Claudio Arrau
Piano
1903 - 1991

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 Recent Developments - CDs & LPs

The Recent Developments section aims at 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important factual information, as it becomes available, on developments such as recent releases of previously unpublished recordings, reissues of vintage recordings of interest, new printed publications,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
(or 2005 for CDs).

1.   Posthumous CD & LP releases
2.   Posthumous CDR releases
3.   Posthumous DVD releases
4.   Posthumous PRINTED MEDIA releases

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1. Posthumous CD & LP releases -
from 2005 to date
   
St Laurent Studio YSL T-1614. 2 CDs.
Jascha Horenstein Vol.7.
Release date: October 2024.  Canada.
Timings: Disc 1 - 52' 00". Disc 2 - 40'00".
Recording place: Montreux. Switzerland.
Recording date: 17 September 1964. Live.
Technical details: ADD. Stereo.

Orchestre National de l'ORTF
conducted by Jascha Horenstein.
CD 1:
Brahms/Arrau: Concerto pour piano no.1, opus 15.
CD 2:
R.Strauss: Don Quixote, opus 35.

Remarks:
This Brahms recording previously released on CD.
   
St Laurent Studio YSL 78-1607. 1 CD.
Claudio Arrau Vol.6.
Release date: July 2024.  Canada.
Timings: 22' 02", 20' 50", 4'02", 4'24" & 9' 29" = 60' 57".
Recording places: England. USA. Germany.
Recording dates: 1952, 1941, 1928 & 1933.
Technical details:
ADD. Mono.
From 78rpm shellac records, using the
Denis Pelletier's Vacuum Tubes Transfers.

Mozart/
Sonate pour piano no.17 K.570
Weber/
Sonate pour piano n.1 opus 24
Liszt/
Au bord d'un source S.160 no.4.
La liggierezza (Étude de concert) S.144 no.2.
Rhapsodie espagnole S.254.

Remarks:
Original recordings previously issued on CD.
   

DOREMI: DHR-8235/6 - 2 CDs (Live, Vol.2)
Claudio Arrau: Legendary Treasures.
Live performances in Denmark & Finland.

Total times: 73' 00" and 76' 00"
Technical details: ADD, Stereo.
Release date & place: June, 2024. UK.

CD 1

Copenhagen Concert, September 1967:
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1, S.124
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2, Op.21
Conductor: Militiades Caridis
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen.

Helsinki Recital, 6th September 1972:
Chopin: Fantaisie in F minor, op.49
Chopin: Nocturne in B major, Op.62 No.1

CD 2

Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20.
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178.
Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor, S.171.
Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52.
Chopin: Scherzo No.4 in E major, Op.54.

Remarks:
Works briefly introduced in Danish by a radio presenter.
Live recordings, never previously issued on any format,
except for Liszt's piano concerto, first released on LP
in the 1970s by Opus Records, MLG79, USA.

   
SWR Classics  SWR19433CD. 10 CDs.
Legendary Pianists - Famous Piano Concertos
11 pianists. The Symphony Orchestras of the SWR.
Release date: 2023.  Germany.
Technical details: Mono. Stereo.

Claudio Arrau:
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1
S
üdfunk-Sinfonieorchester.
Eliahu Inbal. Live, 1972. 
Timing: 50' 55".
Technical details: Stereo.
Recording venue: Liederhalle. Sttutgart. Germany

10 other pianists.
Haydn. Mozart. Beethoven. Chopin. Rachmaninov.
Brahms. Schumann. Ravel. Bartók. Tchaikovsky.
Saint-Saëns. Gershwin.

Remark:
Arrau recording previously issue on CD.
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W Warner Classics  0190296245572. 24 CDs.
Claudio Arrau:
The Complete Warner Classics Recordings
.

Release date & place: October 2022. France.
Recording places: England mainly, Germany & USA.
Recording years: 1921, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1938,
1939, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958,
1959, 1960 & 1962.
Original labels: Vocalion, Vox, Electrola, Parlophone, Telefunken, UK Columbia, HMV, Angel & Testament.
Technical details: Mono. Stereo.
Remastered in 192kHz / 24-bit
by Art & Son Studio, Annecy, France, 2022.

Beethoven:
The 5 Piano Concertos.  Galliera.°
Piano Concertos 3, 4 & 5.  Klemperer.°
Piano Sonatas Nos. 7, 14, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32.
32 Variations in C minor WoO80
*Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op.11: II & III
(
Weißgerber Trio, with piano part attributed to C.Arrau)
Brahms:
Piano Concerto No. 1. Cameron.°
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2. Giulini.°*
Busoni:
Sonatina No.6: Chamber Fantasy on 'Carmen'.
Chopin:
Allegro de concert Op.46
Ballade No.3 Op.47
Etudes Op.10 Nos.3, 4 (x 3), 8 & 9.
Études Op.10 Complete
Études Op.25 Nos.1 and 2.
Études Op.25 Complete
Trois nouvelles études
Fantasy in F minor Op.49
Piano Sonata No.3 Op.58
Polish song Mes Joies Op.74 No.12
Prélude Op.28 No.3
Scherzo No.3 Op.39
Scherzo No.4 Op.54
Tarantelle Op.43
Waltz in F minor Op.34 No.3
Debussy:
Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)
Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes No.3)
La puerta del vino (Préludes Book II)
Granados:
Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor (Goyescas No.4)
Grieg:
Piano Concerto Op.16.  Galliera.°
Liszt:
Au bord d'une source
Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este
Rhapsodie espagnole [abridged]
Valse mélancolique
Valse oubliée No.1
Mendelssohn:
Rondo capriccioso Op.14
Mozart:
Piano Sonata No.17 K.570
Schubert:
Allegretto in C minor D915
Klavierstücke D946
March in E major D606
Moment musical D780 III in F minor
Moments musicaux D780 complete
Standchen (trans. Liszt)
Wanderer Fantasy in C major D760.
**Piano Trios D898 III & D929 III
(Wei
ßgerberTrio, piano part attributed to C.Arrau)
Schumann:
Carnaval Op.9 (Complete except No.9)
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54.  Galliera.°
Tchaikovsky:
Piano Concerto No.1 Op.23.  Galliera.°
Weber:
Konzertstuck in F minor J282 Op.79.  Galliera.°

° Philharmonia Orchestra, London.

Remarks:

Recordings previously released on CD, except for the following items recorded by UK Columbia, which are released here for the first time ever, thus becoming net new additions to
Claudio Arrau's discography:
a)  Chopin: Étude Op.10 No.4 (Rec.1950)
b)   Liszt's Valse oubliée No.1 (Rec.1950)
c)  Liszt's Au bord d'une source (Rec.1950)
d) Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.30 (Rec.1957).

Also, reissued for the first time, the following recordings made by the Wei
ßgerber Trio for the German Vox label in 1927, with piano part attributed to Claudio Arrau:
*Beethoven's Piano Trio Op.11, Second and Third movements.
**Schubert's Piano Trios D898 and D929, Third movements.

* Winners of the 1963 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis

St Laurent Studio YSL 78-1315. 1 CD.
Claudio Arrau Vol.5.
Release date: October 2022.  Canada.
Timings: 35' 01"  &  37' 03" = 72' 03".
Recording places: USA. England. Germany.
Recording dates: 1927, 1928, 1929 & 1947.
Technical details:
ADD. Mono.
From 78rpm shellac records, using the
Denis Pelletier's Vacuum Tubes Transfers.

Beethoven/
Piano Concerto No.3. Rec.24.12.1947
Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Bagatelle No.25 Für Elise. Rec.24.12.1947
Chopin/
Études: Op.10 No.4, Op.25 Nos.1 & 2. Rec.23.01.1929.
Prélude Op.28 No.23. Rec.23.01.1929.
Waltz Op.34 No.3 Valse brillante. Rec.27.02.1928.
Schubert-Liszt/
Standchen. Rec.1928
Bussoni/
Élégie No.5. Rec.24.11.1927.
Stravinsky/
Russian dance (Petrouchka). Rec.1928.
Paganini-Liszt/
Grands études nos. 6 & 1.  Rec.1928.
Balakirev/
Islamey. Rec.1928.

Remarks:
Recordings previously issued on CD.

1  LP
W Warner Classics. LP 0190296141430. 1 LP.
Timing: 52' 00".
Release date and place: Aug. 2022, E.U..
Technical details:
Remastering by Art et Son Studio, Annecy, France.
Stereo / ADD / 24 bits / 192kHz, from original tapes.

Brahms:
Piano Concero No.1 Op.15.  Rec.1960.

Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Remarks:
Winner of the 1963 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
Recording previously reissued on LPs and CDs.
The Lost Recordings TLR -2103039. 1 CD.
'The Unreleased Beethoven Recital 1959'
Timings:  16' 40",  19' 52"  &  25' 42"  =  62' 14".
Recordings place:  Hochschule für Musik Berlin.
Recording date: 12th March 1959.
Release date and place: September 2021.  EU.
Technical details: ADD. Mono. Phoenix Mastering.

Beethoven/Arrau
Piano Sonata No. 26 Op. 81a. Les adieux.
Piano Sonata No. 31 Op.110.
Piano Sonata No.23 Op.57. Appassionata.

Remarks:
Three out of the four sonatas comprising the
first installment of a seven-recital
'Complete Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle'
given by Arrau in the Berliner Hochschule für
Musik between 12th March and 20th April, 1959.
Live performances never previously released.

THE INTENSE MEDIA / 600571.  10 CDs.
Claudio Arrau plays Beethoven -
Milestones of a Piano Legend

Release date & place: September 2020.  EU.
Technical details:  ADD
.  Mono. 
1947-1960 Studio & Live Columbia recordings.

Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2:
Philharmonia Orchestra. Alceo Galliera. Rec.1958.

Piano Concerto No. 3:
Philaharmonia Orchestra. Eugene Ormandy. Rec.1947.
Philharmonia Orchestra. Otto Klemperer. Rec. live 1957.

Piano Concerto No.4:
Philharmonia Orhestra. Alceo Galliera. Rec.1955.
Philharmonia Orchestra. Otto Klemperer. Rec. live 1957.

Piano Concerto No.5:
Philharmonia Orchestra. Otto Klemperer. Rec. live 1957.
 
Piano sonata No. 18. Rec.1947.
Piano sonata No. 14. Rec.1950.
Piano sonata No. 21. Rec.1956.
Piano sonata No. 28. Rec.1957.
Piano sonatas Nos. 31 & 32. Rec.1957.
Piano sonatas Nos. 24 & 26. Rec.1958.
Piano sonata No. 7. Rec.1959.
Piano sonatas Nos. 22 & 23. Rec.1960.
32 Variations WoO 80. Rec.1960
33 Variations Op.120. Rec.1952 *
15 Variations and Fugue Op.35. Rec.1952 *

Remarks:
All recordings previously issued on CD by other labels.
* These particular transfers of Variations Op.120 & Op.35
are of substandard quality.
No booklet provided.

   
Profil / Günter Hänssler: PH19014.  10 CD.
Jascha Horenstein Reference Recordings.
Release date & place: June 2020.  Austria.
Technical details:  ADD
. Live.

CD 8: Brahms / Arrau
Piano Concerto No.1 in D minjor Op.15. 
Rec.17 Sept.1964*.
Jascha Horenstein conducting the
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française.

[Plus symphonic works by: Bartók, Beethoven, Bruch,
Bruckner, Hindemith, Janáček, Liszt, Mahler, Ravel, Schoenberg, Strauss, Stravinsky & Wagner]

Remarks:
*Wrongly dated 1962 in booklet.

Brahms's piano concerto first released on CD in 2013
by Archipel as ARPCD 0557.
   
SWR Classic, Historic Recordings: SWR19084CD. 3CDs.
Claudio Arrau Klavierkonzerte 1969, 1972 & 1980
Release date: October 2019.  Release place: Germany.
Timings: 70' 31", 66' 56" & 73' 57".
Technical details: ADD. Stereo.

