Piano Masterworks: The World's Favourite Piano Classics

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1▶CD: J.S. Bach
2▶CD: J.S. Bach
3▶CD: J.S. Bach
4▶CD: J.S. Bach
5▶CD: J.S. Bach
6▶CD: J.S. Bach
7▶CD: J.S. Bach
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9▶CD: Beethoven
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11▶CD: Beethoven
12▼CD: Beethoven
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1Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, op. 15: I. Allegro con brio
piano:
Claudio Arrau (Chilean and American pianist) (in 1964-09)
orchestra:
Concertgebouw Orkest (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) (in 1964-09)
conductor:
Bernard Haitink (conductor) (in 1964-09)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw: Grote Zaal in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 1964-09)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in C major, op. 15: I. Allegro con brio (in 1964-09)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1796 until 1797)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in C major, op. 15
Ludwig van Beethoven16:45
2Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, op. 15: II. Largo
piano:
Claudio Arrau (Chilean and American pianist) (in 1964-09)
orchestra:
Concertgebouw Orkest (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) (in 1964-09)
conductor:
Bernard Haitink (conductor) (in 1964-09)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw: Grote Zaal in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 1964-09)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in C major, op. 15: II. Largo (in 1964-09)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1796 until 1797)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in C major, op. 15
Ludwig van Beethoven11:41
3Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, op. 15: III. Rondo (Allegro scherzando)
piano:
Claudio Arrau (Chilean and American pianist) (in 1964-09)
orchestra:
Concertgebouw Orkest (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) (in 1964-09)
conductor:
Bernard Haitink (conductor) (in 1964-09)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw: Grote Zaal in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 1964-09)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in C major, op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando (in 1964-09)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1796 until 1797)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in C major, op. 15
Ludwig van Beethoven9:32
4Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, op. 56: I. Allegro
cello:
János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist) (in 1970-09)
piano:
Claudio Arrau (Chilean and American pianist) (in 1970-09)
violin:
Henryk Szeryng (violinist) (in 1970-09)
orchestra:
New Philharmonic Orchestra (Alfred Scholz related orchestra used on budget recordings) and Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1970-09)
conductor:
Eliahu Inbal (Israeli conductor) (in 1970-09)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1970-09)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, op. 56 “Triple Concerto”: I. Allegro (in 1970-09)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1803)
part of:
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, op. 56 “Triple Concerto”
Ludwig van Beethoven17:45
5Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, op. 56: II. Largo
cello:
János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist) (in 1970-09)
piano:
Claudio Arrau (Chilean and American pianist) (in 1970-09)
violin:
Henryk Szeryng (violinist) (in 1970-09)
orchestra:
New Philharmonic Orchestra (Alfred Scholz related orchestra used on budget recordings) and Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1970-09)
conductor:
Eliahu Inbal (Israeli conductor) (in 1970-09)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1970-09)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, op. 56 “Triple Concerto”: II. Largo (in 1970-09)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1803)
part of:
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, op. 56 “Triple Concerto”
Ludwig van Beethoven5:24
6Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, op. 56: III. Rondo alla polacca
cello:
János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist) (in 1970-09)
piano:
Claudio Arrau (Chilean and American pianist) (in 1970-09)
violin:
Henryk Szeryng (violinist) (in 1970-09)
orchestra:
New Philharmonic Orchestra (Alfred Scholz related orchestra used on budget recordings) and Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1970-09)
conductor:
Eliahu Inbal (Israeli conductor) (in 1970-09)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1970-09)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, op. 56 “Triple Concerto”: III. Rondo alla polacca (in 1970-09)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1803)
part of:
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, op. 56 “Triple Concerto”
Ludwig van Beethoven14:16
13▶CD: Beethoven
14▶CD: Beethoven
15▶CD: Johannes Brahms
16▶CD: Johannes Brahms
17▶CD: Johannes Brahms
18▶CD: Grieg & Chopin
19▶CD: Chopin
20▶CD: Chopin
21▶CD: Chopin
22▶CD: Chopin
23▶CD: Chopin
24▶CD: Chopin
25▶CD: Debussy
26▶CD: Gershwin
27▶CD: Haydn
28▶CD: Liszt
29▶CD: Liszt
30▶CD: Liszt & Schubert
31▶CD: Mendelssohn
32▶CD: Mendelssohn
33▶CD: Mozart
34▶CD: Mozart
35▶CD: Mozart
36▶CD: Mozart
37▶CD: Mussorgsky & Prokofiev
38▶CD: Prokofiev
39▶CD: Rachmaninoff
40▶CD: Rachmaninoff
41▶CD: Ravel
42▶CD: Ravel & Honegger & Françaix
43▶CD: Satie
44▶CD: Schubert
45▶CD: Schubert
