DESCRIPTION :  Here for sale is a RECITAL PROGRAM of the renowned CHILEAN PIANIST - CLADIO ARRAU . The PIANO RECITAL took place in 1953 in HAIFA , ERETZ ISRAEL .  On the front cover of the program there's a PHOTO of ARRAU . In this RECITAL , ARRAU played pieces by MOZART , BEETHOVEN , SCHUMANN and LISZT . Hebrew and English. Around 9 x 6 " . 4 pp including the printed covers . Very good condition . Pre owned. Used.  ( Pls look at scan for accurate AS IS images )  Will be sent inside a protective rigid packaging.
 
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Claudio Arrau León (Spanish: [ˈklawðjo aˈraw]; February 6, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was a Chilean pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century.[1] Contents 1 Life 2 Tone and approach to music 3 Contributions 4 Critics 5 Honours 6 Filmography 7 Books 8 References 9 External links Life Arrau was born in Chillán, Chile, the son of Carlos Arrau, an ophthalmologist who died when Claudio was only a year old, and Lucrecia León Bravo de Villalba, a piano teacher. He belonged to an old, prominent family of Southern Chile. His ancestor Lorenzo de Arrau, a Spanish engineer, 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.[2] Arrau was raised as a Catholic, but gave it up in his late teens.[3] Claudio Arrau, November 1929 Arrau was a child prodigy and he could read music before he could read words, but unlike many virtuosos, there had never been a professional musician in his family. His mother was an amateur pianist and introduced him to the instrument. At the age of 4 he was reading Beethoven sonatas, and he gave his first concert a year later.[4] When Arrau was 6 he auditioned in front of several congressmen and President Pedro Montt, who was so impressed that he began arrangements for Arrau's future education. At age 8, Arrau was sent on a ten-year-long grant from the Chilean government to study in Germany, travelling with his mother and sister Lucrecia. He was admitted to the Stern Conservatory of Berlin where he eventually became a pupil of Martin Krause, who had studied under Franz Liszt. At the age of 11 Arrau could play Liszt's Transcendental Etudes, one of the most difficult works for piano, as well as Brahms's Paganini Variations. Arrau's first recordings were made on Aeolian Duo-Art player piano music rolls. Krause died in his fifth year of teaching Arrau, leaving the 15-year-old student devastated by the loss of his mentor; Arrau did not continue formal study after that point.[4] In 1935, Arrau gave a celebrated rendition of the entire keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach over 12 recitals. In 1936, Arrau gave a complete Mozart keyboard works over 5 recitals, and followed with the complete Schubert and Weber cycles. In 1938, for the first time, Arrau gave the complete Beethoven piano sonatas and concertos in Mexico City. Arrau repeated this several times in his lifetime, including in New York and London. He became one of the leading authorities on Beethoven in the 20th century.[4][1] In 1937, Arrau married mezzo-soprano Ruth Schneider (1908–1989), a German national. They had three children: Carmen (1938–2006), Mario (1940–1988) and Christopher (1959). In 1941 the Arrau family emigrated from Germany to the United States, eventually settling in Douglaston, Queens, New York, where Arrau spent his remaining years. He became a dual U.S.-Chilean citizen in 1979.[5] On August 17, 1982, the first CD of classical music of history was released by the PolyGram record company,[6] whose content consisted of waltzes by Chopin performed by Claudio Arrau.[7] Arrau died on June 9, 1991, at the age of 88, in Mürzzuschlag, Austria, from complications of emergency surgery performed on June 8 to correct an intestinal blockage.[8] His remains were interred in his native city of Chillán, Chile. Tone and approach to music Arrau was an intellectual and a deeply reflective interpreter. He read widely while travelling, and he learned English, Italian, German, and French in addition to his native Spanish. He became familiar with Jung's psychology in his twenties.[9] Arrau's attitude toward music was very serious. He preached fidelity to the score, but also the use of imagination. Although he often played with slower and more deliberate tempi from his middle age onward, he had a reputation as a fabulous virtuoso earlier in his career, a reputation supported by recordings he made at this time, such as Balakirev's Islamey and Liszt's Paganini études. However, even late in his career, he often tended to play with less restraint in live concerts than in studio recordings. Arrau was a man of remarkable fortitude; even towards the end of his life he invariably programmed very large, demanding concerts, including works such as Beethoven's Emperor Concerto and Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1.