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important factual information, as it becomes available, on developments such as recent releases of previously unpublished recordings, reissues of vintage recordings of interest, new printed publications, and other such relevant events as from the year 2000.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

	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

	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 . Charles Munch conducts Beethoven Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Boston Live recordings 1954 - 1957 . Arrau: Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73. Rec.30.11.1957. 38' 55". . 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 . 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 . Brahms: The Concerto Album . 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 . Klemperer: Orchestre de la Radiodiffusion Française Violin Concerto Op.77 - Rec.1960 Galliera: Philharmonia Orchestra Double Concerto Op.102 - Rec.1956 . 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. . 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 . 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 . 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] . Remarks: Reissued in good sound. All recordings previously released on CD.

	Past Classics : SP012 CD 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 . 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 . 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.

	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 . 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] . 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 . Remarks: *The CD plays Le Gibet and Scarbo in the wrong sequence. All live recordings previously released on CD by both Ermitage and Aura.

	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.

	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

	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 . 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 . 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) . 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. . 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. The origin and authenticity of these recordings are undocumented and 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: 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.

	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 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

	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: Recordings 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

	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 F