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Cineteca Universidad de Chile, 2018 -
Claudio Arrau / Liszt / José Bohr
   

'Sueño de Amor', a hitherto lost film in Spanish about Liszt's life,
directed by José Bohr and shot in Mexico in 1935,
where Arrau plays the role of Franz Liszt.
Restored from celluloid.
DVD version screened in Santiago, Chile, in December 2018 §.
Liszt/Arrau:
Un sospiro. Liebesträume No.3. La chasse (Paganini étude No.5).
Note: Audiovisual quality somewhat impaired.


VAI, 2017 -
Claudio Arrau: Canada TV 1964
      

Beethoven / Piano Sonata No.32 Op.111 - 1st movement only.
Premier Pianists, Volume 2.   VAI DVD 4597 / USA 2017 §.


ICA Classics 2012 -
Van Cliburn / Claudio Arrau
      
Beethoven/Arrau: Piano Sonatas Nos.23 Appassionata & 32 Op.111.
Recorded by BBC Television Studio on 13 October 1959 and 22 June 1960.
Broadcast by the BBC on 29 November 1959 and
30 October (Celebrity Recital) 1960.
Plus Chopin/Cliburn.
ICA Classics / DVD Video disc / ICAD 5073 / Austria / 2012 §.
Note: Audiovisual quality of Sonata No.32 is somewhat impaired,
but the performance is uniquely enticing.


EuroArts 2012 -
The 80th Birthday Recital
      
Recital at the Avery Fisher Hall, New York,on 6th February 1983.
Beethoven / Piano Sonatas Nos.21 Op.23 Waldstein
& 23 Op.57 Appassionata.
Debussy / Reflets dans l'eau.
Liszt / Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este & Ballade No.2.
Chopin / Scherzo No.1 Op.20.
EuroArts / DVD Video disc / 2058678 / Austria / 2012 §.


EuroArts 2011 -
The Maestro and the Masters
           
Beethoven / Piano Sonata No.7 Op.10 No.3.
Schubert / Klavierstücke No.1 D.946.
Chopin / Ballade No.3 Op.47.
Liszt / Sonetto del Petrarca No.104.
Debussy / L'isle joyeuse.
From recital in the Tratro Municipal, Santiago, Chile, on 16 May 1984.
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58.
The Chilean National University Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Víctor Tevah.
In the Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral on 18 May, 1984
EuroArts / DVD Video disc / 2058668 / Austria / 2011 §.


EuroArts 2011 -
Arrau and Brahms - The Two Romantics
           
Brahms / Piano Sonata No.3 Op.5 / Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15.
Santiago Philharmonic Orchestra,
conducted by Juan Pablo Izquierdo. May, 1984
EuroArts / DVD Video disc / 2058658 / Austria / 2011 §.


EuroArts 2011 -
Claudio Arrau - Piano Sonatas
           
Beethoven / Piano Sonatas Nos.21, 3 & 32 (1977)
& Nos.13, 30, 23, 14 & 26 (1970).
Beethovenfest Bonn, Germany.
EuroArts / 2 DVD Video discs / 2058708 / Austria / 2011 §.


EuroArts 2011 -
Claudio Arrau - The Emperor
           
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.5 (Tevah).
Biography/Interview. Santiago, Chile.
EuroArts / 1 DVD Video disc / 2058648 / Austria / 2011 §.


WB MGM, 2009.  
Archive WB Collection
         

Charles Vidor's 1954 film Rhapsody
WB MGM / 2009 & 2007 / USA §.
Arrau / Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op 18 - Excerpts 
Arrau / Scriabin: Etude No.12 Op 8 - Excerpt. 
Other piano excerpts form other composers.


VAI, 2005 -
Claudio Arrau: Canada TV 1964
      
Mozart / Piano Sonata No.7 K.310.
Beethoven / Piano Sonata No.32 Op.111
VAI DVD 4388 / USA 2005 §.


2005.
Leonard Bernstein - Claudio Arrau
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.4.
Arrau-Bernstein, Live, Munich, 1976.
Classica Japan DVD / 2005 §.
Plus Leonore Overture No.3.  Symphony No.5.  [From UNITEL Video]


EMI, 2004 -
Claudio Arrau: Schumann & Beethoven
     
Schumann / Piano Concerto.  G. Hurst, LPO, 1963.
Carnaval Op.9.  London, 1961.
Beethoven / Piano Sonata No.32.  Paris, 1970.
EMI Classics / 7243 4 92839 9 2/ EU / 2004 §.
    

Schumann & Beethoven / Piano Concerto /
Carnaval Op.9 / Piano Piano Sonata No.32 / Other EMI releases.


2004. Rubinstein & Arrau 
Chopin's Poetic Melodies
    
Chopin / Arrau: Twelve Études Op.10 [Rec. by Columbia,1956].
Chopin / Rubinstein: Four Impromptus.
Visual Odyssey (European landscapes)
with Master Pieces of the Piano.
Munhwa Medicum Co. DVD Video / Korea / 2004 §.