[1] Contributions Arrau was a frequent recital performer: from age 40 to 60 he averaged 120 concerts a season, with a very large repertoire. At one time or another, he performed the complete keyboard works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin; but also programmed such off-the-beaten-path composers as Alkan and Busoni and illuminated obscure corners of the Liszt repertoire. It has been estimated that Arrau's total repertoire would carry him through 76 recital evenings, not counting the 60-odd works with orchestra which he also knew.[4] Arrau recorded a considerable part of the piano music of Schumann, Chopin and Liszt. He edited the complete Beethoven piano sonatas for the Peters Urtext edition and recorded all of them on the Philips label in 1962–1966. He recorded almost all of them once again in 1984-1990 along with Mozart's complete piano sonatas. He is also famous for his recordings of Schubert, Brahms and Debussy. At the time of his death at age 88 in the midst of a European concert tour, Arrau was working on a recording of the complete works of Bach for keyboard, and was also preparing some pieces of Haydn, Mendelssohn, Reger and Busoni, and Boulez's third piano sonata. On March 26, 2021, Pristine Classical released what it called "a sonic overhaul" of Arrau's "stunningly brilliant" 1942 RCA studio recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, remastered from an issue in 1988, which had "sat in the vaults [of RCA] for 46 years."[10] Critics Olin Downes, reviewing a recital of Mozart, Schumann, Ravel and Debussy works in The New York Times, described Claudio Arrau as "a pianist of most exceptional equipment, imagination and unfailing taste."[1] In 1963, according to various critics, he was a man with "no equal at the present time in point of technical stature and depth of musical imagination," "the No. 1 pianist of our time," a "pianistic titan," a "lion of the piano," or, if you like, a "neo-Liszt from the Tropic of Capricorn".[4] Daniel Barenboim said that Claudio Arrau had a particular sound with two aspects: first a thickness, full-bodied and orchestral, and second an utterly disembodied timbre, quite spellbinding.[11] Sir Colin Davis said: "His sound is amazing, and it is entirely his own... no one else has it exactly that way. His devotion to Liszt is extraordinary. He ennobles that music in a way no one else in the world can."[11] According to American critic Harold C. Schonberg, Arrau always put "a decidedly romantic piano tone in his interpretations".[12] Karl Schumann, Germany's leading music critic, said in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on June 2, 1986: "Is it not Claudio Arrau who is the most musical and deeply serious piano phenomenon of our time?".[13] According to Joseph Horowitz: "His earliest recordings, extending into the forties, are his most mercurial, and are buffed with the glistening tonal refinements mentioned in his early New York reviews. His recorded performances of the following decade or so are more majestically placed; given room to maneuver, he is more likely to linger than to bolt. (...) Then, sometimes around 1960, the recordings document a different change. An emerging undercurrent of raw feeling not only dictates yet slower tempos and grander rubatos, but adds to the dignified architecture of Arrau's sound a steady projection of human frailty. (...) How did this change come about? (...) At the risk of resorting to cut-rate psychology, I am tempted to cite, as well, the event Arrau recalls as 'the greatest shock in my life": his mother's death in 1959. Perhaps mourning opened new emotional pathways. Perhaps the disappearance of a pervasive authority figure freed or emboldened him to make a more vulnerable statement in his art."[14] John von Rhein wrote in 1991 in the Chicago Tribune: "He was among the least flamboyant of pianists, avoiding virtuosic display as rigorously as some pianists seek it out; yet there was never any doubt of his virtuoso technique. He commanded a rich sonority, each chord superbly weighted, the fingerwork a model of finely chiseled clarity, the shape of each phrase deeply considered. Sometimes Mr. Arrau's penchant for slow tempos and emphasis on inner detail could seem fussy, depriving his performances of spontaneity and momentum. At his considerable best, however, he was among the most deeply satisfying interpreters of Mozart, Brahms, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin and particularly Beethoven, whose works held a position in his repertoire comparable to that of his great colleague, pianist Rudolf Serkin.[15] Honours Bust of Arrau in the Chilean commune of Quinta Normal, located in Santiago de Chile Arrau commemorative plaque in the German district of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, in Berlin. Bust of Arrau in his hometown Chillán List of awards, recognitions and medals awarded to Claudio Arrau.