J.S. Bach:
Goldberg Variations. Rec 1942.
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor. Rec. 1945.
3 Inventions. 3 Sinfonias. Rec. 1945.

Remarks:
All recordings previously reissued on CD.
 

Philips Classics 476 818-2. 2CDs. DDD / ADD.
Universal. Eloquence. Germany.
The Late Piano Sonatas / Die späten Klaviersonaten
Total time: 141' 40"
Release date: 2005
Mozart:
Klaviersonate Nr. 16 KV 545. Rec. in 1987.
Klaviersonate Nr. 17 KV 570. Rec. in 1984
Klaviersonate Nr. 15 KV 533/494. Rec. in 1988.
Klaviersonate Nr. 18 KV 576. Rec. in 1984.
Fantasie KV 475. Rec. in 1974.
Klaviersonate Nr. 14 KV 557. Rec. in 1974.
Fantasie KV 397. Rec. in 1974.
Rondo KV 511.Rec. in 1974.
Remark:
An AMSI (AMbient Surround Imaging) remastering.

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.
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.
Philips Japan UCCP-7032 [32].
Super Best 100
Timings:
Recording date: 1979.
Release date: 2005

Chopin:
19 Waltzes

Remark:
Recordings previously released on CD.
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.
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.
 
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.

Artone: 222367-354. Germany.
4 CDs in a book format album. A 20-page booklet.
Total times: 71' 34", 64' 03", 66' 54", & 75' 23"
Release date: Mid 2005
Technical details: 24 Bit 96 Khz
Works recorded between 1941 and 1953.
Composers:
Beethoven,
Weber,
Chopin,
Schumann,
Liszt &
R. Strauss

Remark:
A compilation of 18 concerto and solo recordings, remastered in good sound, all previously reissued on CD by various labels.
 
 

Vanguard Classics : ATM CD 1585. New York.
4 CDs manufactured by Artemis Classics.
Total times: 57' 31", 39' 01", 70' 20", & 64' 02"
Release date: 2005
Beethoven:
The 10 sonatas for Piano and Violin.
With Joseph Szigeti, violin.

Remarks:
Set reissued on CD several times by various labels.
Live recordings made in 1944, not 1953 as shown on these CDs.
 

Philips Japan UCCP-9516.  'Mini-LP' CD.
Universal Classics Vintage Collection
Timings: 42' 15" & 33' 54" = 76' 09"
Recording date: 1970
Release date: 2004
Techncial data: 96kHz 24Bit

Chopin:
Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2.

Eliahu Inbal conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Remark:
Recordings previously released on CD.

Philips Japan UCCP-3205.  CD.
Timings: 31' 02", 20' 54" & 26' 39" = 78' 35"
Recording date: 1986 & 1989
Release date: 2004

Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No.3 Op.2 No.3
Piano Sonata No.8 Op.13 Pathétique
Piano Sonata No.15 Op.28 Pastorale

Remark:
Recordings previously released on CD.

Philips Japan UCCP-3206.  CD.
Timings: 18' 09", 28' 04" & 17' 36" = 63' 49"
Recording date: 1984
Release date: 2004

Beethoven:
Piano Sonatas Nos.26, 23 & 13.

Remark:
Recordings previously released on CD.

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.
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.
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.
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.

Philips Japan UCCP-3212.  CD.
Timings: 42' 19" & 33' 58" = 76' 17"
Recording date: 1970
Release date: 2004

Chopin:
Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2.

Eliahu Inbal conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Remark:
Recordings previously released on CD.

Philips Japan UCCP-3213.  CD.
Timings: 36' 47" & 33' 15" = 70' 02"
Recording dates: 1979 & 1980
Release date: 2004

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1

Grieg: Piano Concerto

Sir Colin Davis conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Remark:
Recordings previously released on CD.

Philips Japan UCCP-3214.  CD.
Timings: 21' 00", 22' 23 & 22' 21" = 65' 44"
Recording dates: 1979, 1974, 1975, & 1976
Release date: 2004

Liszt:
*Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Trois études de concert

Sir Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra

Remark:
*Winner of the 1982 Liszt Record Grand Prix
Recordings previously released on CD.

