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
8▶CD: J.S. Bach
9▶CD: Beethoven
10▶CD: Beethoven
11▶CD: Beethoven
12▶CD: Beethoven
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
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1Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Tunes, S123
piano:
Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada
recording of:
Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Melodies for piano and orchestra, S. 123
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (from 1846 until 1852)
dedicated to:
Hans von Bülow (German conductor and composer)
premiered at:
[concert] (1853-06-01)
publisher:
Gustav Heinze (in 1864)
part of:
The Music of Liszt (number: S. 123)
is based on:
19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 / R. 106: No. 14 in F minor, S. 244 no. 14
Franz Liszt14:12
2Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, S124: I Allegro Maestoso
piano:
Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E‐flat major, S. 124: I. Allegro maestoso
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (from 1830 until 1856)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E‐flat major, S. 124
Franz Liszt5:06
3Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, S124: Iia Quasi Adagio
piano:
Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E‐flat major, S. 124: II. Quasi adagio
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (from 1830 until 1856)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E‐flat major, S. 124
Franz Liszt4:36
4Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, S124: III Allegretto Vivace
piano:
Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E‐flat major, S. 124: III. Allegretto vivace – Allegro animato
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (from 1830 until 1856)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E‐flat major, S. 124
Franz Liszt4:07
5Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, S124: IV Allegro Marziale Animato
piano:
Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E‐flat major, S. 124: IV. Allegro marziale animato
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (from 1830 until 1856)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E‐flat major, S. 124
Franz Liszt4:13
6Piano Concerto No.2 in A major, S125: I Adagio Sostenuto Assai - Allegro Agitato Assai
piano:
Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in A major, S. 125 (single movement)
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (from 1839 until 1861, from 1849 until 1861)
dedicated to:
Hans Bronsart Von Schellendorff (German composer)
premiered at:
[concert] (1857-01-07)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label) (in 1863)
part of:
The Music of Liszt (number: S. 125)
is based on:
Concerto sans orchestre, S. 524a
Franz Liszt7:04
7Piano Concerto No.2 in A major, S125: II Allegro Moderato
piano:
Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in A major, S. 125 (single movement)
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (from 1839 until 1861, from 1849 until 1861)
dedicated to:
Hans Bronsart Von Schellendorff (German composer)
premiered at:
[concert] (1857-01-07)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label) (in 1863)
part of:
The Music of Liszt (number: S. 125)
is based on:
Concerto sans orchestre, S. 524a
Franz Liszt5:04
8Piano Concerto No.2 in A major, S125: III Allegro Deciso - Marziale Un Poco Meno Allegro
piano:
Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in A major, S. 125 (single movement)
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (from 1839 until 1861, from 1849 until 1861)
dedicated to:
Hans Bronsart Von Schellendorff (German composer)
premiered at:
[concert] (1857-01-07)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label) (in 1863)
part of:
The Music of Liszt (number: S. 125)
is based on:
Concerto sans orchestre, S. 524a
Franz Liszt6:57
9Piano Concerto No.2 in A major, S125: IV Allegro Animato
piano:
Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in A major, S. 125 (single movement)
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (from 1839 until 1861, from 1849 until 1861)
dedicated to:
Hans Bronsart Von Schellendorff (German composer)
premiered at:
[concert] (1857-01-07)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label) (in 1863)
part of:
The Music of Liszt (number: S. 125)
is based on:
Concerto sans orchestre, S. 524a
Franz Liszt1:52
10Totentanz, S126 - Paraphrase on "Dies Irae" for Piano and Orchestra
piano:
Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada
recording of:
Totentanz, S. 126/2 (for piano and orchestra, published version)
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
dedicated to:
Hans von Bülow (German conductor and composer)
premiered by:
Hans von Bülow (German conductor and composer) (on 1865-04-15)
premiered at:
[concert] (1865-04-15)
is based on:
Dies Irae (plainchant)
revision of:
Totentanz, S. 126/1 (early unpublished version)
Franz Liszt15:22
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 (pianist)
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 (pianist), 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 (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 (pianist)
Piano Concertos nos. 4 & 5 “Emperor” by Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); Friedrich Gulda (pianist), 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 (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 (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)