Essential Piano - The Ultimate Piano Collection

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Album Summary

Performers

• Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Andras Schiff (Piano)
• Zoltan Kocsis (Piano)
• Radu Lapu (Piano)
• Jorge Bolet (Piano)
• Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
• Julius Katchen (Piano)
• Shura Cherkassky (Piano)
• Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Joseph Cooper (Piano)
• Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
• Alicia De Larrocha (Piano)
• Pascal Rogé (Piano)

Conductors

• Ashkenazy, Vladimir
• Davis, Colin
• De Waart, Edo
• Maazel, Lorin
• Segal, Uri

Ensembles

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• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Cleveland Orchestra
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Philharmonia Orchestra
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Erik Satie (Composer) (1866 - 1925)
• Anton Rubinstein (1829 - 1894)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941)
• Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909)

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Works Details

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight" :: I. Adagio sostenuto

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 :: Aria

• Performer: Andras Schiff (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1741

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18 :: II. Adagio sostenuto

• Performer: Zoltan Kocsis (Piano)
• Conductor: Edo De Waart
• Running Time: 10 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1900-1901

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Waltz for Piano in E flat major, B 62/Op. 18 "Grande valse brillante"

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1831-1832

Schumann, Robert : Kinderszenen, Op. 15

• Performer: Radu Lapu (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838

Liszt, Franz : Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172

• Performer: Jorge Bolet (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1849-1850

Satie, Erik [Composer] : Gymnopedie for piano no 1

• Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1888

Grieg, Edvard : Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16 :: II. Adagio

• Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1868

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147 :: Jesu, joy of man's desiring

• Performer: Julius Katchen (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 :: II. Andantino semplice

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1874

Rubinstein, Anton : Melodie :: Melody in F, Op. 3 no 1

• Performer: Shura Cherkassky (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1852

Ravel, Maurice : Pavane pour une infante défunte

• Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1899

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467 :: II. Andante

• Performer: Radu Lapu (Piano)
• Conductor: Uri Segal
• Running Time: 7 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1785

Schubert, Franz : Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94

• Performer: Radu Lapu (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1823

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1810

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212

• Performer: Jorge Bolet (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1847

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

• Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466 :: II. Romance (excerpt)

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1785

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique" :: II. Adagio cantabile

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1797-1798

Debussy, Claude : Children's Corner

• Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1906-1908

Schubert, Franz : Impromptu in G flat major, D 899, no 9

• Performer: Radu Lapu (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: ?1827

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i) :: III. Rondo alla turca

• Performer: Andras Schiff (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1783.
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1783

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor" :: II. Adagio un poco mosso

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1809

Sinding, Christian : Rustle of Spring (Frühlingsrauchen), for piano, Op. 32/3

• Performer: Joseph Cooper (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1896

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1830-1832

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488 :: II. Andante

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1786

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Nocturne for Piano no 1 in E flat minor, Op. 33 no 1

• Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
• Running Time: 7 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1875

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102 :: II. Andante

• Performer: Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1957

Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909) : Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7 :: Sevilla

• Performer: Alicia De Larrocha (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Liszt, Franz : Liebesträume for Piano, S 541

• Performer: Jorge Bolet (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843-1850