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50 Best Piano Classics

Mikhail Pletnev (piano), André Watts (piano), Stanislav Bunin (piano), Dame Moura Lympany (piano), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), John Ogdon (piano), Michael Nyman (piano), Alexis Weissenberg (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano), Bunin, Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Cécile Ousset...

  • Release Date: 1st Mar 2010
  • Catalogue No: 4575402
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: 50 Best
  • Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

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Contents

Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post.

Work length4:23
$1.30
$1.70
  • Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
  • Recorded: 1989-11-01
  • Recording Venue: St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, nr Newbury, Berks, November 1989

Liszt: Six Grand Etudes After Paganini (2001 Remastered Version): III. No.3 'La Campanella'

Work length4:35
$1.30
$1.70
  • André Watts (piano)
  • Recorded: 1985-11-15
  • Recording Venue: Recorded 12-15, November 1985 - American Academy Institute of Arts & letters, NYC - NY

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight': Adagio sostenuto

Work length7:15
$1.30
$1.70
  • Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
  • Recorded: 1988-06-03
  • Recording Venue: 26 May to 3 June 1988, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Chopin: Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse'

Work length4:55
$1.30
$1.70
  • Stanislav Bunin (piano)
  • Recorded: 1998-01-01

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, Op. 6 No. 2, K. 331 "Alla Turca": III. Allegretto. Turkish March

Work length3:37
$1.30
$1.70
  • Dame Moura Lympany (piano)
  • Recorded: 1988-01-19
  • Recording Venue: 18/19 January 1988, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Debussy: Préludes, Livre I, CD 125, L. 117: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin

Work length2:37
$1.30
$1.70
  • Dame Moura Lympany (piano)
  • Recorded: 1990-03-02
  • Recording Venue: 1/2 March 1990, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road

Schubert: 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 3 in F Minor

Work length1:33
$1.30
$1.70
  • Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
  • Recorded: 1994-12-20
  • Recording Venue: 19/20 December 1994, Abbey Road Studios, London

Chopin: Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz'

Work length1:48
$1.30
$1.70
  • John Ogdon (piano)
  • Recorded: 1968-06-16
  • Recording Venue: 14-16 June 1968

Nyman: Music for Jane Campion's Film "The Piano": No. 4 "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" - No. 6 "The Promise"

Work length1:36
$1.30
$1.70
  • Michael Nyman (piano)
  • Recorded: 1993-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Arco Studios, Munich

Bach, J S: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: No. 10, Choral. "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" (Arr. for Piano)

Work length3:31
$1.30
$1.70
  • Alexis Weissenberg (piano)
  • Recorded: 1972-12-31
  • Recording Venue: December 1972, Salle Wagram, Paris

Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque'

Work length6:32
$1.30
$1.70
  • Martha Argerich (piano)
  • Recorded: 1965-06-27
  • Recording Venue: 23, 24 & 27 June 1965 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59)

Work length2:26
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano)
  • Recorded: 1968-09-21
  • Recording Venue: Recorded 20 & 21 1968, Tokyo

Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 in A major 'Spring Song'

Work length2:11
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano)
  • Recorded: 1968-09-21
  • Recording Venue: Recorded 20 & 21 September 1968, Tokyo

Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66 (Allegro agitato - Moderato cantabile)

Work length5:01
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bunin, Stanislav Bunin (piano)
  • Recorded: 1996-09-01

Mozart: Rondo in D major, K485

Work length4:35
$1.30
$1.70
  • Stanislav Bunin (piano), Stanislav Bunin (musician)
  • Recorded: 1991-01-01

Debussy: Arabesque No. 1

Work length4:21
$1.30
$1.70
  • Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
  • Recorded: 1991-04-19
  • Recording Venue: 11th - 19th April 1991, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte

Work length6:20
$1.30
$1.70
  • Cécile Ousset (piano)
  • Recorded: 1988-10-26
  • Recording Venue: 24-26 October 1988 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, K. 537 "Coronation": I. Allegro (Excerpt)

Work length3:04
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bavarian Radio Chorus & Orchestra, Christian Zacharias (piano)
  • Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  • David Zinman
  • Recorded: 1986-10-31
  • Recording Venue: Recorded 29-31 Oct 1986, Herkulessaal der Residens, Munich

Chopin: Waltz No. 1 in E flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 18

Work length4:45
$1.30
$1.70
  • Alexis Weissenberg (piano)
  • Recorded: 1981-12-31
  • Recording Venue: Recorded 28-30.12.1981, Salle Wagram, Paris

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue: excerpt

Work length3:23
$1.30
$1.70
  • Wayne Marshall (piano)
  • Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
  • Wayne Marshall
  • Recorded: 1994-09-30
  • Recording Venue: Aug-Sept 1994, Aalborg Symphonien, Aalborg

Satie: La belle excentrique: No. 1, Grande ritournelle (Piano 4-Hands Version)

Work length1:34
$1.30
$1.70
  • Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Gabriel Tacchino (piano)
  • Recorded: 1999-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 21 January 1986, Salle Wagram, Paris

Chopin: Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key'

Work length1:52
$1.30
$1.70
  • Stanislav Bunin (piano), Stanislav Bunin (musician)
  • Recorded: 1998-01-01

Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op.12 (2000 Remastered Version)

Work length2:47
$1.30
$1.70
  • Martha Argerich (piano)
  • Recorded: 1978-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 7 May 1978. 'Live' at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.

Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14

Work length6:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • Helmut Roloff (piano)
  • Recorded: 1995-12-31
  • Recording Venue: Recorded 21/22.10.1963, Studio Zehland, Berlin

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": I. Allegro con brio (Excerpt)

Work length4:12
$1.30
$1.70
  • Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
  • Recorded: 1988-06-30
  • Recording Venue: May & June 1988, Abbey Road Studios, London.

