Claudio Arrau (pianist)
Claudio Arrau (photo: Decca)
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February 6, 1903 - June 9, 1991
Claudio Arrau plays part of Schumann's Carnaval in 1961
Born in Chile, Arrau studied in Berlin with the Liszt pupil, Martin Krause. This German training made him a great interpreter of the core Romantic repertoire. During the 1950s he played and recorded a broad repertoire which he later focused, and recorded extensively for Philips.
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Claudio Arrau Talks to Alan Blyth (Gramophone, February 1972)
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