Disc 1:
Brahms: Klavierkonzert Nr.1 op.15
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SDR. Eliahu Inbal
Rec. on 23 March 1972. Live. Liederhalle. Stuttgart.
Brahms: Klavierkonzert Nr.2 op.83 - First movement.


Disc 2:
Brahms: Klavierkonzert Nr.2 op.83 - Continued.
S
üdwestfunk Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden. Ernest Bour
Rec. on 2 April 1969. Hans Rosbaud Studio. Baden-Baden.
Schumann: Klavierkonzerte op.54
S
üdwestfunk Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden. Ernest Bour
Rec. on 28 March 1972. Hans Rosbaud Studio. Baden-Baden.

Disc 3:
Beethoven: Klavierkonzerte Nr.3 op.37 und Nr.4 op.58
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SDR. Gary Bertini
Rec. on 9 July 1980. Live. Liederhalle. Stuttgart.

Remarks:
Performances never previously released.
   
Kipepeo Publishing: 1 CD.
Release date & place: April 2019.  USA.
Technical details:  ADD
.

Beethoven / Arrau

Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Op.58.  Rec.6 April 1959.

Christoph von Dohnányi: Kölner Rundfunksinfonieorchester.
.
Remarks:
Reissue: See October 2016 below.

Radio broadcast previously released on CD by
ICA Classics.  See below.
   
St Laurent Studio YSL T-663. 1 CD.
Tennstedt Vol.5.
Timings: 20' 29"  &  18' 54".
Recordings place & date: Hamburg. 9th May 1977.
Release date: March 2018.  Canada.
Technical details: ADD. Stereo.

Liszt/Arrau:  Piano Concerto No.2
R.Strauss/Arrau:  Burlesque in D minor

Klaus Tennstedt conducting the NDR Sinfonieorchester.

Plus Beethoven's Symphony No.5 witth Tennstedt and the
Philharmonischesorchester Kiel, 20th March 1980.

Remarks:
Live recordings released on CD for the first time.
Previously released on CDR by En Larmes and others.
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DECCA   483  2984.  80 CDs.  Limited Edition.
Claudio Arrau - Complete Philips Recordings*
Recording dates: 1928.  1952-1954.  1962-1991.
Release date & place:  March 2018.  Austria.
Technical details: Mono & Stereo. ADD & DDD.

CDs 1 to 11
Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas, 15 variations Eroica Op.35,
32 variations WoO 80, 6 variations Op.34 & Rondo Op.51 No.2.
CDs 12 to 14
Beethoven's 5 piano concertos (Haitink, Concertgebouw) and
Triple concerto (Inbal, Szeryng, Starker, New Philharmonia).
CDs 15 to 16
Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano (Grumiaux)
Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8.
CDs 17 to 26
Beethoven's piano sonatas Nos. 1 to 13, 15 to 28 & 30 to 32.
Andante favori WoO 57,   32 variations WoO 80   &
33 variations Diabelli Op.120.
CDs 27 to 29
Beethoven's 5 piano concertos (Davis, Staatskapelle Dresden)
CDs 30 to 36
Mozart's 18 piano sonatas,  Adagio K540,
Fantasias K397 & K475, and Rondos K511 & K570.
CDs 37 to 41
Schubert's piano sonatas Nos. 13, 18, 19, 20 & 21.
4 Impromptus D899.   4 Impromptus D.935.  Allegretto D.915.
3 Klavierstücke D.946.   6 Moments musicaux D.780.
CDs 42 to 47
Chopin's 26 Préludes. Three Impromptus. Fantaisie-Impromptu.
19 Waltzes. Four Ballades. Barcarolle.  Fantaisie.
Four Scherzos. Polonaise-Fantaisie.  21 Nocturnes.
CDs 48 to 49
Chopin's piano concertos Nos.1 & 2.  Variations on Là ci darem la mano.  Fantasy on Polish Airs.  Krakowiak.
Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante.
(Inbal, London Philharmonic).
CDs 50 to 56
Schumann's Abegg Variations.  Fantasie.  Nachtstücke. Carnaval.  Piano Sonata No.1.  Fantasiestücke Op.111. Fantasiestücke Op.12.  Sinfonische Etüden.  Arabeske. Kinderszenen.  Kreisleriana.  Waldszenen.  Davisbündlertänze. Blumenstück.  Humoreske.  8 Noveletten.  Piano Sonata No.2.  Faschingsschwank aus Wien.  3 Romanzen.
Piano Concerto (Davis, Boston Symphony).
CDs 57 to 62
Liszt's Sonata in B minor (rec.1970).  Piano concertos Nos.1 & 2 (Davis, London Symphony).  12 Études d'exécution transcendante.  Valse oubliée No.1.  Six Chants polonais de F.Chopin.  Funérailles.  Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude.
Ballade No.2.  Liebestraum No.3.  Concert Paraphrases of Operas by Verd (seven).  Mephisto Waltz No.1.  Two Concert Études.  Three Concert Études.  Sonata in B minor (Rec.1985).  Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este.  Vallée d'Obermann.  Après une lecture du Dante.  Sonnetto 104 del Petrarca.  Sonnetto 123 del Petrarca.  Chapelle de Guillaume Tell.
CDs 63 to 66
Brahms's 4 Ballades.  Handel Variations and Fugue.  Paganini Variations.  Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3.  Scherzo Op.4.
Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2 (Haitink, Concertgebouw).
CD 67
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1.  Grieg's Piano Concerto.
(Davis, Boston Symphony)
CD 68
Grieg's & Schumann's Piano Concertos.
(Dohnányi, Concertgebouw)
CDs 69 to 71
Debussy's Préludes Livres 1 et 2.  Images Livres 1 et 2.  Estampes.  Suite bergamasque.   Sarabande (from Pour le piano).   La plus que lente.   Valse romantique.
CDs 72 to 73
JS Bach's Partitas Nos. 2, 1, 5 & 3.
CD 74
Live recital, Deutsches Museum, Munich, March 1983.
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.23 Appassionata.
Liszt's Ballade No.2.   Chopin's Scherzo No.1.
CDs 75 to 79
American DECCA recordings:
Beethoven's 33 Variations Op.120 Diabelli.   15 Variations Op.35 Eroica.  Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 14, 23, 26 & 29.
Chopin's Fantaisie Op.49.   4 Scherzi.   4 Ballades.
3 Impromtus.   1 Fantaisie-Impromptu.   Barcarolle.
Balakirev's Islamey.
Arrau Talks:
Claudio Arrau on his approach to music - 1964 interview.
Thoughts on Beethoven's creation - 1970 bicentennary dissertation.
CD 80
Deutsche Grammophon:
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4  (Rec.1976).
(Bernstein, Bayerischen Rundfunks, Amnesty International).

Winner of the -
1965, 1969 & 1970 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
1971 Edison Award

1975, 1979 & 1982 Liszt Record Grand Prix
1979 Caecilia Award, Belgium
1979 Diapason d'or de l'année

1989 Japan Record Academy Award


Remarks
:
*Full Edition of Arrau's Philips & American DECCA recordings, plus one Deutsche Grammophon and one Polydor recordings,
all previously released on CD, except for the two spoken
word recordings which were previously released on vinyl only.

Please note:
This Editon has the substantially valuable benefit of
containing complete compilations.   However:

a)   a single, generic cover used for all CDs makes it cumbersome to locate individual works, and loses both the identifying feature and nostalgic character of the original covers;

b)   arranged in folded cardboard covers, mostly housing three CDs each, it makes it difficult to access the middle disc and, therefore, easy to cause damage;

c)   both the faulty sound engineering of the first movement of Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto with Davis (rec.1979) and the intrusively resonant, original digital recordings of Schubert's Sonata D.959 (rec.1982) and Beethoven's Sonatas Nos. 12 (rec.1989) and 13 (rec.1984), all in superb renditions, were not remastered for enhancement.
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SWR Music, Historic Recordings: CDR19054CD. 5CDs.
Claudio Arrau Recitals 1954, 1960 & 1963
Release date: January 2018.  Release place: Germany.
Timings: 69' 38", 68' 47", 70' 40", 32' 24" & 60' 13".
Technical details: ADD. Mono & Stereo.
.
Live performances at
Ludwigsburg, Schloss, Ordensaal (1954 & 1960) &
Schwetzingen, Schloss, Rokokotheather (1963).

Disc 1: Recordings from 27 March 1954 -
*Mozart, *Beethoven, *Schumann.
Disc 2: Recordings from 27 March 1954 -
*Debussy, *Ravel, *LisztChopin, *Chopin, *Mendelssohn.
Discs 2 & 3: Recordings from 12 March 1960 -
*All-Chopin recital.
Discs 4 & 5: Recordings from 26 May1963 -
Beethoven, Brahms, *Schumann.

Remarks:

* LIVE RECORDINGS NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED
ON ANY MEDIUM
except for Beethoven and Brahms on discs 4 & 5.
.
These performances of two works by Ravel on disc 2
constitute net new additions to Arrau's discography.

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Vanguard - Global Cultures Agency: GCAC-1008/9. 2CDs*.
Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violin
Volume I
Release date & place: July 2017  Japan.
Technical details: 
Mono.  XRCD*24.

Joseph Szigeti & Claudio Arrau.

Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 3  -  4 & 5.
Timimgs:   18'30"  18' 24"  20' 30"   -    47"  21' 27".
.
Remarks:
Washington DC Library of Comgress 1944 live recordings,
previously released on LP & CD.
*XRCD: Extended Resolution Compact Disc by JVC.

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Vanguard - Global Cultures Agency: GCAC-1010/11. 2CDs.
Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violin
Volume II
Release date & place: July 2017  Japan.
Technical details: 
Mono.  XRCD*24.

Joseph Szigeti & Claudio Arrau.

Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 & 8  -  9 & 10.
Timings:   24' 53"  27' 00"  18' 15"   -   34' 47"  29' 08"
.
Remarks:
Washington DC Library of Comgress 1944 live recordings,
previously released on LP & CD.
*XRCD: Extended Resolution Compact Disc by JVC.
.
CHOC Classica Collection: CLA001. 3CDs.
Les 5 Concertos pour Piano et Orchestra -
Claudio Arrau.

Timings: 36' 44" + 29' 39" + 37' 15" + 34' 58" + 38' 58"
+ 16' 36"* = 194' 10"
Release date & place: 2017  France.
Technical details:
ADD

Beethoven/Galliera/Arrau:

Piano Concerto No.1.  Rec.1958. Stereo.*.
Piano Concerto No.2.  Rec.1958. Stereo.*

Piano Concerto No.3.  Rec.1958. Stereo.*
Piano Concerto No.4.  Rec.1955. Mono.*

Piano Concerto No.5.  Rec.1958. Stereo.*
Piano Sonata No.14 Clair de lune.  Rec.1950. Mono.

* Alceo Galliera conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra.
.
Remarks:
UK Columbia recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD-51088. 1 CD.
DECCA Best 100 Premium.
Timings: 32' 15", 19' 07", 04' 37", 03' 14", 15' 03" = 74' 16"
Recording dates: 1969 & 1970
Release date: April 2017.  Japan.
Technical details: DSD Remastering Stereo.
High Resolution (HR) Cutting.   SHM-CD*.

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

Remarks:
Re-issue of originally Philips recordings,
previously released on CD and SACD.
*SHM-CD: Super High Material CD
developed by Universal Music Japan and JVC.
.
Kipepeo Publishing: 1 CD.
Release date & place: April 2017  Lexington KY, USA.
Technical details:  ADD,
from 78rpm records.
Timing: 22' 00".

Weber / Arrau

Piano Sonata No.1 in C major Op.24.  Rec.1941.
.
Remarks:
Recording previously released on CD from original
master tapes by Sony Classical.  See below.
.
Kipepeo Publishing: 1 CD.
Release date & place: October 2016  Lexington KY, USA.
Technical details:  ADD
.
Timing: 35' 51".

