Best of the Classics: Classical Masterpieces

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1Prelude in C major BWV 846
harpsichord:
Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord)
harpsichord [cembalo]:
Silvia Čápová (pianist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mediaphon (for copyrights use only – this is the short name used in legal notices by Mediaphon GmbH, aka Mediaphon-Musikproduktion und Verlag GmbH) (from 1980 to present)
recording of:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude (in 1989)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1722)
part of:
Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725) (number: 29)
part of:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846
revision of:
Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846.1/846a: I. Prelude (early version)
J. S. Bach2:08
2Giga in B-flat major BWV 825
harpsichord:
Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord) (in 1990)
recording of:
Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: VII. Gigue (in 1990)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825
J. S. Bach2:20
3Fantasy in D minor K. 397
piano:
Marián Pivka (pianist)
recording of:
Fantasia for Piano in D minor, K. 397/385g
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1782)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, third edition, 1937, K³) (number: K. 385g), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, ninth edition, 2024, K⁹) (number: K. 397), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 397) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: 385g)
W. A. Mozart5:02
4Rondo alla Turca in A minor
piano:
Margarete Babinsky (pianist), Silvia Čápová (pianist), Marián Pivka (pianist) and Svetlana Stanceva (pianist, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
piano [Klavier]:
Marian Pivka (pianist)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 11 in A major, K. 300i/331 “Alla Turca”: III. Rondo alla Turca. Allegretto
composed in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1778)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1783)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 32)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 11 in A major, K. 300i/331 “Alla Turca”
W. A. Mozart3:37
5Moonlight Sonata in C sharp minor op. 27/2; Quasi una fantasia, Adagio sostenutoLudwig van Beethoven6:05
6For Elise, Album Leaf
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist) and Marián Pivka (pianist)
recording of:
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto (Bagatelle for Piano in A minor “Für Elise”, WoO 59)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1808 until 1810)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 15), Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 17) and Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 59)
Ludwig van Beethoven3:04
7Impromptu in A flat majorSchubert7:26
8Moment musical in F minorSchubert1:58
9Scenes of Childhood - Contented
piano:
Marián Pivka (pianist)
recording of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15: No. 5. Glückes genug
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1838)
part of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15
Schumann0:43
10Scenes of Childhood - Important Event
piano:
Marián Pivka (pianist)
recording of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15: No. 6. Wichtige Begebenheit
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1838)
part of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15
Schumann0:54
11Scenes of Childhood - Knight Of The Hobby-horse
piano:
Marián Pivka (pianist)
recording of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15: No. 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1838)
part of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15
Schumann0:48
12Scenes of Childhood - Dreaming
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist), Dieter Goldmann (pianist, Alfred Scholz related) and Marián Pivka (pianist)
recording of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15: No. 7. Träumerei (Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming, original for piano)
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1838)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 17)
part of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15
Schumann2:43
13Venetian Gondola Song op. 30/6Mendelssohn-Bartholdy3:42
14Raindrop Prelude
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist), Christiane Mathé (pianist) and Rudolf Winterstein (pianist)
recording of:
Prélude no. 15 in D‐flat major, op. 28 “Raindrop”: Sostenuto
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1836 until 1839)
part of:
24 Préludes pour le piano, op. 28
Chopin5:35
15Minute Waltz in A flat majorChopin1:52
16Fantaisie-Impromptu
piano:
Dubravka Tomšič (pianist)
recording of:
Fantaisie‐impromptu in C‐sharp minor, op. 66
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1834)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 13) and Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 66)
Chopin5:17
17To Spring op. 43
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist), Dieter Goldmann (pianist, Alfred Scholz related) and Marián Pivka (pianist)
recording of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte III, op. 43: No. 6: Til våren (Lyric Pieces, Book III, op. 43: no. 6: To the Spring)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
part of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte III, op. 43 (Lyric pieces, book III, op. 43)
Grieg3:17
18Erotic op. 43
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist), Dieter Goldmann (pianist, Alfred Scholz related) and Marián Pivka (pianist)
recording of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte III, op. 43: No. 5: Erotikk (for piano)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
part of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte III, op. 43 (Lyric pieces, book III, op. 43)
Grieg2:29
19Love Dream No. 3
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist) and Dieter Goldmann (pianist, Alfred Scholz related)
recording of:
Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As‐Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst” (Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum in A flat major “Dream of Love”, for piano)
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (in 1850)
piano arranger:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
arrangement of:
O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst, S. 298/2 (second version)
part of:
Liebesträume, S. 541
Liszt4:30
20October op. 37a
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist)
recording of:
The Seasons, op. 37a: X. October “Autumn Song”
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Seasons, op. 37a (for piano)
Tchaikovsky3:58
21Waltz in A flat majorBrahms1:25