[16] 1915-1918: 1915: Prize Rudolph Ibach[17] Gustav Holländer Medal Sachsen-Gothaische Medal 1918: Stern Conservatory's Exceptional Honours Diploma in Piano 1919-1920: Liszt Prize in Germany 1924: Permanent Active Member of the Bach Society in Santiago de Chile) 1927: Grand Prix of the Concours International des Pianistes (International Pianist Competition) from Geneva, Suiza. The jury was composed by Arthur Rubinstein, Joseph Pembauer, Ernest Schelling, Alfred Cortot and José Vianna da Motta.[18] 1941: Illustrious Son of Chillán 1944: Gold Medal in Appreciation from the Chilean government 1949: Favorite Son of Mexico 1949: Honorary degree from the University of Chile 1954: Honorary Member of the University of Chile's Faculty of Music 1954: Illustrious Son of Santiago 1958: Royal Philharmonic Society medal 1959: Honorary Citizen from Santiago 1959: Worthy Son of Chillán 1959: Gold Medal and Honorary Citizen of Concepcion 1959: Honorary Member of the University of Concepcion 1965: Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France 1970: The Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1973: Citation by United Jewish Appeal for support and contribution in solidarity with the Jewish people 1980: Hans von Bülow Medal by Berlin Philharmonic, Germany 1982: Doctor of Humane Letters by University of Vermont, United States 1983: La Orden del Águila Azteca (The Order of the Aztec Eagle) in Mexico 1983: Honorary Member of the Pan American Society 1983: The Philadelphia's bowl, United States 1983: First Honorary Member of the Düsseldorf, Germany Robert Schumann Society 1983: Commander of the Legion of Honor in France 1983: The International Music Award by UNESCO 1983: Commander of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia 1983: Beethoven's medal in New York City 1983: Honorary degree from the University of Oxford, England 1983: National Prize of Musical Arts of Chile 1984: Honorary degree from the University of Concepcion 1984: Honorary degree from the University from Bio-Bio 1984: Honorary Member from Academy of Fine Arts of Chile 1984: Highest Distinction Award from the Inter-American Music Council and the Organization of American States 1986: Freedom Award from the Mayor of the New York City 1988: The Teresa Carreño Medal in Venezuela 1988: Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society of London 1990: Gold Medal from the Royal Philharmonic Society of London (posthumously delivered to his daughter Carmen) 1991: Unfinished Arrau performance with his Robert Schumann Medal at a recital scheduled for June 1991 in Düsseldorf, Germany. 1991: The Robert Schumann Society established the Arrau Medal in 1991. The medal is awarded to a pianist who is especially committed to the spirit and tradition of Claudio Arrau's keyboard art.[16] Examples include András Schiff, Martha Argerich and Murray Perahia.[19] 1991: Cultural Medal known as Citizen of the World, awarded by the Palacio de la Moneda de Chile. 2012: Entry into the Gramophone Hall of Fame[20] ***** Remembering Claudio Arrau on the tenth anniversary of his passing "He is a high priest of absolute textual interpretation coupled with virtuosity," wrote the noted German critic Joachim Kaiser in an attempt to capture the mystery of Arrau's playing. Claudio Arrau, the legendary Chilean-American pianist who passed away on June 9, 1991, was an artist without any spectacular mannerisms or interpretative excesses. An earnest, reserved man, he kept the lid on his emotional depths, only subtly granting insights into their richness during his performances. In an obituary that appeared in "The Times" of June 10, 1991, Richard Morrison wrote that "he made his technique and his character subservient to music, not vice versa." Claudio Arrau was born in Chillán, Chile, on February 6, 1903, and gave his first recital in Santiago at the age of five. Two years later, he and his entire family left for Berlin on a government grant. From 1913 to 1918 he studied with Martin Krause, one of the great teachers of his time and one of Liszt's last pupils. Arrau made his formal debut at 11, played under the direction of the famed Arthur Nikisch at 12 and made his Berlin Philharmonic and London debuts at 17. At 16 and 17, he also pulled off the incredible feat of winning the Liszt Prize twice in a row, a feat made all the more remarkable considering that it hadn't been awarded in 45 years. Arrau's international career began when, at the age of 20, he came to the United States for the first time. In 1927 he won First Prize at the International Geneva Competition, judged by a jury that included Cortot and Rubinstein. In 1935 he was the first pianist ever to play the complete keyboard works of J.S. Bach in 12 recitals, and in subsequent seasons, all of the Beethoven sonatas and Mozart sonatas, as well as the works of Schubert and Weber. In 1941 Arrau returned to the United States, giving a sensational Carnegie Hall recital which added the final jewel to the crown of his international fame. An