Beethoven / Arrau

Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Op.58.  Rec.6 April 1959.

Christoph von Dohnányi: Kölner Rundfunksinfonieorchester.
.
Remarks:
Misprint: Wrongly identified on cover as piano concerto No.9.

Radio broadcast previously released on CD
by ICA Classics.  See below.

.

1 LP

ERMITAGE SYMPHONIA  ERM 5004. 1 LP.
Timings: 22' 32", 03' 14", 11' 37", 03' 54" = 41' 17"
Recording place & date: Lugano, 1963.
Release date: October 2016.  EU.
Technical details: ADA.  Live performances.

Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit (Ondine. Le Gibet. Scarbo.)
Liszt
Gnomenreigen.   Mephisto Waltz
Chopin/Liszt
My Joys (Polish song No.5)

Remarks:

Recordings concurrently, and previously, released on CD.

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PENTATONE Remastered Classics: PTC 5186 235. 1CD.
Quadraphonic takes of Philips recordings made in 1975.
Total timing: 23' 22" + 22' 00" = 45' 22"
Release date & place: 2016  Germany.
Technical details:
ADD / Super Audio CD / Multichannel / Direct Stream Digital
Beethoven:
Sonata for Piano & Violin No.5 Op.24 Spring.
Sonata for Piano & Violin No.1 Op.12 No.1.
.
Remarks:
Stereo and multichannel (surround sound) options included.
Printing of movements and their individual timings are misplaced, but audio sequence of movements and total timings are correct.
Recordings previously released on LP and CD.
Quadraphonic takes never previously released.
.
ERMITAGE SYMPHONIA  ERM 1004. 1 CD.
Timings: 28' 53", 22' 32", 03' 14", 11' 37", 03' 54" = 70' 10"
Recording place & date: Lugano, 1963.
Release date: August 2016.  EU.
Technical details: ADD.  Live performances.

Brahms
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Händel Op.24
Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit (Ondine. Le Gibet. Scarbo.)
Liszt
Gnomenreigen. Mephisto Waltz
Chopin/Liszt
My Joys (Polish song No.5)

Remarks:
Recordings previously released on CD.
.
Sony Classical8884  3071  652  12 CDs.
The Complete RCA Victor and
Columbia Album Collection*
.
Recordings from 1941 to 1952.

Total timing: 63'17"+ 57'46"+ 30'18"+ 34'37"+ 36'01"+ 54'51"+ 59'37"+ 39'19"+ 35'08"+ 37'09"+ 76'54"+ 78'50" =10 hrs 3 min.
Release place & date: EU. August 2016.
Technical details: ADD. 24bit/96kHz.

CD 1:
Mozart: Sonatas Nos. 5 K.283  & 18 K.576.
Fantasia K.475.
JS Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias.
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue
CD 2:
Weber: Piano Sonata No.1 Op.24 &
Beethoven: 6 Variations Op.34 &
15 Variations Op.35 Eroica
CD 3:
Schumann: Piano Concerto Op.54.
Kreuger. Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
CD 4:
R.Strauss: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra TrV 145 &
Weber: Konzerstück for Piano and Orchestra Op.79.
Désiré Defauw. Century Symphony Orchestra.
CD 5:
  Albéniz: Iberia Books I & II.
CD 6:
Debussy: Pour le piano. Estampes. Images Books I & II.
CD 7:
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 Op.37. Ormandy, Philadelphia.Orchestra & Piano Sonata No.21 Waldstein
CD 8:
Chopin: 24 Préludes Op.28
CD 9:
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 & Hungarian Fantasia.
Ormandy, Philadelphia.Orchestra
CD 10:
Schumann: Kreisleriana Op.16 & Arabeske Op.18.
CD 11:
Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande polonaise.
Scherman. Little Orchestra.
Grande Valse brillante Op.18.
Beethoven: Bagatelle Für Elise
Schubert: Allegretto D.915 (abridged)
Ravel: Ondine. Le Gibet.
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11 &13.
CD 12:
JS Bach: Goldberg Variations.

Remarks:

This recording of Mozart's Fantasia K.475
never previously released on any format.
This recording of Beethoven's Bagatelle Für Elise
issued on CD for the first time.


*Two recordings appear to be missing from this compilation:
1.  In August 1995, the then Director, Product Development, BMG Classics, New York, akcnowledged in writing to 'ArrauHouse' that BMG had in its archives an unreleased Columbia recording by Arrau of Mozart's Piano Sonata No.14 in C minor K457, along with the related Fantasia K.475.  This sonata recording is not included in the current compilation.
2.  United Archives' 2006 release of its Claudio Arrau - Birth of a Legend compilation (see below) located in Columbia's archives a hitherto unreleased recording by Arrau of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.26.  This sonata recording is included in the Birth of a Legend release, but excluded from the current compilation.
.
DECCA UCCD-7378. 1 CD.
Classic Best 1200 (No.78).
Timings: 32' 15", 19' 07", 04' 37", 03' 14", 15' 03" = 74' 16"
Recording dates: 1969 & 1970
Release date: July 2016.  Japan.
Technical details: ADD.

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

Remarks:
2016 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD and SACD.
.
DECCA UCCD 7375. 1CD
Classic Best 1200 (No.75).
Recordings from 1979, 1980
Release date and place: July 2016. Japan..
Technical details: ADD

Chopin/Arrau:
19 Waltzes (complete)
.
Remarks:
2016 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 7353. 1CD.
Classic Best 1200 (No.53).
Recordings from 1984.
Timings: 40' 33" & 37' 34".
Release date and place: July 2016. Japan.
Technical details: DDD

Beethoven/Arrau:
Piano Concertos No. 5 Op.73 & No.4 Op.58.

Sir Colin Davis, Staatskapelle Dresden.
.
Remarks:
Winner of the 1989 Japan Record Academy Award
2016 Decca re-issue of originally Philips recordings,
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 7339. 1CD.
Classic Best 1200 (No.39).
Recordings from 1975 (& 1957).
Timings: 28' 04" (& 33' 38").
Release date and place: April 2016. Japan.
Technical details: ADD

Beethoven/Arrau/Grumiaux:
Sonata for Violin & Piano No.5.
(& Haskil/Grumiaux: Sonata for vl & pn No.9).
.
Remarks:
2016 Decca re-issue of originally Philips recordings,
previously released on CD.
.
DIAPASON D'OR  No.80. 1CD.
Les indispensables de DIAPASON
Recordings from 1977 (& 1947 & 1932).
Timings: 29' 01" (& 27' 14" & 26' 49").
Release date and place: April 2016. France.
Technical details: ADD

Liszt/ Sonata in B minor
Arrau:
Toronto, November 1977.
Barere: Carnegie Hall, 11 November 1947
Horowitz: Abbey Road Studio No.3, 12 November 1932.
.
Remarks:
Arrau's live performance previously released on CD.
.
St-Laurent Studio: YSL 78-355. 1 CD.
Claudio Arrau Vol.4
Total timing: 59' 37".
Release date and place: 2016, Canada.
Technical details: Mono AAD. No-filter transfers.*

Schumann / Arrau
Kreisleriana Op.16.  Rec. NY 1947.
Arabesque Op.18.  Rec. NY 1947.
Chopin / Arrau
Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante Op.22.  Scherman.  Rec. NY 1947
Grande valse brillante Op.18. Rec. NY 1947.
Étude Op.10 No.8.   Rec. 1938.
Tarentelle Op.43.  Rec. 1938.

Remarks:
*Audiophile transfers from 78 rpm originals.
This recording of Chopin's Waltz No.1
released on CD for the first time.

Other recordings previously released on CD.
.
Warner Classics 0825646402410.  2CDs.
Claudio Arrau - ORIGINAL
Timings: 42' 59" & 59' 30"
Release date and place: April 2016, Germany.
Technical details: ADD 24-BIT 96KHZ. Mono & Stereo.
2016 digital remastering by Parlophone Records.

Schubert / Arrau:
CD 1: Stereo
Six  Moments musicaux D.780. [Rec.1956 M&S]
Allegretto in C minor D.915.  [Rec.1959 S]
March in E major D.606. [Rec.1959 S]
CD 2: Mono
Three Klavierstücke D.946.  [Rec.1956 M]
Fantasy in C major Wanderer D.760. [Rec.1957 M]

Remarks:
Original Columbia recordings previously issued on LP & CD.
.
DECCA  482  4495.  7-CD Box.
Claudio Arrau - The Legacy
Release date and place: February 2016, Italy, E.U.
Timings:
45'17"+45'04"+60'31"+46'32"+76'43"=79'18"+40'22"=393'47"
Technical details: Stereo DDD.
Recorded 1988-1991.

J.S. Bach
Partitas Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 5..
Beethoven
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 16, 22, 24 & 25.
Schubert
Piano Sonata in G major,
Moments Musicaux,
Impromtus D935,
Klavierstücke
Debussy
Suite bergamasque
Pour le piano (Sarabande)
La plus que lente - Valse
Valse romantique
.
Remarks:
Original Philips recordings previously released on CD.
.
Warner Classics 0825646768110.  2CDs.
Claudio Arrau - ORIGINAL
Timings: 51' 36" & 50' 46"
Release date and place: January 2016, Germany.
Technical details: ADD
1988 digital remastering by Parlophone Records.

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 [Rec.1960]
Brahms:
Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 [Rec.1962]

Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Remarks:
Winner of the 1963 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
Original Columbia recordings
previously issued on LP, CD & SACD.
.
Praga Digitals PRD/DSD 350 068.  1CD.
Claudio Arrau plays Johannes Brahms
Timings: 50' 17" & 28' 59" = 79' 27"
Release date and place: January 2016, ECC Austria.
Technical details: ADD, DSD, Bi-channel Stereo
SACD mastered by Karel Soukeník, Domovina Studio, Prague.
2015 production by AMC Paris, distributed by Harmonia Mundi.

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15
[Recorded live in Munich Herkulessaal & broadcast
by Bavarian Radio on 24 April 1964]
Rafael Kubelík conducting the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

Brahms:
Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Händel Op.24
[Recorded live and broadcast in Lugano
by Radio Svizzera italiana on 20 May 1963]

Remarks:
Recordings previously issued on CD.
.

1 LP
Vinyl Passion Classical  VPC 85017. 1 LP.
Johannes Brahms
Release date and place: November 2015. Holland.
Technical details:
Original Stereo Columbia recording remastered /
ADA / DMM cutting.

Brahms / Arrau / Giulini

Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15. Rec.1960.

Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Remarks
:
Winner of the 1963 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
Recording previously released on LP, CD and SACD.
.

Warner Classics WPCS-13245. 1CD.
Claudio Arrau - LEGENDARY
Timings: 33' 19", 13' 11", 18" 10", 6' 50" = 71' 30"
Release date and place: August 2015, Japan.
Technical details: SACD. DSD. Stereo & Mono*

Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor Op.58 [Rec.1960]
Chopin:
Fantasy in F minor Op.49 [Rec.1960]
Weber:
Konzertstück in F minor Op.79 [Rec.1960]
with Alceo Galliera conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Mendelssohn:Andante & Rondo capriccioso Op.14 [Rec.1950]*

Remarks:
Recordings remastered in SACD DSD for the first time.
Recordings previously issued on CD and vinyl.

.
SONY Classical:   8887  5175  132. 1 CD.
Radio Classique - Grand Piano
Total timings: 19' 20" + 15' 05" + 37' 46" = 72' 11".
Release date and place: 2015, France.
Recorded in 1951 & 1952.
Technical details: Mono ADD.

Liszt / Arrau
- Concerto pour piano et orchestre No.1.
- Fantaisie sur des chants populaires hongrois.
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy.

Rhapsodies hongroises Nos. 11, 10, 8, 9 & 13.