46▶CD: Schubert
47▶CD: Schubert & Brahms & Liszt
48▶CD: Schumann
49▶CD: Schumann
50▶CD: Tchaikovsky & Dohnányi

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includes:3 Gymnopédies & Other Piano Works by Erik Satie (French composer); Pascal Rogé (pianist)
26 Préludes / Barcarolle / Polonaise As‐dur / Scherzo nr. 2 b‐moll by Frédéric Chopin (composer); Martha Argerich (Argentine pianist)
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier by Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician); Friedrich Gulda (Austrian pianist and composer)
Fantasie "Wanderer", Lieder / Fantasien / Hungarian Rhapsody by Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer), Brahms (Johannes Brahms, German composer), Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor); Evgeny Kissin (Russian classical pianist)
Gaspard de la nuit / Jeux d'eau / Miroirs / Valses nobles et sentimentales by Maurice Ravel (French composer); Pascal Rogé (pianist)
Goldberg Variations by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician); Andrei Gavrilov (pianist)
Impromptus by Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer); Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
Kinderszenen / Waldszenen / Papillons / 3 Romanzen by Robert Schumann (German classical composer); Wilhelm Kempff (pianist)
Klavierkonzert nr. 1; Vier Balladen op.10 by Brahms (Johannes Brahms, German composer); Arthur Rubinstein (pianist), Julius Katchen (pianist), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (Israeli orchestra), Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Klavierkonzerte 2 & 3 by Rachmaninoff (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer); Zoltán Kocsis (pianist, conductor), San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart (conductor)
Klavierkonzerte Nos. 2 & 3 by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Friedrich Gulda (Austrian pianist and composer), Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Horst Stein (conductor)
Klaviersonaten opp. 101 & 106 »Hammerklavier« by Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); Emil Gilels (pianist)
Klaviersonaten: Nr. 8 »Pathétique« / Nr. 14 »Mondschein-Sonate« / Nr. 15 »Pastorale« / Nr 24. by Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); Wilhelm Kempff (pianist)
Mazurkas by Frédéric Chopin (composer); Jean-Marc Luisada (pianist)
Piano Concerto no. 1 / Triple Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); Claudio Arrau (Chilean and American pianist), Henryk Szeryng (violinist), János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist), New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Eliahu Inbal (Israeli conductor)
Piano Concerto No. 2 by Brahms (Johannes Brahms, German composer); Wilhelm Backhaus (pianist), Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Hungarian Fantasy / Totentanz by Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor); Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra), Charles Dutoit (conductor), Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist)
Piano concertos no. 20, K. 466 & no. 23 K. 488 by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (classical pianist, aka Stephen Bishop), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (English conductor)
Piano Concertos no. 21, K. 467 & no. 25, K. 503 by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (classical pianist, aka Stephen Bishop), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (English conductor)
Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis (pianist, conductor) / Rachmaninoff (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer)
Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 by Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer); Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), András Schiff (Hungarian-born British classical pianist)
Piano Concertos nos. 4 & 5 “Emperor” by Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); Friedrich Gulda (Austrian pianist and composer), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic), Horst Stein (conductor)
Piano Concertos: nos. 19 & 27 / Piano Sonata K. 280 (Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 19 in F major K. 459 / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 27 in B flat major K. 595) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer); Clara Haskil (Romanian classical pianist), Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960 / Moments musicaux by Franz Schubert (composer); Wilhelm Kempff (pianist)
Piano Sonatas K. 331 "Rondo alla Turca", K. 332 & K. 333 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer); András Schiff (Hungarian-born British classical pianist)
Piano Sonatas Nos. 40, 41, 44, 48, 52 by Joseph Haydn (composer); Святослав Теофилович Рихтер (Sviatoslav Richter, pianist)
Piano Sonatas, op. 109, op. 110 & op. 111 by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Rudolf Serkin (pianist)
Rhapsody in Blue / Piano Concerto in F / An American in Paris by Gershwin (composer); Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Dohnanyi: Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25 by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer), Dohnányi (Hungarian conductor, composer and pianist); Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti (conductor), András Schiff (Hungarian-born British classical pianist)
The 5 Piano Concertos by Prokofiev (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer); Alexander Toradze (pianist), Kirov Orchestra (Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, fka Kirov Orchestra till 1992), Valery Gergiev (conductor)