 

BBC Legends: BBCL4162-2
Live broadcast, BBC FM Radio 3
Total time: 16:59+33:06+13:43 = 64:08 min.
Release date: November, 2004
Beethoven:
Sonata No.13 Op.27 No.1. Rec. 16.10.60
Schumann:
Fantasy In C major Op.17. Rec.16.10.60
Schönberg:
3 Klavierstücke Op.11. Rec. on 03.11.58

Remarks:
Recordings NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED.
ONLY RECORDING AVAILABLE of Schönberg by Arrau.
 
 

Music and Arts: CD-1140 AAD Mono
The Complete 15 March 1953 New York Concert
Total time: 66:41 min.
Release date: 2004
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2. Rec. 15.03.1953
Guido Cantelli, N.Y. Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra

Plus:
Verdi: Forza Overture
Debussy: The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (exc.)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No.2

Remarks:
Concerto remastered in good sound.
 

Testament/BBC: SBT2 1361 - 2CDs
Live recordings from 1957*
Studio recordings from 1958** and 1959
Total time: 73' 06" and 71' 07"
Release date: October, 2004
Beethoven:
Piano concerto No. 3 in C minor Op.37*
Piano concerto No. 4 in G Op.58*
Piano concerto No. 5 in E flat Op.73*
Piano sonata No. 24 in F sharp Op.78
Piano sonata No. 31 in A flat Op.110**
Remarks:
Concertos from the Arrau-Klemperer Royal Festival Hall's annual Beethoven series NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED.
Sonata No.24 Op.78 never previously released on CD.
 
 
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.
 
 
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
 
 
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.
 
 

NDR Kultur: NDR 20012 - 2 CDs
EMI Classics: 7243 5 62848 2 1
Total time: 49' 37" and 49' 06"
Release date: March, 2004
Brahms:
Piano concerto No.1 Op.15. Rec. in 1966.
Piano concerto No.2 Op.83. Rec. in 1963.
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt conductor.
NDR Sinfonieorchester

Remark:
Live recordings NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED.

 

URANIA: SP 4230. ADD. Milan, Italy.
Total time: 79' 25"
Release date: 2004
Chopin:
4 Ballades. Recorded in 1953.
Piano concerto No.1 Op.15. Recorded in 1954.
Otto Klemperer conducting
The WDR Sinfonieorchester, Köln

Remark:
All recordings previously reissued on CD.
 
 

ARCHIPEL: ARPCD 0260. ADD 24Bit. Germany.
Total time: [Not stated]
Release date: 2004
Liszt:
Piano concerto No. 1. Recorded in 1935.
Hans Rosbaud. Frankfurt Radio Orchestra.
Piano concerto No.2. Recorded in 1953.
Guido Cantelli. New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Fantasia on Hugarian Folk Songs. Recorded in 1952.
Eugene Ormandy. The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Plus Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 9 & 13*. Recorded in 1951.

Remark:
All recordings previously reissued on CD.
*Misprinted as Rhapsody No.11.
Philips Japan UCGP-7044. 1 CD.
Timings:
Recording dates: 1969 & 1970
Release date: 2004
Technical details: ADD / Surround 4.0 /
Super Audio CD / Hybrid / Direct Stream Digital

Liszt:
Sonata in B minor
Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
Zwei Konzertetüden (Waldesrauschen & Gnomenreigen)
Vallée d' Obermann

Remark:
Recordings previously reissued on CD.
 
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.

Philips Classics: 473 745-2
Universal. Eloquence. Germany.
Total time: 32'44" and 33'49"
Release date: March, 2003
Grieg:
Klavierkonzert a-moll op.16. Rec. in 1963.
Schumann:
Klavierkonzert a-moll op.54. Rec. in 1963.
Christoph von Dohnányi conducting
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

Remark:
An AMSI (AMbient Surround Imaging) remastering.

 
 
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.
 
 

Centurion Classics : 2108 [Germany]. ADD.
Claudio Arrau
Total time: [Not stated]
Release date: 2003
Liszt:
Piano concerto No. 1 in E flat major. Recorded in 1935**.
Hans Rosbaum conducting
The Frankfurt* Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Schumann:
Arabesque. Recorded in 1947.
Carnaval. Recorded in 1939***.
Remarks:
Details wrongly given as *Berlin, **1942 and ***1947 on CD.
All recordings previously reissued on CD.
 
 
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.
 
 
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.
 
 
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.
 