Remarks:
Recordings first released on CD in 1983.
.
The Intense Media: 600244. 2 CDs.
Claudio Arrau Plays Chopin
Release date and place:August 2015, E.U. Germany.
Technical details: Mono ADD. Rec. 1953 & 1956.
Timings: 68' 42" & 68 '59".

Works
Études Op.10 & Op.25.  Trois Nouvelles Études.
Allegro de Concert.  Scherzi Nos. 1 & 2.  Barcarolle.
Fantaisie-Impromptu. Ballades Nos. 1 & 4.
.
Remarks:
Recordings previously released on CD.
.

3-LP box
Altus Music INA  ALTLP054/56. 3-LP box.
Carl Schuricht
Live recordings from 24.03.1959 & 14.05.1963, Paris.
Release date and place: July 2015. Japan.
Technical details: Stereo ADA.

Beethoven/Arrau
:
Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37. Rec. 1959 *
Plus
Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin Op.64 - Grumiaux
Schumann's Manfred Overture Op.115
Brahms's Symphony No.4 Op.98 *

Carl Schuricht conducting L' Orchestre National de la RTF
*on its 25th anniversary at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.

Remarks
:
Piano concerto (and symphony) previously released on CD.
.
DECCA PROC-1840. 1CD.
Tower Records' Premium Classics Vol.2
Recordings from 1974 & 1975.
Timing: 66' 02"
Release date and place: July 2015, Japan.
Technical details: RB Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Liszt / Arrau
12 Études d'exécution transcendante.

Remarks:
2015 Decca/Tower Records' RB re-issue of originally Philips recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA PROC-1837/8. 2CDs.
Tower Records' Premium Classics Vol.2
Recordings from 1977, 1978 & 1980.
Timings: 119' 49" + 22' 39" = 142' 28"
Release date and place: July 2015, Japan.
Technical details: RB Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Chopin / Arrau
Complete Nocturnes (21) &
Complete Impromptus (4)

Remarks:
2015 Decca/Tower Records' RB re-issue of originally Philips recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA PROC-1807. 1CD.
Tower Records' Premium Classics Vol.2
Recordings from 1980.
Timings: 33' 05" + 32' 55" = 66' 00"
Release date and place: July 2015, Japan.
Technical details: RB Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Grieg - Schumann / Arrau
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54
Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis.

Remarks:
2015 Decca/Tower Records' RB re-issue of originally Philips recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA PROC-1800. 1CD.
Tower Records' Premium Classics Vol.2
Recordings from 1979, 1976 & 1974.
Timings: 21' 00" + 22' 23" + 22' 21" = 65' 44"
Release date and place: July 2015, Japan.
Technical details: RB Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Liszt / Arrau
Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major S.124
Piano Concerto No.2 in A major S.125
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis.

Three Études de Concert S.144

Remarks:
2015 Decca/Tower Records' RB re-issue of originally Philips recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA  0289  482  2680  1.  7-CD Box.
Claudio Arrau Plays Mozart

Release date and place: June 2015, Italy, E.U.
Technical details: Stereo DDD & ADD.
Recorded 1973-1988.

Works
Complete Piano Sonatas (18).
Rondo In D K 485.
Adagio in B minor K 540.
Fantasia in C minor K 475
Fantasia in D minor K 397.
Rondo in A minor K 511.
.
Remarks:
Original Philips recordings previously released on CD.
Please read Arrau on Mozart - see Documents under Miscellanea in 'ArrauHouse'.

.
St-Laurent Studio: YSL 78-248. 1 CD.
Claudio Arrau Vol.3
Total timing: 60' 14".
Release date and place: 2015, Canada.
Technical details: Mono AAD. No-filter transfers.*

Beethoven / Arrau
Piano Sonata No.18 in E-flat major Op.31 No.3.  Rec. NY 1947.
Six Variations for Piano in F major Op.34.  Rec. NY 1941.
Fifteen Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-flat major Op.15. Eroica. Rec.NY 1941.

Remarks:
*Audiophile transfers from 78 rpm originals.
Recordings previously released on CD.
.
Instituto Discografico Italiano  IDIS 6695.  1CD
Claudio Arrau plays Beethoven, Schumann & Liszt.   
Live recordings from Ascona 1959 & Lugano 1963.
Total timing: 75' 02"
Release date and place: December 2014  Italy..
Technical details: ADD
Digitally remastered by Danilo Prefumo, Milan.

Beethoven:  Piano Sonata No.23 Op.57
Schumann:  Fantasia Op.17
Liszt:  Gnomenreigen & Mephisto Waltz No.1
.
Remarks:
Recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA PROC-1515. 1CD.
Tower Records' Premium Classics Vol.1
Recordings from 1970
Timings: 37' 22" & 32' 42".
Release date and place: 2014, Japan.
Technical details: RB Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Beethoven /
Arrau / Szeryng / Starker
/ Inbal / NPO
Triple Concerto

Brahms /
Szeryng / Starker / Haitink / RCO
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Remarks:
2014 Decca/Tower Records' RB re-issue of originally Philips recordings.
Triple Concerto recording, previously released on CD.
.
ORFEO D'OR : C 726 143 D 3 CDs.
Rafael Kubelík
Live recordings at the Funkhaus Köln, Saal 1, 1960 to 1963
Release date: 2014
Technical details: Mono ADD

Arrau - Schumann:
Klavierkonzert a-Moll op.54. Rec. 31.05.1963. Timing: 32' 50".

Plus orchestral works by Schumann, Dvorák, Haydn, and Mendelssohn

Rafael Kubelík, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester.

Remark:
Recording of concerto NOT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED
.
DECCA UCCD 4876. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1979
Total timings: 36' 47" + 21' 06" = 57' 53"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Tchaikovsky/Arrau:
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
*Liszt/Arrau
Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis.
.
Remarks:
*Winner of the 1982 Liszt Record Grand Prix
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4875. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1972, 1966 & 1976
Total timings: 31' 00" + 34' 16" + 8' 37" = 73' 53"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Schumann/Arrau:
Fantasiestücke Op.12
Fantasie in C major Op.17
Blumenstück Op.19
.
Remarks:
Winner of the
1979 Caecilia Award, Belgium
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4874. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1974 & 1972
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Schumann/Arrau:
Kinderzenen Op.15
Kreisleriana Op.16
Papillons Op.2
.
Remarks:
Winner of the
1979 Caecilia Award, Belgium
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4873. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1982 & 1978
Total timings: 41' 57" + 30' 11" = 72' 08"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: DDD & ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Schubert/Arrau:
Piano Sonata No.20 in A major, D.959
Four Impromptus Op.90, D.899
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.

DECCA UCCD 4872. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1978 & 1980
Total timings: 33' 10" + 44' 01" = 77' 11"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Schubert/Arrau:
Piano Sonata No.19 in C minor, D.958
Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat major, D.960
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.

.
DECCA UCCD 4871. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1984 & 1973
Total timings: 22' 07"+12' 59"+20' 31"+6' 04"+10' 09" = 71' 50"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: DDD & ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Mozart/Arrau:
Piano Sonata No.8 in A minor K.310
Fantasy in C minor K.475
Piano Sonata No.14 in C minor K.457
Fantasy in D minor K.397
Rondo in A minor K.511
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4870. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1986 & 1985
Total timings: 27' 02" + 28' 15" + 15' 12" = 70' 29"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Mozart/Arrau:
Piano Sonata No.11 in A major K.331
Piano Sonata No.12 in F major K.332
Piano Sonata No.15 in C major K.545
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4869. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1971
Total timing: 60' 11"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Liszt/Arrau:
Concert Paraphrases on Operas by Verdi:
Rigoletto. Ernani. Il Trovatore. I Lombardi.
Aida. Don Carlo. Simon Boccanegra.

Remarks:
Winner of the 1975 Liszt Record Grand Prix
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4868. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1969 and 1970
Total timing: 66' 17"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Liszt/Arrau:
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Ballade No.2 in B minor
Soneto 123 del Petrarca
Vallées d'Obermann
Valse oubliée No.1
Les jeux d'eau à la villa d'Este
Two Concert Studies: Waldesrauschen. Gnomenreigen.

Remarks:
Winner of the 1971 Edison Award
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4867. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976
Total timing: 32' 13" + 19' 08" + 22' 12" = 73' 33"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Liszt/Arrau:
Piano Sonata in B minor
Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
Three Concert Studies: Il lamento. La leggierezza. Un sospiro.

Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.

DECCA UCCD 4866. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1963
Total timings: 32' 40" + 33' 49" = 66' 29"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Grieg/Arrau:
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16
Schumann/Arrau:
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.

.
DECCA UCCD 4865. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1979
Total timings: 43' 23" + 16' 04" = 59' 27"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Debussy/Arrau:
Préludes, Book II
Images, Book II
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4864. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1979 & 1980
Total timings: 42' 33" + 16' 18" + 14' 51" = 73' 42"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Debussy/Arrau:
Préludes, Book I
Images, Book I
Estampes
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4863. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1970, 1971 and 1972
Total timings: 33' 58" + 14' 35" + 15' 20" = 63' 53"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Chopin/Arrau:
Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21
Krakowiak, concert rondo in F major Op.14
Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante Op.22
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4862. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1970 and 1972
Total timings: 42' 19" + 19' 23" = 61' 42"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Chopin/Arrau:
Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11
Variations in B flat major Op.2 on Là ci darem la mano
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4861. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.
Recordings from 1979, 1980
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Chopin/Arrau:
19 Waltzes (complete)
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4860. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.
Recordings from 1977 & 1978
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Chopin/Arrau:
Nocturnes Nos. 1 to 10, plus 15, 16, 20 & 21
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4859. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.
Recordings from 1984
Total timings: 11'19"+10'23"+7'59"+12'05"+12'54" = 54'40"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: DDD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Chopin/Arrau:
Four Scherzi: Op.20, Op.31, Op.39, Op.54
Polonaise-Fantaisie Op.61
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4858. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.
Recordings from 1977 & 1980
Total timings: 37' 00" + 9' 35" + 12' 22" = 58' 57"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Chopin/Arrau:
Four Ballades: Op.23, Op.38, Op.47, Op.52
Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60
Fantasia in F minor Op.49
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4857. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1973 & 1980
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Chopin/Arrau:
Préludes: Op.28, Op.45 & Op.posthumous (complete)
Impromptus: Op.29, Op.36, Op.51 & Op.66 (complete)
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4856. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1969 and 1974
Total timings: 50' 20" + 25' 22" = 75' 42"
Release date and place: September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Brahms/Arrau:

*Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major Op.83
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op.35
.
Remarks:
*Winner of the 1970 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4855. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1969 and 1977
Total timings: 52' 33" + 23' 52" = 76' 25"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Brahms/Arrau:
*Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15*
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernad Haitink

Four Ballades Op.10

Remarks:
.*Winner of the 1970 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4854. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1964 & 1965
Total timings: 39' 21" + 26' 36" = 65' 57"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Beethoven/Arrau:
*Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Op.73 Emperor

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor Op.31 No.2 Tempest
.
Remarks:
*Winner of the 1965 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4853. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1964
Total timings: 37' 58" + 35' 08" = 73' 06"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Beethoven/Arrau:
Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37
Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Op.58
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernad Haitink
.
Remarks:
Winners of the 1965 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4852. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1964
Total timings: 37' 40" + 30' 29" = 68' 09"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Beethoven/Arrau:
Piano Concerto No.1 in C major Op.15
Piano concerto No.2 in B flat major Op.19

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
.
Remarks:
Winners of the 1965 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4851. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1968
Total timings: 26' 11" + 12' 14" + 15' 06" = 53' 31"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Beethoven/Arrau:
15 Variations and Fugue in E flat major Op.35 Eroica Variations
32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor WoO 80
6 Variations on an Original Theme in F major Op.34
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4850. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recording from 1985
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: DDD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Beethoven/Arrau:
33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli Op.120
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4849. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1965
Total timings: 22' 53" + 20' 23" + 28' 49" = 72' 05"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Beethoven/Arrau:
Piano Sonata No.30 in E major Op.109
Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat major Op.110
Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4848. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1963 & 1965
Total timings: 26' 48" + 26' 45" + 10' 31" = 64' 04"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Beethoven/Arrau:
Piano Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53 Waldstein
Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata
Piano Sonata No.24 in F sharp major Op.78 For Therese
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
DECCA UCCD 4847. 1CD of 30
The Art of Claudio Arrau.   
Recordings from 1963 & 1962
Total timings: 19' 47" + 17' 25" + 16' 52" + 24' 29" = 78' 33"
Release date and place:
September 2014  Japan..
Technical details: ADD
RB - Rubidium Atomic Clock CD Cutting

Beethoven/Arrau:
Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor Op.13 Pathétique
Piano Sonata No.13 in E flat major Op.27 No.1
Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2 Moonlight
.Piano Sonata No.15 in D major Op.28 Pastoral

Remarks
:
2014 Decca Japan re-issue of originally Philips recordings
previously released on CD.
.
Warner Classics 50999 4 31761 2 0 . 9CDs.
Carlo Maria Giulini - The Concerto Recordings
Release date and place: 2013, E.U.

