Claudio Arrau
Piano
1903 - 1991

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'ArrauHouse' - Complete Discography

Arrau León, Claudio [1903 - 1991]

Talking


001 - Arrau
Interview on Radio România [Brief excerpt]
Recorded: 1958 19th September. Radio România.
Radio interview in Spanish about the George Enescu Festival
Romania: ECR 272
Record Library Items in the Collection
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CD M
0' 44" / Excerpt / Disc 2 of 2 / AAD / 2011
Historical Recordings / Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation / ECR 272
First George Enescu International Festival 1958

002 - Arrau
Interview on Radio Canada Television
Recorded: 1964 5 March telecast. Radio Canada Television.
Questions and answers on air in French, subtitled in English
US: VAI DVD 4388
Record Library Items in the Collection
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DVD M
04' 40" / Video / NTSC All Regions / B&W / 2006
Video Artists International / DVD 4388 / New York
Claudio Arrau plays Mozart & Beeethoven
The Concert Hour - L'heure du concert

003 - Arrau
An Interview with Claudio Arrau
Recorded: 1964 April.
On Arrau's approach to learning and interpreting a new piece. In English.
Holland: Philips 88 035 DE
Record Library Items in the Collection
. 45 rpm 6' 48" / Edited / 7-inch / Side 2 / AAA / 1964
Philips / 88 035 DE / Holland
Promo for 5-LP box S C 71 AX 501 - Beethoven 5 Piano Concertos, Haitink.
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CD S
12' 55"* / Unedited / Disc 79 of 80 / ADD / 2018
DECCA  483298  /  4833077  /  Austria
Claudio Arrau - The Complete Philips Recordings

004 - Arrau
Thoughts on Beethoven Sonatas
Recorded: 1969
Dissertation in English on Beethoven's Bicentennial
US Philips 33S PHS 3-915 
Record Library Items in the Collection
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LP S
21' 34" / Side 4 of 7 / 1970
Philips PHS 3-915 (3+1) / PHS 900-254 / USA.
CD S
21' 49" / Disc 79 of 80 / ADD / 2018
DECCA  483298  /  4833077  /  Austria
Claudio Arrau - The Complete Philips Recordings

005 - Arrau
Porträt eines Pianisten - Claudio Arrau
Filmed: 1970 & 1977 at Arrau's Douglaston home & in concert
A film by Wolf-Eberhard von Lewinski.
Extensive interviews and commentaries in German,
plus photographs
and excerpts
from works by Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin and Debussy
US Classical Video Rarities. Item 01112.
Record Library Items in the Collection
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DVD
57' 54" / 1 Video disc / c.2004
Classical Video Rarities / Item 01112 / Oregon, USA.
[Private, plain DVD disc entitled "Claudio Arrau Documentary"]

006 - Arrau
Views on Brahms's piano works
Recorded: 1976 10 June. Lausanne.
Interview in French conducted by Cyril Huvé
INA, mémoire vive. IMV022. 1996.
Record Library Items in the Collection
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CD S
10' 48" / 1 ADD disc / 2001
INA, mémoire vive / IMV022 / France.

007 - Arrau
Memories of Berlin - Twilight of Weimar Culture
Copyrighted: 1976 California, USA, in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Historical interviews and commentaries in English.
A 16 mm documentary film by Gary Conklin. TT 67'34"
Record Library Items in the Collection
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DVD
Segments / 1 disc (from film) / PAL DVD / 200?
Gary Conklin / Pasadena, California

008 - Arrau
Interviews & Commentaries
Produced: 1977 California
Documentary film in English directed by Robert Snyder
US Masters & Masterworks, California
Record Library Items in the Collection
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VHS
60' 00" / 1 tape from film / NTSC Video / Colour / 1977
Masters & Masterworks / California, USA
Claudio Arrau - A Life in Music
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DVD
60' 00" / 1 disc from film / NTSC / Colour / 2005
Masters & Masterworks / California, USA
Claudio Arrau - A Life in Music
. DVD 60' 00" / 1 disc from film / NTSC / Colour / 2015
Masters & Masterworks / California, USA
Claudio Arrau - A Life in Music