indefatigable performer, Arrau undertook countless tours, sometimes playing over 100 concerts a year. While his vast repertoire ranged from Bach to contemporary composers, it clearly centered around the composers of the Romantic era. He was celebrated above all for his performances of Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt and Debussy. Arrau was hailed as one of the last representatives of the pianistic tradition of creative liberty that had been passed on directly from Liszt. Yet in spite of his astounding technique, he preferred to appear as an "anti-virtuoso", whose rigor and precision never flagged. "Despite its apparently rhetorical sweep and its boldness of conception," wrote Jeremy Siepmann in "The Guardian" on June 11, 1991, "Arrau's playing was essentially that of a seeker, an asker of questions on an epic scope." In 1967 Arrau renounced his Chilean citizenship to protest the political situation in his country. He became a U.S. citizen and did not return to Chile until 1984, whereupon he was greeted as a national hero. During the years of Chile's right-wing dictatorship, Arrau actively expressed his opposition to the regime by giving benefit concerts. Amnesty International, for example, was one such beneficiary in a concert given in Munich in 1976 and recorded by Unitel. Leonard Bernstein conducted the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in an all-Beethoven program consisting of the Leonore Overture No. 3, the Symphony No. 5 and, with Arrau as soloist, the Piano Concerto No. 4. Incidentally, Bernstein had met Arrau 30 years previously, when he led a concert of the New York City Symphony in which Arrau played the Brahms D minor Concerto. At a party following the concert, Bernstein met a compatriot of the Chilean pianist, the beautiful young actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn, who soon became Bernstein's wife. Claudio Arrau, "one of the greatest and most delightful pianists of our time" (Sir Colin Davis in "The Times", June 10, 1991), passed away in Mürzzuschlag, Austria on June 9, 1991 after having thrilled audiences world-wide with his subtle understanding of music and his restrained virtuosity. *** Claudio Arrau León (1903-1991) | Presentación El mayor pianista de Chile para el mundo Claudio Arrau nació en Chillán un 6 de febrero de 1903. Su padre, Carlos Arrau Ojeda, falleció cuando él tenía sólo un año. Su madre, Lucrecia León, profesora de piano, encaminó sus primeros pasos y aprendizajes en el mundo de la música. Su capacidad fue tal, que a los 5 años realizó su primer concierto en el Teatro Municipal de Chillán. Hacia 1909, completó una serie de audiciones ante congresistas y el Presidente Pedro Montt, las que se tradujeron en la entrega de una beca que duró diez años –a partir de 1911- para cursar estudios en Alemania, momento en el cual se transformaría en un verdadero ciudadano del mundo. Trasladado a Berlín, junto a su madre y hermanos, Carlos y Lucrecia, emprendió sus estudios junto a maestros de gran prestigio. En 1913, a partir del acercamiento que se produjo con Rosita Renard, quien se encontraba estudiando piano en la misma ciudad europea, se vinculó al maestro Martín Krause. La relación entre ambos trascendió el carácter académico, pues Arrau lo consideró su figura paterna. La muerte de Krause, en 1918, causó en el joven un duro revés. Ya consagrado en Alemania hacia la década de 1920, intérprete avezado tanto en música clásico-romántica como composiciones contemporáneas vanguardistas, Arrau emprendió varias giras por Norteamérica, Sudamérica y Chile que acabaron por confirmar mundialmente su virtuosismo. En 1933 debutó musicalmente en México. Allí, tres años más tarde interpretó la música de la película de José Bohr Sueño de amor, basada en la vida de Liszt, y participó en el film del mismo director ¿Quién mató a Eva? Al comenzar la Segunda Guerra Mundial abandonó, junto a su esposa, su residencia en la Alemania nazi, radicándose en los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica. Comenzó a ser difundido masivamente a través de dos rollos de pianola, producidos en Londres en 1922, pero fue con las innumerables producciones discográficas realizadas desde la década de 1950 que se produjo la masificación de Arrau en el mundo entero, alcanzando a públicos de los más variados segmentos. El repertorio recurrente de Arrau estuvo conformado por obras de Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin y Debussy. De autores chilenos sólo se podrían contar unas pocas obras de Pedro Humberto Allende, Acario Cotapos y Domingo Santa Cruz. Su vida estuvo marcada por la ausencia de Chile, aún cuando se cuentan cerca de veinte visitas musicales, siempre caracterizadas por la calurosa recepción popular. A sus ochenta años le fue otorgado el Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales. Murió en la ciudad de Mürzzuschlag, en Austria, el 9 de junio de 1991..    ebay5907 200