Brahms / Arrau:
CD 3: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 [Rec.1960]
CD 4: Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 [Rec.1962]
Technical details: ADD
Timings: 51' 36" & 50' 46".

Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Remarks:
Winners of the 1963 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
Piano concerto recordings previously issued on CD.
.
ICA Classics  ICAC 5122. 1 CD.
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Swedish Radio Studios, Stockholm, 5th April 1960. Live.
Timings: 20' 37" + 27'30" + 26'08" = 74' 31".
Release date and place: April 2011. Austria.
Technical details: From original master tapes. Mono ADD.

Beethoven / Arrau
:
Piano Sonata No.31 Op.110
Piano Sonata No.32 Op.111
Piano Sonata No.23 Op.57 Appassionata

Remarks
:
RECORDINGS NOT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED.
.
DECCA:   482  0063. 5 CD Box.
Liszt Solo Recordings / Claudio Arrau
Release date and place: March 2014, E.U. Italy.
Technical details: Stereo ADD/DDD. Rec. 1969 to 1982.

Works
Après une lecture du Dante.  Chants polonais de Frédéric Chopin.  Funérailles. 12 Études d'exécution transcendante (1970).  Concert Paraphrases on Operas by Verdi.  Sonata in B minor.  Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude.  Trois études de concert.  Sonetto 104 del Petrarca.  Ballade No.2 in B minor.  Sonetto 123 del Petrarca.  Vallée d'Obermann.  Valse oubliée No.1 in F sharp.  Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este.  Two Concert Studies.
.
Remarks:
1971 Edison Award
1975, 1979 & 1982 Liszt Record Grand Prix

Booklet in English with notes by Max Harrison and in Italian with notes by Piero Rattalino.
Original Philips recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA   478  6705. 3-CD Set.
Claudio Arrau - 3 Classic Albums.
Recordings from 1974-76, 1979 & 1985.
Total timings: 55' 39", 59' 32" & 65' 44".
Release date and place: 2014 E.U.
Technical details: ADD & DDD.

Beethoven / Diabelli Variations
Chopin /
Waltzes (19)
Liszt:
Two Concertos & Three Études de concert
.
Remarks:
2014 Decca re-release of originally Philips recordings.
Recordings previously released on CD.
.

Melo Classic: MC 1010. 1 CD.
Claudio Arrau - Historical Recordings 
Recital. Metropol-Theater. 8th January 1959, East Berlin.
Live recording by the Rundfunk der DDR
Release place and date: Thailand, 2013
Total timing: 79' 03"
Technical details: A?D.

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.26
Schumann: Fantasie
Debussy: Pour le piano
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz & Gnomenreigen

Remarks:
Recital NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED.
No accompanying notes.
Details regarding venue, date and programme need factual corroboration.

.
WHRA: 6050. 1 CD.
Claudio Arrau and the Romantics 
Release place and date: EU/Canada January 2014
Total timing: 65' 16"
Technical details: A?D.

Chopin / Arrau
Piano Concerto No.2 / Massimo Pradella /
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Munich / 9 March 1960*.

Schumann / Arrau
Piano Concerto / Rafael Kubelik / North German Radio Symphony Orchestra / Cologne / 31 May 1962.
.
Remarks:
RECORDINGS NOT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED

*However, please note that the Italian label 'Movimento Musica' released on LP in 1983 a recording of Chopin's Concerto No.2 with identical details, but dated on 12 April 1962.
.

Warner Classics   2564  63942  7 . 3CDs.
Claudio Arrau - Rarities 1929-1951
Timings: 69' 07", 69' 41", 64' 03"
Release date and place: November 2013, E.U.
Technical details: ADD

Brahms:
Piano Concerto No.1 [Rec.1947]
Basil Cameron conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Mozart:
Piano Sonata No.17 in B flat K.570 [Rec.1951] *
Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3 [Rec.1951]*
with alternative takes of the 3rd and 4th movements.
Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight' [R.1950]
Piano Sonata No.18 in E fl.at Op.31 No.3 [Rec.1947]
Chopin: Scherzo No.4 in E Op.54 [Rec.1950]*
Ballade No.3 & Scherzo No.3 [Rec.1939]
Études Op.10 No.4 & Op.25 Nos.1 & 2 [Rec.1929]
Prélude in F Op.28 No.3 [Rec.1929]. Waltz No.4 in F Op.34 No.3 [Rec.1928]
Liszt: My Joys/Meine Freuden [Rec.1950]**
Valse mélancolique & Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este [Rec.1928]
Debussy: La puerta del vino [Rec.1951]
Granados: Quejas o La maja y el ruiseñor [Rec.1951]

Remarks:
Remastering in good sound.
Recordings marked with an * above
REISSUED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Recording marked with two **  
NEVER PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ON CD.

.
DECCA PROC 1310/2. 3CDs.
Tower Records' Vintage Collection Plus
Recordings from 1984, 1985 & 1987
Timings: 38'30", 31'41", 40'08", 37'36", 40'37", 11'44" & 12'17".
Release date and place: September 2013, Japan.
Technical details: DDD

Beethoven/Arrau:
The Five Piano Concertos
Andante favori WoO.57
Variations on an original theme WoO.80

Sir Colin Davis, Staatskapelle Dresden.
.
Remarks:
Winner of the 1989 Japan Record Academy Award
2013 Decca/Tower Records' re-issue of originally Philips recordings, previously released on CD.
.

Archipel: ARPCD 0557. 2 CDs.
Jascha Horenstein - never before released
Release place and date: EU 2013
Recording date and venue of concerto:
17.09.1964*, Live at Montreux.
Technical details: Not stated.

CD1 & CD2 - J. Horenstein / LSO 1961
Mahlar's Symphony No.3

CD2 - Arrau / Horenstein / ONRTF 1964*
Brahms's Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15
.
Remarks:
Recording of concerto in good sound, included as a bonus.
Not previously released.
*Recording year of Brahms's concerto wrongly shown
on back cover as 1962.

.
DECCA   478  5691. 1CD.
Virtuoso.   Recordings from 1978 & 1985
Total timings: 79' 33"
Release date and place: 2013* E.U..
Technical details: ADD & DDD

Chopin/Arrau:
4 Ballades
4 Scherzi
.
Remarks:
*2013 Decca re-release of originally Philips recordings.
Recordings previously released on CD.
.
Music and Arts: CD-1274. 2 CDs.
Claudio Arrau at Tanglewood - All Mozart Recital 
Release place and date: EU/USA June 2013
Total timing: 66' 15" + 33' 49" = 100' 04"
Recording date and venue:
21.07.1964 live at Tanglewood Concert Hall
Technical details: AAD.

CD1 - Mozart: / Arrau
Piano Sonatas Nos.5 (K.283), 8 (K.310) & 14 (K.457).
Fantaisie K.475

CD2 - Mozart / Arrau
Piano Sonatas Nos.17 (K.570) & 18 (K.576)
.
Remarks:

Live recordings in good sound
NOT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED
Misprint: Sonata in A Minor K.310 is sonata No.8, not 18.

.

SUONARE Records SNR 190 . 1CD.
Recordings from 1957 & 1958.
Total timing: 71' 08"
Release date and place: January 2013.  Italy
Technical details: ADD

Grieg/Beethoven/Arrau:
Piano Concerto Op.16  /  
Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73.

Alceo Galliera conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra.
.
Remarks:
2013 Suonare re-release of originally Columbia recordings.
Recordings previously released on CD

.
Piano Classica: Vol. 12. 1 CD
Ermitage / Corriere della Sera / RTSI recordings.
Claudio Arrau 
Release place and date: Italy, 2013
Total timing: 34' 03" + 22' 30" + 03' 14" + 11' 37" = 71' 24"
Recording date and venue:
09.09.1959 - live at 'Settimane musicali di Ascona'
17.09.1971 - live at Chiesa del Collegio Papio, Ascona
20.05.1963 - live at 'I Concerti di Lugano'
Technical details: A?D.

Schumann / Fantasia Op.17
Ravel
/ Gaspard de la nuit
Liszt / Gnomenreigen
Liszt
/ Mephisto Valzer No.1
.
Remarks:
All recordings previously released on CD
Transfer of Schumann's Fantasy distorts in parts.
.
DECCA   478  5154. 1CD.
Virtuoso   Recordings from 1980 & 1981
Total timings: 71' 20"
Release date and place: 2012* E.U..
Technical details: ADD

Chopin/Arrau:
19 Waltzes (complete)
.
Remarks:
*2012 Decca re-release of originally Philips recordings.
All recordings previously released on CD
.
EMI Classics TOGE-15039. 1 SACD.
Timing: 50' 43"
Release date and place: Nov. 2012, Japan.
Technical details: Abbey Road Remastering
ADD / Stereo / SACD (Super Audio CD) / Single Layer /
DSD (Direct Stream Digital)

Brahms:
Piano Concero No.2 Op.83.  Rec.1962.

Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Remarks:
Winner of the 1963 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
Recordings previously reissued on standard CDs.
SACD Single Layer is an audiophile mode playable only on
an audio player that supports this format.
.
EMI Classics TOGE-15038. 1 SACD.
Timing: 51' 49"
Release date and place: Nov. 2012, Japan.
Technical details: Abbey Road Remastering
ADD / Stereo / SACD (Super Audio CD) / Single Layer /
DSD (Direct Stream Digital)

Brahms:
Piano Concero No.1 Op.15.  Rec.1960.

Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Remarks:
Winner of the 1963 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
Recordings previously reissued on standard CDs.
SACD Single Layer is an audiophile mode playable only on
an audio player that supports this format.
.

Music and Arts: CD-1263. 3 CDs.
Claudio Arrau in Recital 1969-1977 
Release place and date: E.U. November 2012
Total timing: 68' 00" + 75' 13" + 76' 01"
Technical details: Mono/Stereo. AAD.