 

Philips Universal: 473 782-2 11-CD box
Arrau Heritage (A 55-CD, 9-box Edition)
Release date: February 2003
Bethoven:
The 32 piano sonatas
Andante favori in F
32 Variations on an original theme in C minor
Bonus*:
33 Variations in C on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli
Remarks:
Sonata recordings are from 1984-90, except sonatas 14 and 29 taken from the 1960s stock.
The 33 Diabelli Variations* come from the 1952 American Decca recordings, remastered in good sound.

 
 

Philips Universal: 473 461-2 10-CD box
An Anniversary Tribute
Recordings from 1953, 1965-79, 1990, 1991
Release date: February 2003 Germany
Composers:
A selection of Arrau's Philips recordings, including works by: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, and Debussy.
Staatskapelle Dresden,
London Symphony Orchestra,
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,
Arthur Grumiaux, Bernard Haitink, and Sir Colin Davis.
Remarks:
Includes Chopin's Scherzos from the 1953 American Decca reccordings, remastered in good sound.
 
 
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.
 
 
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.
 
 

Retrospective Recordings : RET 026 CD
Claudio Array plays Liszt
ADD "Stereo"[sic]
Total time: 73' 31"
Release date: 2002
Liszt::
Piano Concerto No. 1*. Rec: 1952.
Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Songs*. Rec: 1952.
Eugene Ormandy* conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Hungarian rhapsodies Nos. 11, 10, 8, 9, and 13.
Rec. 1951/52.
Remarks:
Columbia recordings from 1951 and 1952,
all previously released on CD.
 
 
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).

Philips (Radio Classica): 473 058-2  9 CDs
Claudio Arrau - Le sonate per pianoforte - Beethoven

Release place: EU Italy
Release date: 2002
Technical details: ADD.

Beethoven::
The Complete Piano Sonatas

Remarks:
1960s recordings previously released on CD.
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.

Philips Universal: 464 694-2  2CDs
Universal Classics. Germany.
Total time: 144' 17"
Release date: 2001
Technical data: 96kHz 24-Bit Super Digital Transfer
Chopin:
*Complete Nocturnes. Rec. 1977/78
Barcarolle Op.60. Rec. 1980
Fantaisie Op.49. Rec. 1977

Remark:
*Winner of the 1979 Diapason d'or de l'année
Recordings previously released on CD.
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.
 
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.
 
 
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.
 
 

Music & Arts / DRA: CD 1060 2 CDs
Claudio Arrau in Germany
Recordings made by Stuttgart Radio in 1937* and 1938, plus other well-known, commercial, contemporary recordings**.
Total time: 67' 34" and 56' 07"
Release date: July, 2001
Chopin: Ballade Op 23
Beethoven: Piano sonatas No. 7 and No. 3
Mozart: Piano sonata in D K576
Haydn: Andante con Variazioni in F Op 83
Liszt: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca*
**Plus some commercial recordings of the time.
Remarks:
Unique Stuttgart Radio recordings in good mono sound and NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED.
Only Arrau's performance of Haydn ever preserved.
Chopin's Impromptu No.2 in F sharp Op.36 kept by DRA Archives was not included in this compilation.
 
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.
 

Philips Classics - Eloquence: 468 158-2
Total time: 75' 21"
Release date: 2001
Beethoven:
Piano concerto No. 1. Recorded in 1964.
Bernard Haitink. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam.
Triple concerto. Recorded in 1971.
With Henryk Szeryng (violin) & János Starker (cello)
Eliahu Inbal. New Philharmonia Orchestra.

Remarks:
An AMSI (AMbient Surround Imaging) remastering.
 

MARSTON:M52023-2 M2CDsmU.S.A.
The complete Pre-War Recordings
Total time: 75' 14" + 69' 18"
Release date: April 2000
Complete commercial studio recordings made by Arrau between 1921 and 1939, including works by Balakirev, Busoni, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Schubert, Schumann, and Stravinsky, in chronological order, from English Vocalion, German Gramophone, HMV Eletrola, Odeon, Telefunken, and Parlophone sources.
Remarks:
Complete commercial studio recordings [it excludes the
non-commercial 1937/8 recordings for NDR Radio, Stuttgart].
The Liszt's Valse mélancolique and the two Vocalion recordings had NEVER BEEN REISSUED on any medium.
 

Posthumous CDR releases - from 2000 to date
Antec Music: AM3584/85. 2 CDRs.
Release date: 2009.  Release place: Hong Kong.
.
Public performances at the
Sendessaal, Cologne, on 5 April 1968

Disc 2:
Brahms/Arrau: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15

Disc 1:
Haydn's Symphony No.100
Alban Berg's Drei Orchesterstücke Op.6

Ferdinand Leitner conducting the WDR Sinfonieorchester.
.
Remarks:  
Arrau's recording previoulsy released on CDR by En Larmes.