Liszt: Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 No. 4)

Work length7:46
$1.30
$1.70
  • André Watts (musician), André Watts (piano)
  • Recorded: 1985-11-15
  • Recording Venue: 12-15 November 1985 / American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters, New York

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit: Ondine

Work length5:17
$1.30
$1.70
  • Martha Argerich (piano)
  • Recorded: 1978-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 7 May 1978. 'Live' at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.

Fauré: Impromptu No. 2 in F minor, Op. 31

Work length3:46
$1.30
$1.70
  • Cécile Ousset (piano)
  • Recorded: 1982-07-27
  • Recording Venue: 25-27 July 1982/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Satie: Le Piccadilly

Work length1:34
$1.30
$1.70
  • Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
  • Recorded: 1985-01-10
  • Recording Venue: 7,9 & 10.I.1985. Salle Wagram, Paris.

Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65

Work length7:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Thierry de Brünhoff (piano)
  • Recorded: 1967-12-31
  • Recording Venue: Recorded 28-31.V.1963, Salle Wagram, Paris

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 15 in C Major, K. 545: I. Allegro

Work length4:30
$1.30
$1.70
  • Christian Zacharias (piano)
  • Recorded: 1984-12-31
  • Recording Venue: Recorded 2-4 Oct 1985, Neumarkt, Historischer, Reitstadl

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto (Excerpt)

Work length3:13
$1.30
$1.70
  • Alexis Weissenberg (piano)
  • Orchestre National de France
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Recorded: 1979-09-15
  • Recording Venue: Recorded 14/15 Sept 1979, Salle Wagram, Paris

Gershwin: Variations on I Got Rhythm

Work length8:25
$1.30
$1.70
  • Wayne Marshall (piano)
  • Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
  • Wayne Marshall
  • Recorded: 1994-09-30
  • Recording Venue: September 1994 / Aalborg Symphonien, Aalborg

Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1

Work length3:10
$1.30
$1.70
  • Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
  • Recorded: 2000-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 7 November 1983, Salle Wagram, Paris

Satie: Gnossienne No. 1

Work length3:04
$1.30
$1.70
  • Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
  • Recorded: 1999-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 7 November 1983, Salle Wagram, Paris

Debussy: Rêverie

Work length4:56
$1.30
$1.70
  • Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
  • Recorded: 1991-04-19
  • Recording Venue: 11-19 April 1991, Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

Liszt: Un Sospiro from 3 Concert Studies, S144 No. 3

Work length5:43
$1.30
$1.70
  • André Watts (musician), André Watts (piano)
  • Recorded: 1985-11-15

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 'Elvira Madigan': II. Andante (Excerpt)

Work length5:20
$1.30
$1.70
  • Stephen Hough (piano)
  • Hallé Orchestra
  • Bryden Thomson
  • Recorded: 1987-05-31
  • Recording Venue: May 1987, Free Trade Hall, Manchester

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique': 2. Adagio cantabile

Work length5:33
$1.30
$1.70
  • Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
  • Recorded: 1997-05-31
  • Recording Venue: 25-31 May 1997, Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London London

Albéniz: España, Op. 165: No. 2, Tango (Arr. Godowsky)

Work length3:17
$1.30
$1.70
  • Dame Moura Lympany (piano)
  • Recorded: 1988-01-19
  • Recording Venue: 18-19 January 1988, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road London

Liszt: Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major

Work length4:52
$1.30
$1.70
  • Tzimon Barto (piano)
  • Recorded: 1988-06-20
  • Recording Venue: June 1988: No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book I, Op. 19b: No. 1, Andante con moto, MWV U86

Work length4:12
$1.30
$1.70
  • Daniel Adni (piano)
  • Recorded: 1972-01-28
  • Recording Venue: 27-28 January 1972: Studio No. 1, Abbey Road

Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major

Work length0:52
$1.30
$1.70
  • John Ogdon (piano)
  • Recorded: 1968-06-16
  • Recording Venue: Recorded 14-16 June 1968.

Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Aria

Work length3:04
$1.30
$1.70
  • Maria Tipo (piano)
  • Recorded: 1986-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 26 & 28 June 1986, Salle Wagram, Paris

Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 7, Vogel als Prophet

Work length3:38
$1.30
$1.70
  • Dame Moura Lympany (piano)
  • Recorded: 1990-03-02
  • Recording Venue: 1/2 March 1990, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Debussy: Estampes, CD 108, L. 100: No. 1, Pagodes

Work length5:11
$1.30
$1.70
  • Cécile Ousset (piano)
  • Recorded: 1982-07-27
  • Recording Venue: 25-27 July 1982/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Scriabin: Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9: No. 2, Nocturne in D-Flat Major

Work length5:44
$1.30
$1.70
  • Alexis Weissenberg (piano)
  • Recorded: 1979-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 31 December 1979. France

Chopin: Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2

Work length5:29
$1.30
$1.70
  • Maurizio Pollini (piano)
  • Recorded: 1968-07-03
  • Recording Venue: 17-21 April & 1-3 July 1968. Salle Wagram, Paris

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 - Andante

Work length6:07
$1.30
$1.70
  • Dmitri Alexeev (piano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Jerzy Maksymiuk
  • Recorded: 1983-01-01
  • Recording Venue: May 1983, St John's, Smith Square, London

Chopin: Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57

Work length4:24
$1.30
$1.70
  • Peter Donohoe (piano)
  • Recorded: 1992-02-26
  • Recording Venue: 24-26 February 1992, Butterworth Hall, University of Warwick

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