CD1 - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.7, 27 & 23, rec.27.05.1973, Brescia, Italy.
CD2 - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.30 & 32, Eroica Variations, rec.02.05.1977, Brescia, Italy
CD3 - Schumann: Piano Sonata No.1 Op.11, rec.30.05.1969, Brescia Italy.  Brahms: Piano Sonata N.3 Op.5, rec.August 1975, Turku, Finland
.
Remarks:

Live recordings in good sound,
NOT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED

.
West Hill Radio Archives:  WHRA-6047.  1 CD.
Claudio Arrau at Tanglewood
Release date: November 2012.  Release place: E.U.
Technical details:
Stereo and Mono recordings.  No remastering.
Timing: 35' 45" + 39' 08" ± 75' 00"
.
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58, rec. 18.08.1961 (Stereo)
Conductor: Charles Munch, BSO.
Piano Concerto No.5, rec. 23.07.1960 (Mono)
Conductor: Pierre Monteux, BSO
.
Remarks:  
Live recordings NOT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED
.
DECCA   475  7768. 1CD.
The Originals   Recordings from 1973 & 1980
Total timings: 68' 56"
Release date and place: 2012* Germany.
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:
*2012 Decca re-release of a 2006 Philips/Decca re-release.
All recordings previously released on CD
.
BBC Music. BBC Radio 3: BBCMM349. 1 CD.
Claudio Arrau BBC Archive Recordings
The BBC Music Magazine Collection Vol.20 No.13

Total timing: 72' 50"
Release date: 2012. England.
Technical details: Stereo DDD & Mono ADD.

Beethoven / Piano Sonatas Nos.23 & 26. [24' 38".& 17' 49"].
[Rec. live on 10 June 1985 at the Royal Festival Hall, London]

Schumann / Carnaval Op.9. [30' 06"]
[Rec. live on 19 June 1961, BBC TV Studios. London]

Remarks:
BEETHOVEN SONATA RECORDINGS ABOVE NOT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED.
.

DECCA eloquence.  480  6421. 1 CD.
Frédéric Chopin
Total timing: 76' 01".
Release date and place: July 2012, Germany.
Technical details: Stereo ADD. AMSI.

Works
Klavierkonzert Nr.1 e moll op.11. Rec.1970
´Klavierkonzert Nr.2 f moll op.21. Rec.1970

Conductor: Eliahu Inbal, London Philharmonic Orchestra.
.
Remarks:
Original Philips recordings previously released on CD.

.
DECCA:   480  6186. 7 CD Box.
Frédéric Chopin / Claudio Arrau
Release date and place: 2012, E.U. Italy.
Technical details: Stereo ADD/DDD. Rec. 1970 to 1984.

Works
Complete Preludes, Impromptus, Waltzes, Ballades, Scherzos & Nocturnes.
Barcarolle Op.60. Fantasia Op.49. Polonaise-Fantaisie Op.61.
Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2.
Eliahu Inbal conducting the LPO.
.
Remarks:
Booklet in English with notes by Max Harrison.
Original Philips recordings previously released on CD.
.

DECCA DUO: 456 336-2. 2 CDs.
Chopin Smätliche Nocturnes & Impromptus
Total timing: 140 min.
Release date and place: May 2012, Germany.
Technical details: Stereo ADD.

Chopin / Arrau
*Complete Nocturnes. Rec.1978-79.
Complete Impromptus. Rec.1980.
.
Remarks:
*Winner of the 1979 Diapason d'or de l'année
2012 Decca reissue of 1997 Philips DUO 456 336-2

.
DECCA eloquence.  480  6026.  6-CD.
L imited edition in slip-in thin cover.
Arrau spielt Mozart
Total timing: 451' 27".
Release date and place: May 2012, Germany.
Technical details: Stereo ADD & DDD. AMSI.

Works
Complete Piano Sonatas (18). Rondo KV 485.
Fantasie KV 397. Rondo KV 511. Rec.1973-1988.
.
Remarks:
Fantasie KV 475 and Adagio KV 540, recorded for Philips in 1973, are not included in this collection. No booklet.
Original Philips recordings previously released on CD.
.
St-Laurent Studio: YSL 78-085. 1 CD.
Claudio Arrau Vol.2
Total timing: 55' 39".
Release date and place: 2012, Canada.
Technical details: Mono AAD. No-filter transfers.*

Works
R,Strauss: Burlesque in D minor.  Rec.1947.
Weber: Konzertstück in F minor Op.79.  Rec.1947.
Désiré Defauw conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Chopin: Ballade No.3 Op.47 & Scherzo No.3 Op.39. Rec.4 April 1939.
Liszt: Les jeux d'eau à la Ville d'Este. Rec. 1928.

Remarks:
*Audiophile transfers from 78 rpm originals.
Recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA:   478  3694. 12 CD Box.
Beethoven / Claudio Arrau
Complete Piano Sonatas / Collectors' Edition (CE)

Total timing: 69' 29" + 61' 18" + 74' 10" + 66' 06"
+ 58' 49" + 76' 48" + 66' 46" + 67' 32" + 68' 00"
+ 72' 21" + 53' 30" + 54' 46" = 13 hours 09' 35".
Release date and place: April 2012, E.U.
Technical details: Stereo ADD.

Works
Complete Piano Sonatas (32). Rec.1962-1967.
Variations Op.34, WoO 80 & Op.35. Rec.1968.
Diabelli Variations Op.120. Rec.1952.[Mono)
.
Remarks:
Rondo in G Op.51 No.2, recorded for Philips in 1963, is missing from this 1960s collection.
Philips/US Decca recordings previously released on CD.
.
Deutsche Grammophon:  480  5155.  1 CD.
Liszt / Liebestraum
Release date & place: 2011. E.U..
Technical details: ADD.

Liszt / Arrau
Étude d' exécution transcendante No.8 Wilde Jagd
Étude de concert Waldesrauschen

Plus: Other Liszt's works recorded by other pianists.

Remarks:  
Recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA:   480  5721.  9 CD Box.
Beethoven / The Piano Sonatas / Claudio Arrau
Release date and place: 2011, E.U. Italy.
Technical details: Stereo ADD.

Works
The Piano Sonatas (32). Rec.1962-1967.
.
Remarks:
Beethoven's solo piano works other than the sonatas, recorded by Arrau for this 1960s recording project, are not included in this collection.
Booklet: Extended notes in Italian. Brief notes in English.
Original Philips recordings previously released on CD.
.
St-Laurent Studio: YSL 78-067. 1 CD.
Claudio Arrau Vol.1
Total timing: 54' 55".
Release date and place: 2011, Canada.
Technical details: Mono AAD. No-filter transfers.*

Schumann / Arrau
Carnaval Op.9.  Rec.3 & 4 April, 1939.
Piano Concerto Op.54.  Rec.4 December 1944.

Karl Kreuger conducting the Détroit Symphony Orchestra.

Remarks:
*Audiophile transfers from 78 rpm originals.
Recordings previously released on CD.
.
Radio România / Editura Casa Radio: ECR 272. 2 CDs.
First George Enescu Internaitonal Festival 1958
Total timing: [42' 56"] + 51' 42"
Release date: 2011. Romania.
Technical details: Mono AAD.

Brahms / Arrau: Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83. [Rec.19 September 1958 at the Romanian Athenaeum. 49' 25"]

Arrau / Radio interview excerpt about the Festival [0' 44"]

Constantin Silvestri conducting the [Romanian] National Radio Orchestra.

Plus: Alfred Mendelssohn's Symphony No.6 and Theodor Rogalski's Three Romanian Dances.

George Enescu's radio interview excerpt about Brahms [1' 29"]

Remarks:
RECORDINGS NOT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED.
.

DECCA / Global Radio UK Ltd: CFM FW 143. 1 CD.
Classic FM - The Full Works
Total timing: 20' 58" + 22' 23" [+29' 25"]
Release date: 2011 E.U.
Technical details: [Stereo ADD].

List / Arrau: Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2. [Rec.1979]
Sir Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra

Plus Liszt / Bolet: Piano Sonata in B minor


Remarks:
Philips recordings previously released on CD.

.
DECCA: UCCD 9854. 1 CD.
Total timing: 22' 56" + 24' 53" + 17' 42" = 65' 31"
Release date: 2011 Japan
Technical details: Stereo ADD.
Recorded in 1975 &1976

Beethoven:
Sonatas for Violin and Piano Nos.5, 7 & 8.

Claudio Arrau
and Arthur Grumiaux
.
Remarks:
Philips recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA: UCCD 9853. 1 CD.
Total timing: 21' 34" + 16' 32" + 21' 07" = 59' 13"
Release date: 2011 Japan
Technical details: Stereo ADD.
Recorded in 1975 &1976

Beethoven:
Sonatas for Violin and Piano Nos.1, 2 & 4.

Claudio Arrau
and Arthur Grumiaux
.
Remarks:
Philips recordings previously released on CD.
.
Urania: WS 121.129. 3 CDs.
Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
Total timing: 66' 35" + 72' 18" + 79' 49" = 218' 42"
Release date: 2011 [Italy/E.U.]
Technical details: ADD. 'Restored Edition'.
Columbia recordings of 1955 (Mono) & 1958 (Stereo).

Beethoven:
Piano Concertos Nos.1 to 5.
Alceo Galliera conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra
Piano Sonatas Nos.28 & 31
.
Remarks:
Columbia recordings previously released on CD by EMI.
.

ICA Classics  ICAC 5045. 1 CD.
WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln
Timings: 40' 37" & 36' 00" = 76' 37".
West German Broadcasting from 25.10.1954 and 06.04.1959, Cologne.
Release date and place: October 2011. Austria.
Technical details: From original master tapes. Mono ADD.

Chopin
: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.11.
and
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58*.

Claudio Arrau, Otto Klemperer and

*Christoph von Dohnányi, respectively

Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne.

Remarks
:
*THIS PERFORMANCE OF BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO No.4 NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED

.
.
Deutsche Grammophon   00289  477  9527. 10CDs.
The Liszt Legacy
Timings of CDs 1 & 2: 64' 22" & 72' 48".
American DECCA studio recordings from 1954.

Release date and place: September 2011. Berlin. E.U.
Technical details: ADD. Mono.

Disc 1: Arrau
Beethoven's Piano Sonatas No.29 Op.106 Hammerklavier
& No.8 Op.13 Pathétique
Disc 2: Arrau
Beethoven's Piano Sonatas No.14 Op.27-2 Moonlight,
No.23 Op.57 Appassionata, No.26 Op.81a Les adieux.
Chopin's Fantaisie Op.49.

Discs 3 to 10: Alicia de Larrocha (1954-56), Raymond Lewenthal (1956-57), Benno Moiseiwitsch (1961) & Egon Petri (1959-61).

Remarks
:
ARRAU RECORDINGS NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED
.
Essential Media Group LLC. 2CDs.
International piano festival - a benefit concert
Timings: [Not stated]
Recording dates and places: [Not stated].
Release date and place: July 2011. [Not stated].
Technical details: Stereo ADD.

Schumann/Arrau
:
Fantasiestücke Nr. 2 & 5, from Op.12
Aufschwung & In der Nacht. [Rec. c.1962]

Plus other works by other soloists and orchestras.

Remarks
:
A commercial digital copy of recordings first released in the 1960s on two LPs of the same name and depiction, for the benefit of the UN Comission on Human Rights.
Composers and musicians are not identified as against works performed.
.
Altus Music INA  ALT210/11. 2CDs.
Schuricht Live Collection
Timings: 43' 46" & 39' 31".
Live recordings from 24.03.1959, Paris.
Release date and place: July 2011. Japan.
Technical details: Stereo ADD.

Beethoven/Arrau
:
Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37
Plus
Beethoven's Coriolan Overture and
Brahms's Symphony No.4 in E minor Op.98

Carl Schuricht conducting L' Orchestre National de la RTF
on its 25th anniversary at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.

Remarks
:
Piano concerto previously released in Mono on CD by TAHRA.
.

Piano Classics PCLD0015. 2 CDs.
200 Liszt Bicentenary Vol.2
Timings: 76' 08" & 53' 28".
Radio and live recordings from 1935 to 1981
Release date and place: 2011. E.U.
Technical details: ADD. Stereo & Mono.

