Master Classes with Menahem Pressler

Contents

• A Few Words Before
• Acknowledgements
• A Brief Biography
• Master Classes and Lessons
• Interlude I. Master Classes
• 1. Johann Sebastian Bach
• Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
• 2. Samuel Barber
• Sonata, Op. 26
• Interlude II. Page Turners
• 3. Ludwig van Beethoven
• Thirty-Two Variations in C Minor, WoO 80
• Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 26
• Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3
• Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, Waldstein
• Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110
• 4. Johannes Brahms
• Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Bk. 1
• Klavierstucke, Op. 76
• Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2
• Interlude III. Poor Pianos
• 5. Frederic Chopin
• Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22
• Deux Nocturnes, Op. 27
• Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39
• Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
• Berceuse, Op. 57
• Barcarolle, Op. 60
• Interlude IV. Hotel Stories
• 6. Claude Debussy
• Reflets dans l'eau, from Images, Book 1
• Poisson d'or, from Images, Book II
• 7. George Frideric Handel
• Chaconne in G Major, HWV 442
• Interlude V. Missed Concerts
• 8. Franz Joseph Haydn
• Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, HOB. XVI:52, Mvt. 1
• 9. Franz Liszt
• Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S. 141
• Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178
• Interlude VI. Funny Stories
• 10. Felix Mendelssohn
• Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14
• 11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 281
• Piano Concerto in C Minor, K. 491
• Piano Sonata in D Major, K. 576
• Interlude VII. Stories about Pianists
• 12. Serge Prokofiev
• Piano Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 29
• 13. Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6
• Interlude VIII. Honorary Citizenship in Magdeburg, Germany
• 14. Maurice Ravel
• Sonatine
• Miroirs
• Interlude IX. Through Hell and Back
• 15. Franz Schubert
• Sonata in A minor, D. 784, Op. 143
• Sonata in A minor, D. 845, Op. 42
• Impromptus, D. 899, Op. 90
• Interlude X. A New Love
• 16. Robert Schumann
• Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11, Grosse Sonate
• Faschingschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
• Appendix A. Menahem Pressler's Musical Ancestry
• Appendix B. Tributes from Former Students and Other Musicians
• Bibliography
• Index of Compositions
• Index of Names and Concepts