2003/4.  
Claudio Arrau: Porträt eines Pianisten
Wolf-Eberhard von Lewinski's documentary on Claudio Arrau.
Classical Video Rarities Item 01112 / DVD / 2003-4 / USA § .


2003, Philips.
Claudio Arrau: The 80th Birthday Recital
  
Beethoven / Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 & 23.
Debussy / Reflets dans l'eau.
Liszt / Les jeux d'eaux. Ballade No.2.
Philips UCBP-9007 / Japan / 2003 §.


VAI, 2002.  Great Pianists on
'The Bell Telephone Hour' 1959-1967
   

Various pianists and works / VAI DVD 4216 / USA 2002 §.
Arrau / Beethoven -
 Piano Concerto No.5, Third movement only. [Voorhees, 1962].
                        
Various pianists and works / Other VAI releases.
Arrau:  Beethoven -
Piano Concerto No.5, Third movement only [Voorhees, 1962].


Philips NVC, 1999 - 
The Art of Piano
                         

Various pianists and works /
Philips NVC Arts Warner 3984  29199  2   /  Germany 1999 §.
Arrau / Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 [Rozhdestvensky, 1958].
Arrau / Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.32 [Paris, 1970].
Commnetary in Arrau section provided by:
Baremboim, Davis, Arrau and Rozhdestvensky.
                         
Various pianists and works / Other releases.
Arrau / Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 [Rozhdestvensky, 1958].  
Beethoven / Piano Sonata No.32 [Paris, 1970].
Commnetary in Arrau section provided by:
Baremboim, Davis, Arrau and Rozhdestvensky.


Philips,1994.  
The Golden Age of Piano
          
Various pianists and works / Philips DVD 075 092-9 / Germany 1994 §.
Arrau:  Liszt / Les jeux d'eau. Gnomenreigen. Ballade No.2.
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.4 [Riccardo Muti].
                    
Various pianists and works / Other releases.
Arrau:  Liszt / Les jeux d'eau. Gnomenreigen. Ballade No.2.
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.4 [Riccardo Muti].



1990.  
Sample copy from video
         
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.5.  
Wolfgang Sawallisch, NHK SO, 17 May 1987. Suntory Hall, Tokyo. 
DVD Video / 1990 §.


Philips/Unitel, 1989.
Claudio Arrau: The 80th Birthday Recital
Beethoven / Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 & 23.
Debussy / Reflets dans l'eau.
Liszt / Les jeux d'eaux. Ballade No.2.
                   
Beethoven / Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 & 23.
Debussy / Reflets dans l'eau.
Liszt / Les jeux d'eaux. Ballade No.2.
Philips/Unitel UCBG-1011 / Japan for China / 1989 §. 
                   
Beethoven / Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 & 23.
Debussy / Reflets dans l'eau.
Liszt / Les jeux d'eaux. Ballade No.2.
Deutsche Grammophon 8257 (?) / Japan for China / §. 

                

Other Releases:
Beethoven / Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 & 23.
Debussy / Reflets dans l'eau.
Liszt / Les jeux d'eaux. Ballade No.2.


1987, Kultur.
Claudio Arrau: The Emperor
         
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No.5 (Víctor Tevah).
Biography/Interview  /   Kultur  /  D1191  /  USA 1987 §.


1980s.
Claudio Arrau: A Life in Music
              
Robert Snyder's 1977 documentary film on Claudio Arrau /
Masters & Masterworks / NTSC / 1 hour / USA / 1980s reissue §.
               
Robert Snyder's 1977 documentary film on Claudio Arrau /
Masters & Masterworks / NTSC / 1 hour / USA / 2015 reissue §.


1984.
Claudio Arrau interviewed by Melvyn Bragg
                  
Claudio Arrau interviewed by Melvyn Bragg
The South Bank Show / UK Metropolitan Television / 1st February 1984
DVD-RW  /  53' 56"  /  §.
Including extended excerpts of works by Liszt, Debussy, Chopin,
Schubert & Beethoven,
especially played by Claudio Arrau for this programme.


1981.
Claudio Arrau interviewed by David Dubal
                  
A 78th Birthday Tribute
'Conversation with Claudio Arrau' /
WNCN Classic FM Radio / New York / February 1981
Six 1-hour evening radio programs on
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th & 14th February.
DVD-RW containing home-made recordings of radio broadcasts / §.
Including introduction and interview segments on Beethoven,
Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Albéniz, Debussy & Schubert.
With reference to Arrau's life, music philosophy and music-making
in general, interleaved with complete pieces or movements
from works commercially recorded in studio.
Please note that these radio broadcasts are recorded in MP4,
although they are only audio, with each one-hour program
showing a different photograph of Maestro Arrau.


1976. Memories of Berlin:
Twilight of the Weimar Culture
   
Gary Conklin's 1976 documentary film /
Gary Conklin Films / DVD / 1980s §. 
[From VHS / 67' 34" / USA 1976].
Including two excerpts with Claudio Arrau.


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