009 - Arrau
'A Portrait of Claudio Arrau'
Recorded: Early in 1978
Audio programme in English, with excerpts from an interview and recordings,
attributed to producer R. Wayton

England: From the private collection of the late record producer Sylvia Cartner
Record Library Items in the Collection
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RR
50' 16" / 2 reels / AAA / 1978
Private / England
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CDR
50' 16" / 1 disc / AAA / 2010
Private CD audio transfer / North Sydney / Australia

010 - Arrau
'Conversation with Claudio Arrau'
Recorded: Early in 1981
Interviewed by David Dubal from WNCN Clasic FM Radio, New York, at the Maestro's Long Island
home, sponsored by the House of Steinway for a series of six 1-hour evening radio programmes.

New York: Home-made audio recordings from FM radio broadcasts
Record Library Items in the Collection
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DVD-RW
58' 42" / Beethoven / 9th Feb / MP4
55' 06" / Schumann / 10th Feb / MP4
55' 53" / Chopin / 11th Feb / MP4
60' 15" / Liszt / 12th Feb / MP4
60' 27" / Brahms / 13th Feb / MP4
60' 14" / Albéniz Debussy Schubert / 14th Feb / MP4

Presentation and interview segments on each composer, 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 broadcasts are recorded in MP4, although they are only audio, with each one-hour program showing a different photograph of Maestro Arrau.  They contain degrees of sound distortion and sopradic cuts, as expected from non-professional home-recordings.

011 - Arrau
Biography / Interviews
Recorded: 1984 May, Santiago, Chile
Documentary & Interview hosted in English by Martin Bookspan. A film by Peter Rosen.
KULTUR VHS 1191. HiFi Dolby Colour NTSC, New Jersey
Record Library Items in the Collection
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VHS
1 video tape / Dolby / NTSC / Colour / 1987
KULTUR HiFi / 1191 / USA
The Emperor - A Live Concert by The Maestro
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DVD
1 video disc / Colour / 1987
KULTUR (English) / D 1191 / USA
The Emperor - Music at one with eternity.
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VHS
1 tape / HiFi / 1987
VAI / Colour / 69041 / New York
Host: Martin Bookspan
Claudio Arrau, The Emperor. Signature Performance Series.- Volume Two
Plus: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 - Tevah [Total time: 85 m]
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DVD
1 video disc / Colour / Region 0 / Subtitled in Deutsch, Français & Español / 2011
EuroArts / 2058648 / Austria
Claudio Arrau, The Emperor. Signature Performance Series.
Plus: Opening, Biography, and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.5 [Total time: 85 m]

012 - Arrau
Claudio Arrau interviewed by Melvyn Bragg
Recorded: 1984 1st February.  Live. Douglaston Home. Long Island. N.Y.
Video copy from UK Metropolitan TV broadcast.
Record Library Items in the Collection
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DVD RW
53' 56" / TV video copy / 1 DVD-RW /
The South Bank Show. UK Metropolitan Television.
With extended excerpts of works by Liszt, Debussy, Chopin, Schubert & Beethoven, especially played by Arrau for this programme.

013 - Arrau
Kommentar
von Daniel Barenboim, Colin Davis, Claudio Arrau, und Gennadi Roshdestvensky
Recorded: 19 ?
NVC Arts, Warner Music Vision IMG Artists
Record Library Items in the Collection
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VHS
Excerpts / 1 video tape / HiFi / 1999
Warner Music Vision /  398429199  3  / Germany
The Art of Piano
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DVD
Excerpts / 1 disc / HiFi / 1999
Warner Music Vision /  398429199  2  / Germany
The Art of Piano.

                

Professor Martin Krause.
Pupil Claudio Arrau.
Pianist
María Teresa Carreño.
Pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni.
Arrau's revered mentor and foremost youth idols, respectively.

Please see images and contents of releases in 'Photo Gallery'.

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This section last updated on 22nd January 2023.