Von-Z: S-2-276/7  CDR ADD Stereo
Total time: 113' 33"
Release date: 2008  E.E.C. Japan

Mozart
Live performances recorded on 03.07.1964
Arrau: Piano Concerto No.15 in B flat major KV 450. 25' 44"
March in D major KV 238
Kyrie from Mass No.18 in C minor KV 427 'Great Mass'
Symphony No.36 in C major KV 425 'Linz'

Erich Leinsdorf conducting
The Boston Symphony Orchestra, in Tanglewood

Remarks:
RECORDINGS NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED

Past Classics:  SP521.  1 CD-R.
"the very best of claudio arrau"
Released in January 2009 by Saland Publishing UK
Total running time: 54'13"

Ramdom collection of movements from works recorded for unidentified labels. They appear to be from recordings made for UK Columbia and Parlophone, transferred at a slightly fast speed.

*Schubert's Impromptu No.1 D.946
Chopin's Trois nouvelles études
Beethoven's Piano concerto No.3, 1st movement
Chopin's Études Nos. 9, 11 & 12, Op.25
*Debussy's Jardins sous la pluie
Mendelssohn's Andante and Rondo Capriccioso Op.14

Remarks:
*Two of the transfers jump one groove each.
All works previously released in full and with better transfers
by major labels on CD.

Past Classics:  SP524.  1 CD-R.
"claudio arrau plays carnaval op.9 by robert schumann"
Released in Janaury 2009 by Saland Publishing UK
Total running time: 24'16"

Unidentified original source. This appears to be the recording made for Parlpphone in 1939, transferred at a slightly fast speed.

Schumann's Carnaval Op.9

Remarks:  
Recording previously released on CD by major labels with better transfers.
FKM (Fachmann für Klassischer Musik) 263/4:
CDRs ADD Stereo  U.S.A. Japan
Total time: 39' 28" + 49' 07" = 88' 35"
Release date: 2008

Beethoven / Arrau / Giulini
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op 73
Symphony No.3 in E flat major Op.55

Carlo Maria Giulini conducting
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rec. 1978

Remarks:
ARRAU RECORDING NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED.

Past Classics : SP012.  1 CD-R
Total time: 34' 53"
Release date: 2007
by Saland Publishing UK

Beethoven:
Piano concerto No. 3 in C minor Op 37
1947 US Columbia recording
Eugene Ormandy conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra

Remarks:
Recording previously released on CD by Dante, Artone & Naxos

Wolrd Music Express WME-S-CDR-1029/30 ADD Stereo
Total time: 122' 04"
Release date: 2006  USA Japan

Arrau:  Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2.
New York Philharmonic. Avery Fisher Hall..
Rec. on 11, 12, 13 or 16.02.1982.

Mahler's Symphony No.3
Minnesota Chorale and Minnesota Orchestra
Rec. on 13.02.1981

Klaus Tennstedt conducting.

Remarks:
Recordings never previously released.
Warning:
This CDR, issued in Japan in 2007 by fringe World Music Express label, showing a "Made in the USA" statement, contains recordings of works wrongly claimed to have been performed by Claudio Arrau.

En Larmes: ELS 05-634  CDR ADD Stereo
Total time: 24' 34" + 49' 06" = 73' 40"
Release date: 2005 U.S.A.
Brahms:
Piano concerto No. 1 in D minor Op 15
Live performance recorded on 05.04.1968
Haydn:
Symphony No. 100 in A major
Ferdinand Leitner conducting
The WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne
Remarks:
Recordings never previously released.
CDR code also shown as ELS 04-634 on disc.
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:
Live r ecordings never previously released.

En Larmes: ELS 02-221  CDR
Total time: 20' 26" + 18' 50" + [30' 44"] = 70' 00"
Release date: 2002 U.S.A.
Liszt:   Piano concerto No. 2 in A major
Strauss, R:  Burleske in D minor
Klauss Tennstedt conducting the NDR-Sinfonieorchester
Live recordings made on 09 May 1977.
Beethoven:
Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Klauss Tennstedt conducting the
Philharmonischesorchester Kiel
Live recording made on 20 March 1980
Remarks:
Strauss's work recording previously released on CDR by TIENTO in 1998.
 
