Contributions
Numerous pianists studied with Arrau, including Karlrobert Kreiten, Garrick Ohlsson, William W. Melton, Roberto Bravo, and Roberto Eyzaguirre among others.
Arrau recorded a considerable part of the piano music of Schumann. He edited Beethoven complete 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 after 1984 along with Mozart complete piano sonatas. He is also famous for his recordings of Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms and Debussy, among others.
Notable recordings:
- Bach: goldberg variations
- Beethoven: complete piano concertos (he recorded them three times) & piano sonatas
- Weber: piano sonata in c major & concert piece, op. 79
- Schubert: piano sonata, D. 958 & piano pieces, D. 946
- Chopin: complete nocturnes & piano concertos
- Schumann: carnaval & fantasia in c major
- Liszt: piano sonata in b minor & complete transcendental Études
- Brahms: complete piano concertos (he recorded them twice) & piano sonata, op. 5
- Debussy: complete preludes & images
- Schoenberg: piano pieces, op. 11
At the time of his death at age 88 in Mürzzuschlag, Austria in the midst of a European concert tour, Arrau was working on a recording of the complete works of Bach for keyboard, and had some pieces from Haydn, Mendelssohn, Reger, Busoni along with Boulez's 3rd piano 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 András Schiff, Martha Argerich and Murray Perahia.
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