Disc 1 (Stereo)
Sonata in B minor. Rec 1976. CW Post College, NY
Dante Sonata. Rec 1981. YMHA, NY
Ballade No.2. Rec. 1979. Masonic Auditorium. San Francisco
Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este. Rec 1979 as above
Transcendental study No.10. Rec 1970. Philharmonic Hall, NY
.
Disc 2 (Mono)
Sonetto del Petrarca 104. Rec 1937 Deutsches Radio Archive
Piano Concerto No.1. Hans Rosbaud. Rec 1935, Frankfurt
Transcendental study No.11. Rec 1937 Deutsches Radio Archive
Piano Concerto No.2
. D. Mitropoulos. Rec 1943, NY

Remarks
:
All performances previously released on CD

vNot all dates are shown, and some dates given are wrong.

.

Marston 52065-2. 2CDs.
Liszt Illuminated
American Liszt Society Medal Laureates
Claudio Arrau, Jorge Bolet and Gunnar Johansen
Timings: 78' 54" & 73' 07".
Recordings from 1963 to 1986
Release date and place: 2011. USA.
Technical details: Stereo ADD

Liszt/Arrau:
Après une lecture du Dante (Dante Sonata). Salzburg 1982.
Sonata in B minor. Toronto 1977*
Gnomenreigen (Étude de concert). Lugano 1963.

Other Liszt works recorded by pianists
Jorge Bolet and Gunnar Johansen.

Remarks
:
*This live performance of Sonata in B minor
is RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME
.

.
DECCA:   480  5090.  6 CDS.
Arrau spielt Liszt  
Die Klavierkonzerte  /  Klavierwerke solo
Total timing: 391' 20".
65' 30", 68' 07", 65' 18", 60' 11", 64' 51" & 67' 23".
Recordings from 1969 to 1990, plus 1936.
Release date & place: 2011 Germany.
Technical details: ADD/DDD / AMSI AMbient Surround Imaging

Klavierkonzerte Nr.1 & 2. Sir Colin Davis, LSO.
3 Études de concert S.144.   Klaviersonate S.178.
6 Polnische Liede von Chopin S.480.  Liebestraum S.541 Nr.3.
Mephisto-Waltzer Nr.1 S.110.  Vallée d´Obermann S.160 Nr.6.
12 Études d´exécution transcendante S.139
7 Konzert-Paraphrasen über Opern von Verdi
La chapelle de Guilaume Tell S.160 Nr.1
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca S.161 Nr.5
Sonetto 123 del Petrarca S.161 Nr.6
Après un lecture du Dante S.161 Nr.7
Les jeux déau à la Villa d´Este S.163 Nr.4
Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude S.173 Nr.3
Ballade No.2 S.171.   Funérailles S173 Nr.7.
2 Études de concert S.145.  Valse oubliée Nr.1 S.215.
Rhapsodie espagnole S.254 (rec.1933).
.
Remarks:
1971 Edison Award
1975, 1979 & 1982 Liszt Record Grand Prix

All recordings previously released on CD.
Sonata in B minor recording is from 1985.
.
Membran Music:  233198.  10 CDs.
Claudio Arrau:
Seriöser Klangzauberer/Serious Wizard of Sound

Busch / Defauw / Galliera / Cantelli / Ormandy / Klemperer
Release date and place: 2011. E.U.
Technical details: ADD. Mono recordings from 1939 to 1958.
Timing:  47' 33",  47' 03",  49' 21",  66' 20",  45' 43",
56' 55",  58' 32",  45' 52,  39' 46",  48' 28".
.
Chopin: Études* Op.10, Op.25 & Trois nouvelles études.
Allegro de concert. Fantaisie-Impromtu. Barcarolle.
Piano Concerto No.2, Fritz Busch, NYPSO, Live.
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.24 & 31
Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5, Otto Klemperer, PO, Live.
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Alceo Galliera, PO.
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 9 & 11.
Piano Concerto No.2, Guido Cantelli, NYPO, Live.
Hungarian Fantasy, Eugene Ormandy, PO.
Schumann: Kreisleriana. Carnaval.
Piano Concerto, Alceo Galliera, PO.
Strauss: Burlesque for piano & orchestra*, Désiré Defauw, CSO.
Weber: Piano Sonata No.1*
Concert piece for piano & orchestra, Désiré Defauw, CSO.
.
Remarks:
All recordings previously released on CD.
No booklet.
Recordings in good mono sound, except if marked with an *.
.

EMI Classics ICON:  50999 9 184322 7.  12 CDs.
Claudio Arrau: Virtuoso philosopher of the piano
Galliera / Giulini / Philharmonia Orchestra
Release date and place: 2011. E.U.
Technical details: Mono. Stereo. ADD.
Recordings from 1938-39 & 1955-62.
Timing: 78' 58", 76' 20", 79' 15", 72' 45", 69' 59", 51' 36",
69' 17", 68' 43", 70' 02", 79' 22", 79' 45" & 70' 01".
.
Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos/Galliera.
Piano Sonatas Nos.7(1958)*, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 31, 32.
32 Variations in C minor Wo080.
Brahms: Piano Concertos/Giulini.*

Weber: Konzertstück/Galliera.
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1/Galliera.
Grieg: Piano Concerto/Galliera.
Schumann: Piano Concerto/Galliera. Carnaval Op.9.
Schubert: Klavierstücke D946. Wanderer Fantasie D760.
March D606*. Allegretto D915*. Moments musicaux D780.
Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3. Fantasie Op.49. Allegro de concert. Études Op.10 & 25. Trois nouvelles études.*
Tarantelle.
Debussy: Tarantelle styrienne. Jardins sous la pluie.
.
Remarks:
Brahms's Piano Concertos and Chopin's Études: Winners of the
*1963
Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
*1990 Grand prix du disque Frédéric Chopin - Remastering
 
Recordings previously released on CD, except those marked with an * which are now issued
FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CD.
UK Columbia items not included in this compilation:
Beethoven Sonata No.18 rec.1947 and Mendelssohn's Andante & Rondo capriccioso Op.14 rec.1951, already issued on CD.
Plus Mozart Sonata KV570 rec. in 1951,
Chopin Polish Song No.5 & Scherzo No.4, rec. in 1950,
and Beethoven Sonata No.7 rec.1951, never issued on CD.

.
DECCA Japan UCCD-9784/5. 2CDs.
Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra & Impromptus
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: March 2011 Japan
Technical details: Stereo ADD

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
Solo: Impromptus Nos.1 Op.29, 2 Op.36 & 3 Op.51

Remarks
:
All recordings previously released on CD.
.
West Hill Radio Archives:  WHRA-6037.  2 CDs.
Arrau with Szell live from Carnegie Hall
Release date: January 2011.  Release place: E.U.
Technical details: Mono. Digitally Remastered.
Timing: 67' 26" + 54' 25" = 121' 51"
.
Claudio Arrau. George Szell
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall
Live, 1945 - 1955
.
Disc 1.
Beethoven:
Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15. Rec. 11.11.1945.
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 Op.21. Rec. 09.01.1955
Disc 2.
R.Strauss: Burleske in D minor. Rec. 11.03.1945
Weber: Konzertstück Op.79. Rec. 11.03.1945
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2. Rec. 15.12.1946
.
Remarks:  
UNIQUE LIVE RECORDINGS NEVER PREVIOUSLY PROFESSIONALLY RELEASED
Restorations from radio broadcast transcription discs,
in just acceptable (Strauss), good (Beethoven and Weber),
and very good (Chopin and Liszt) period sound.

.
EMI Classics:  50999 648316 2 6.  5 CDs.
Arrau / Giulini / Philharmonia Orchestra
Brahms: Les concertos pour piano / Les symphonies
Release date: 2011.  Release place: France
Technical details: ADD
.
CD 1: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 - Rec.1960
CD 2: Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 - Rec.1962
CD 3: Symphony No.1 Op.68 - Rec.1961
& Tragic Overture Op.81 - Rec.1962
CD 4: Symphonies No.2 Op.73 & No.3 Op.90 - Rec.1962
CD 5: Symphony No.4 Op.98 - Rec.1968*
& Variations on a Theme by Haydn Op.56a - Rec - 1961
*New Philharmonia Orchestra.
.
Remarks:
Piano Concertos: Winner of the
1963
Deutscher Schallplattenpreis  
Recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA:  002894803453[6].  1 CD in booklet.
Biblioteka Gazety Wyborczej 12
Chopin Nokturny 2
Release date and place: 2010. Poland.
Technical details: ADD. Rec.1978.
.
Chopin/Arrau:
Nocturnes Nos. 11 to 21.
.
Remarks:
Original Philips recordings previously released on CD.
.
LANTOWER:  DPCD 10702-12.  2 CDs.
Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin Vol.1
Arrau / Szigeti
Release date and place: 2010. Argentina.
Technical details: A?D. Live 1944.
.
Sonatas for Piano & Violin Nos.1 to 5. Remastered in 2010.
.
Remarks:
Recordings previously released on CD.
LANTOWER:  DPCD 10722-32.  2 CDs.
Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin Vol.1
Arrau / Szigeti
Release date and place: 2010. Argentina.
Technical details: A?D. Live 1944.
.
Sonatas for Piano & Violin Nos.6 to 10. Remastered in 2010.
.
Remarks:
Recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA:   478  2365.  7 CDs.
Brahms: Complete Symphonies and Concertos
Arrau / Szeryng / Starker / Haitink / RCO
Release date and place: 2010. England.
Technical details: ADD
.
*CD 1: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 - Rec.1969
*CD 2: Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83 - Rec.1969
CDs 3 to 7: Symphonies Nos.1 to 4.
Violin concerto. Concerto for violin and cello.
Tragic Overture & Academic Festival Overture
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
Serenades Op.11 & Op.16
10 Hungarian Dances
.
Remarks:
*Piano Concertos: Winners of the
1970
Deutscher Schallplattenpreis  
Recordings previously released on CD.
.

DOREMI: DHR-7890/1 - 2 CDs (Live, Vol.1)
Claudio Arrau in Moscow 1968
Live performances.  Legendary Treasures.
Moscow Grand Hall, on 31 May 1968 - Concertos
Moscow, May 1968 - Sonatas
Total time: 66' 40" and 65' 39"
Technical details: Restoration from Melodiya Stereo LPs
Release date: November, 2010 (Canada)

CD 1

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.13 Op.27 No.1 Quasi una Fantasia
CD 2
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.26 Op.81a Les adieux

Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
USSR Television and Radio Grand Symphony Orchestra

Remark:
Live recordings in good stereo sound and silent audience
NOT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED ON CD.

.
Editions de l'Opportune.  Collection Fnac. 5 CDs.
Jean-Sébastien Bach: 
Les plus belles partitions
jouées par les plus grands interprètes.

Release date & place: 2010 (E.U.)
Technical details: ADD / Mono / Discs 1 & 2

Arrau:
Recording dates: 1942 & 1945
Variations Goldberg BWV 988
Fantaisie chromatique et fugue BWV 903

Other interpreters, conductors & works.