 
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.
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
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.

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

WB MGM Archive Collection, USA. DVD.
Charles Vidor's 1954 film Rhapsody
Total time of DVD: 115 min.
Technical specifications: Dolby Digital. Colour.  Mono.
Release date: 2009.

Soundtrack: Claudio Arrau plays excerpts from -
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2
Scriabin: Etude No.12 Op.8
Other composers and works.

Remarks:
Film released in 1993 on VHS.
   

VAI ' Video Artist International' DVD 4388, Mono
Claudio Arrau plays Mozart and Beethoven
Total time of DVD: 58 min.
Release date: 2006.
Mozart:
Sonata A minor KV.310
Beethoven:
Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op.111
Interview in French
The concert Hour / L'heure du concert
Radio Canada Television: telecast on 5 March 1964
B & W Video NTSC. New York. All regions.

Remark:
Live TV recordings NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED.
 

Philips: DVD 075 092-9. Germany.
The Golden Age of the Piano
Anniversary Issue.
Total time:
Release date: January 2003
Documentary showing several distinguished pianists, including Arrau, peformaning works by various composers, with an Arrau anniversary bonus:
Beethoven:
Piano concerto No. 4 in A major Op 58
Ricardo Muti, Claudio Arrau
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Recorded at the Philadelphia Academy of Music
in February, 1983.

Remarks:
Both The Golden Age of the Piano and Beethoven's piano concerto No.4 previously released separately.
 
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
Filrmed iin London on 08.06.1963
Schumann:
Carnaval Op 9
Filmed in London on 19 June 1961
Beethoven:
Piano sonata No. 32 in C minor Op 111
Filmed in Paris in 1970
Remarks:
Bonus - Solomon performs Beethoven's piano sonata No. 23 (Appassionata), filmed in London on 15 January 1956.
Recordings NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED.
 

VAI 'Video Artist International' DVD 4216
Great Pianist on the Bell Telephone Hour 1959-1967
Total time of DVD: 129 min.
Release date: 2002.
Beethoven:
Third movement 'Rondo Allegro' of
Piano concerto No. 5, The Emperor,
with Claudio Arrau.
Donald Voorhees conductor
The Bell Telephone Orchestra
1962 TV Broadcast
Other pianists, composers and works.
Remark:
Recording NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED.
1st and 2nd movements were not taped as the Bell Telephone Hour presented only one movement from concertos.
   

Posthumous PRINTED MEDIA releases - from 2000 to date
 

Title:
Claudio Arrau Il Filosofo

Author: Piero Rattalino

Language: Italian

Publisher: Zecchini Editore, Varese, Italy, 2006

Binding: Paperback, 168 pages

ISBN: 88-87203-49-0
   

Title:
Claudio Arrau, 100 Años

Author: Luis Merino Montero

Prologue::Sergio Bitar

Language: Castellano

Publisher: Memorial Cultural de Ñuble, Chile, June 2005

Binding: Empastado. 21,3x27,5 cm. 182 páginas.

ISBN: 956-7813-33-7
   

Title:
Die Klaviertechnik
in der Tradidion von Claudio Arrau

Author: Christoph Öhm-Kühnle

With the cooperation of: Daniela Ballek

Language: Deutsch

Publisher: Verlag Dohr, Köln, 2004/5

Binding: Notizbuchformat, 20x30cm, 42 Seiten

ISBN: 3-936655-22-7
   

Title:
Appassionata
Claudio Arrau: prodige, dandy, visionnaire

Author: André Tubeuf

Foreword: Daniel Barenboim

Language: French

Publisher: NIL editions, Paris, 2003

Binding: Paperback, 212 pages

ISBN: 2-84111-282-9
   

Title:
Arrau, el Hombre y el Artista

Author: Antonio Landauro

Language: Spanish

Sponsor: Sociedad Musical Santa Cecilia de Chillán

Publisher: Santa Cecilia, Chillán, Chile, 2002

Binding: Empastado. 17,2 cm x 24,4 cm. 293 páginas.

NRPI: 125.759.  Limited Edition.
   

Title:
Cuatro aproximaciones al arte de Arrau

Author: Héctor Vasconcelos

Foreword: Mario Lavista

Language: Spanish

Publisher: DGE Ediciones, México, 2002

Binding: Hardcover, 179 pages

ISBN: 968-5011-23-0
 

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