Claudio Arrau - Piano Concert Videos
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Arrau was born in Chillán, the son of eye doctor Carlos Arrau and Lucrecia León Bravo de Villalba, a piano teacher. He belonged to an old, prominent family of Southern Chile. His ancestor Lorenzo de Arrau was sent to Chile by King Carlos III of Spain. Through his great-grandmother, María del Carmen Daroch del Solar, Arrau was a descendant of the Campbells of Glenorchy, a Scottish noble family.

Arrau was a child prodigy, giving his first concert at age five. At age seven he was sent on a Chilean government grant to study in Germany, at the Stern conservatory of Berlin where he was a pupil of Martin Krause, who had studied under Franz Liszt. At the age of 11 he could play Liszt's Transcendental Etudes, considered to be one of the most difficult sets of works ever written for the piano, and also Brahms's Paganini Variations. Arrau's first recordings were on Aeolian Duo-Art player piano music rolls.

In 1937, Arrau married German Jewish mezzo-soprano Ruth Schneider, and they had three children: Carmen (1938-2006), Mario (1940-1988) and Christopher (1959). Claudio spent his last days residing in Douglas Manor, NY. The Arraus spent summers at their residence in Andover, Vermont.

Arrau was the teacher of Karlrobert Kreiten, and Ruth Nye. Garrick Ohlsson, Arnulf von Arnim, David Rubinstein, Stephen Drury, John Cobb, Mario Miranda, Güher Pekinel, Ines Leyva, Pilar Leyva and Süher Pekinel also received lessons from Arrau.

Arrau recorded the complete piano music of Robert Schumann, and edited his works for publication, as well as all Beethoven piano sonatas in Urtext edition. He is also famous for his recordings of Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Liszt, Chopin, Schubert and Debussy, among others. Many claimed that his rich, weighty tone lent his interpretations a distinctive voice, some saying it sounded thick and muddy and others praising its rounded tone, saying it sounded as though Arrau were almost playing the organ or 'plowing' his 'paws' into the 'flexible' keyboard. According to American critic Harold Schonberg, Arrau always put 'a decidedly romantic piano tone in his interpretations'. Although he often played with slower and more deliberate tempi from his middle age, Arrau had a reputation for being a fabulous virtuoso early in his career. According to Joseph Horowitz in his book Conversations With Arrau (1982), many critics feel his overall approach became less spontaneous and more reserved and introspective after the death of his mother, to whom he was extremely close.

At the time of his death at 88 in Mürzzuschlag, Austria, Arrau was working on a compact disc recording of the complete works of Bach for keyboard, and had Haydn, Mendelssohn, Reger, Busoni and Boulez's 3rd Sonata in preparation. His remains were interred in his native city of Chillán, Chile.

The Robert Schumann Society established the Arrau Medal in 1991. It has been awarded to Andréas Schiff, Martha Argerich and Murray Perahia.

This collection includes:

Schumann - Carnaval
Schumann - Piano Concerto
The 80th Birthday Recital (Beethoven, Debussy, Liszt) Part 1
The 80th Birthday Recital (Beethoven, Debussy, Liszt) Part 2

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