Remark:
Recordings previously released on CD.
.
DECCA N.Y. B0014806-02. 2 CDs.
Twilight - Chopin for Dreaming
Timing: 75' 17" + 77' 39"
Recording dates: 1971 to 1981
Release date: October 2010
Technical details: ADD / Stereo

Disc 1:
Préludes Op.28 Nos.13 & 15
Waltzes Op.64 No.2 & Op.34 No.1
Nocturnes Op.9 Nos.1 & 2, Op.15 No.2, & Op.37 No.2
Piano Concerto No.1 Op.11 - Romanze (Larghetto) / LPO / Inbal
Ballade No.3 Op.47.  Impromptu Op.51.  Barcarolle Op.60

Disc 2:
Préludes Op.28 Nos.4 & 17,  & Op.45
Waltzes Op.34 No.2,  Op.69 Nos.1 & 2,  & Op 64 No.3
Nocturnes Op.32 No.1,  Op.62 No.2,  & Op.72 No.1
Piano Concerto No.2 Op.21 - Larghetto / LPO / Inbal
Ballade No.2 Op38. Impromptu Op36. Fantaisie-Impromptu Op66

Remarks:
Recordings previously reissued by Philips on CDs.
.
DECCA Japan UCGD-9002. 1 SACD.
Timing: 74' 16"
Recording dates: 1969 & 1970
Release date: 30.06.2010
Technical details:
ADD / Stereo / SHM (simple harmonic motion) /
SACD (Super Audio CD) / Single Layer /
DSD (Direct Stream Digital)

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

Remarks:
Recordings previously reissued by Philips on standard CDs.
SACD SHM is an audiophile mode playable only on
an audio player that supports this format.
.
Deutsche Grammophon:  PROC-1053/4 1 CD.
Tower Records Vintage Collection Vol.10
Release date & place: 04.06.2010. Japan.
Technical details: ADD. Live. 1976

Beethoven / Berstein / Arrau

Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58

Plus: Leonore III Overture & Symphony No.5

Leonard Bernstein conducting the
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

Remarks:  
Recordings previously released on CD.
.
Le Monde du Piano: Volume 14. CD 1 et CD 2
Claudio Arrau
Total timing: 68' 05" and 70' 00", respectively.
Release date/place: 2010. France.
Technical details:  ADD, from Mono.
Recordings from 1956, 1957, 1941, 1949 and 1928.

CD 1:
Beethoven
:  Piano Sonatas Nos. 21, 28 & 31.

CD 2:
Beethoven:  Piano Sonata No. 32
Weber:  Piano Sonata No.1
Debussy: Pour le piano
Balakirev: Islamey


Remarks:
Studio recordings in good Mono sound,
previously released on CD.
.

Télérama: Chopin Double CD Set No.3 of 4.
Claudio Arrau & Wilhelm Kempff
Total timing: 73' 09" and 51' 30", respectively.
Release date/place: 2010. E.U. (France).
Technical details:  ADD, from Mono.
Sound Restoration:  DTC System.
Recordings from 1957 1956 and 1958, respectively.

CD 1: Chopin/Arrau:
12 Études Op.10.   12 Études Op.25.  
Allegro de Concert Op.46.

CD 2: Chopin/Kempff:
Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante Op.22.
Polonaise-fantaisie Op.61.  Scherzo No.3 Op.39.
Impromptu No.1 Op.29.  Ballade No.3 Op.47.
Fantaisie-impromptu Op.66.  Berceuse Op.57

Remarks:
Studio recordings in good Mono sound, previously released on CD.

.

TAHRA: TAH 678-679 (HM 47). 2CDs.
Carl Schuricht à Paris 
Total timing: 66' 44" and 74' 51"
Release date: January 2010. France.
 Live recordings from 1955 and 1959.
Technical details: ADD. Mono.

Beethoven/Arrau:
Concerto pour piano No.3 op.37 en ut mineur.
35' 53"
Rec: Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, 24.03.1959

Also:
Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem op.45
Brahms's Symphonie no.4 op.98 en mi meneur

Conductor: Carl Schuricht, Orchestre National de France.
.
Remarks:
Beethoven/Arrau concerto recorded in good mono sound.

.
Decca: UCCD-4483/90. 8 CDs.
Chopin: Complete Piano Works (recorded for Philips)
Total timings:
70' 07", 72' 09", 59' 45", 55' 02", 61' 42", 60' 06", 79' 15", 78' 22"
Release date: January 2010. Japan.
Technical details: ADD & DDD.
Recordings from 1970 to 1984.

Chopin
Complete Préludes. Complete Impromtus. Complete Waltzes. Complete Ballades. Complete Scherzos. Complete Nocturnes. Barcarolle Op.60. Fantasia Op.49. Polonaisie-Fantasie Op.61.
Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra (Inbal, LPO).
.
Remarks:
Recordings previously issued on CD.
.
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
.
Remarks:
Recordings previously issued on CD.
.
Deutsche Grammophon:  00289  477  8447.  17 CDs.
Chopin Complete Edition
Release date & place: 2009. EU.
Technical details:ADD.

Chopin / Arrau:  CD 2 of 17.
Recording date: 1970, 1972.
Variations on Mozart's 'Là ci darem la mano'.
Fantasy on Polish Airs.   Rondo à la krakowiak.
Andantre spianato et Grande polonaise brillante.

Eliahu Inbal. London Philhamonic Orchestra.

[Plus: Chopin's works with  K.Zimerman,
A.Ugorski,  M.Pollini,  V.Ashkenazy,  M.J.Pires,
M.Argerich,  R.Blechacz,  YundiLi,  L.Zilberstein,
M.Pletnev,  KBauer/H.Bung,  BeauxArtsTrio,
M.Rostropovich,  A.Bylsma, L.Orkis,
E.Szmytka  &  M.Martineu.]
Deutsche Grammophon:  480  3307  /  1 CD.
Meisterwerke für Klavier - 3.  Welt Edition.
Recording dates: 1984  [1986 & 1964]
Release date & place: 2009. EU.
Technical details: DDD & ADD.

Beethoven / Arrau
Piano Concerto No.5 Op.73.
Sir Colin Davis conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden.

[Plus: Sonata No.14, Barenboim, & Rondo Op.129, Kempft]

Remarks:  
Arrau recording previously released on CD.
.

.
Remarks:
The pianist is definitively Arrau, but, regarding the Brahms concertos, consistency of dates, places, conductors and/or orchestras is doubtful and needs 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
.
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
.
Public performances at the
1963 and 1973 Schwetzingen 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
.
Remarks:  
LIVE RECORDINGS NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED

.
DECCA Linfair Records  416  4582  IC-295. 1 CD.
Release place & date: Taiwan 2009.
Tecnical details:[ADD].

Liszt:
Études de execution transcendante.

Remark:

Winner of the
1979 Liszt Record Grand Prix
Philips recordings previously released on CD
.
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
.
Historical recordings of

Debussy: Images pour piano (complete).
.
Arrau / Recorded in 1949 for Columbia:
Movement (3' 13) & Cloches à travers les feuilles (5' 35").
.
Two or more interpretations of each of the six 'images'.
Other pianists: Benedetti Michelangeli, Doyen, Gaillard, Gieseking, Meyer, Paderewski, Rubinstein, Viñes.
.
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 mono sound.

.
Suonare Records:  SNR 136.  1 CD.
Suonare Festival: Claudio Arrau.
Release date: February 2008.   Release place: Milan, Italy.
Total timing: 73' 57".  Technical details: ADD

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54
Victor de Sabata, NYPSO, Rec. 1951
Chopin:
Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11
Otto Klemperer, WDRSO, Rec.1954

Remarks:
Recordings in good sound, previously released on CD.
An insert to 'Suonare News' No.136 of February 2008, Milan.
Misprint: Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 wrongly identified as
Concerto in La maggiore KV 488,
on both CD and back cover.
.
Warning:
This CD issued in Russia, possibly 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 authenticity and origin of this material are undocumented and highly doubtful.
.
DECCA Linfair Records  475  8050   IC-281. 1 CD.
Total time: 69' 12"
Release place & date: Taiwan 2008.
Tecnical details:[ADD].

Chopin:
The 26 Préludes.
The Four Impromptus.

Remark:

Philips recordings previously released on CD
.
DECCA Linfair Records  475  8045  IC-277. 1 CD.
Total time: 64' 04"
Release place & date: Taiwan 2008.
Tecnical details:[ADD].

Beethoven:
Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 23 & 14.

Remark:

Philips recordings previously released on CD
.
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).
.
Arrau/Philips/CD1:
Schumann
's Carnival:  Préamble, Pierrot, Arlequin.
Schubert
's Klaviersonate D.959:  Andantino
.
Various composers, works and artists.
.
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
.
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.
.
Fabula Classica : FAB 12050-2. 1CD.
Claudio Arrau Recitals Vol 2
Recorded in 1959, 1971 & 1963 by Radio della Svizzera Italiana
Release place & date: 2008. Italy.
Total timings: 34' 03" + 29' 43" + 11' 37" = 74' 03"
Technical details: [Not stated]
.
Schumann: Fantasia Op.17
Liszt: Sonata in B
Liszt: Mephisto Walzer No.1
.
Remarks:
All live recordings previously released on CD by
both Ermitage and Aura.
.
DECCA PROC-1294.  1CD.
Live recordings from Munich recital on 29th March 1983.
Tower Records' Vintage Collection Plus No.16
Timings: 27'14", 13'48" & 11'16".
Release date and place: June 2007, Japan.
Technical details: DDD

Arrau:
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata
Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor S.171
Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in B minor Op.20
.
Remarks:
2007 Decca-Tower Records' re-issue of an original Limited Edition Philips Trésors Classiques recording released on LP in 1983.
.

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.

.

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.  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 & Naxo
s

.
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.
Not remastered t
ransfers from privately recorded tapes, showing some editing shortcomings.
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. Italy.
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
Liszt: Mephisto Walzer No.1
.
Remarks:
*The CD plays Le Gibet and Scarbo in the inverse 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
.
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

Recordings in good Mono sound.
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.

.
The SODRE* Collection  AOS  06  1013  1  4000. 1CD.
SODRE Collection Sampler
Total timing: 70' 03"
Release date & place: 2006, Austria
Technical details: ADD. Live.

Arrau/Schumann:
Massig  7' 19" (Rec.18th August 1954)
 
Nine other musicians/works.
.
Remarks:
Recording never previously released.

*SODRE: Official Radio Broadcasting Service, Montevideo.
 

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 recording of Eroica Variations for DECCA
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.
Notes by André Tubeuf.
*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 here 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

Arrau - 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
Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra & Impromptus
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
Technical details: Stereo ADD.
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
Solo: Impromptus Nos.1 Op.29, 2 Op.36 & 3 Op.51
Remarks:
All recordings previously released on CD.

.
Lantower / DPCD 10042/52  2 CDs
Total time: 58' 02" + 54' 55" = 112' 57"
Release place/date: Argentina, 2005.
1939-1952 Mono recordings
Technical details: ADD. 2005 remastering.

Liszt / Disc 1:
Piano Concerto No.1. Eugene Ormandy, PO. Rec.1952
Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos.8, 9. 10, 11 & 13. Rec.1951/1952

Schumann / Disc 2:
Piano Concerto. Karl Krüger, DSO. Rec.1944
Carnaval Op.9. Rec.1939

Remark:

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

.
Philips Universal: 00289 4768818.  7CD.
Brahms: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest.
Disk 7. Total time: 50' 22"
Release date: Europe 2006.

Brahms/Arrau:
Piano Concerto No.2 Op.83. Rec. in May 1970.
Bernad Haitink conducting
The Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands.

Remark:
Winner of the 1970 Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
.

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

Brahms/Arrau:
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 a Russian label, contains, amongst other recordings by various artists, Beethoven piano sonatas Nos.8 and 14, said to have been recorded by Claudio Arrau in 1979.
Arrau did not record the above sonatas in 1979 and
is not the pianist in these recordings.

The authenticity and origin 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 Cæcilia 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 here 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 LP and CD by various labels.
Live recordings taped in 1944,
not 1953 as shown on these CDs.

.
Philips:   00289  4768538.   Holland.  9 CDs.
Beethoven: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
Release date and place: 2005 Holland.
Technical details: ADD.

Beethoven:
The Symphonies and Concertos. 2 Overtures. 2 Serenades.
Arrau. Krebbers. Szeryng. Haitink. Jochum.
Arrau plays the five piano concertos.

Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.

Remarks
:
Piano concertos previously released on CD.
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La Scala Bookstore HSBC: LSB 0071052.  2 CDs.
In viaggio con Mozart
Release date and place: 2005  Italy.
Technical details: ADD.

CD 2: Mozart/Arrau:
Fantasia per pianoforte in do minore KV475,
live from the 1956 Salzburg Festival.

Plus various pianists. works, conductors, orchestras.

Remarks
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Promotional edition for the clients of the HSBC Private Bank (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation),
published by La Scala Bookstore, Milan.

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