100 BEST PIANO CLASSICS

 

CD1

1. CHOPIN Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. posth, Mikhail Pletnev

2. LISZT 12 Transcendental Studies La Campanella, André Watts

3. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 14 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’ I Adagio sostenuto Mikhail Pletnev

4. CHOPIN Etude Op. 10 No. 3: Lento ma non troppo, Stanislav Bunin

5. MOZART Piano Sonata in A K331 III Rondo alla turca: Allegro, Moura Lympany

6. DEBUSSY Préludes – Book 1 La fille aux cheveux de lin, Moura Lympany

7. SCHUBERT Moment musical D780 No. 3 Allegro moderato, Stephen Kovacevich

8. CHOPIN Waltz in D flat Op. 64 No. 1, John Ogdon

9. NYMAN The Piano soundtrack, The heart asks pleasure first, Michael Nyman

10. BACH (trans. Myra Hess) ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’ from Cantata BWV 147, Alexis Weissenberg

11. CHOPIN Polonaise in A flat Op. 53 ‘Heroic’, Martha Argerich

12. BEETHOVEN Für Elise, Jean-Bernard Pommier

13. MENDELSSOHN Frühlingslied Op. 62 No. 6, Jean-Bernard Pommier

14. CHOPIN Fantaisie-Impromptu in C charp minor Op. 66, Stanislav Bunin
15. MOZART Rondo in D K485, Stanislav Bunin

16. DEBUSSY Arabesque No. 1, Aldo Ciccolini

17. RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte, Cécile Ousset

 

CD2

1. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 26 in D K537, ‘Coronation’ I Allegro (extract)

Christian Zacharias, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / David Zinman

2. CHOPIN Grande valse brillante in E flat Op. 18, Alexis Weissenberg

3. GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue (extract), Aalborg Symphony / Wayne Marshall

4. SATIE La belle excentrique I Grande ritournelle, Aldo Ciccolini

5. CHOPIN Etude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat, Stanislav Bunin

6. SCHUMANN  Fantasiestücke Op. 12 Aufschwung, Martha Argerich

7. MENDELSSOHN Rondo capriccioso in E Op. 14, Helmut Roloff

8. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53, ‘Waldstein’ I Allegro (extract), John Ogdon

9. LISZT Années de pèlerinage: Troisième année, Italie Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este, André Watts

10. RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit I Ondine, Martha Argerich

11. FAURÉ Impromptu No. 2 in F minor Op. 31, Cécile Ousset

12. SATIE Le Piccadilly, Aldo Ciccolini

13. WEBER Invitation to the Dance in D flat Op.65, Thierry de Brünhoff

14. MOZART Piano Sonata in C K545 I Allegro, Christian Zacharias

15. RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30 III Allegro ma non tanto (extract)

Alexis Weissenberg, Orchestre National de France / Leonard Bernstein

16. GERSHWIN (trans. W.C. Schoenfield) I Got Rhythm, Aalborg Symphony / Wayne Marshall

 

CD3

1. SATIE Gymnopédie No. 1, Aldo Ciccolini

2. SATIE Gnossienne No. 1,  Aldo Ciccolini

3. DEBUSSY Rêverie, Aldo Ciccolini

4. LISZT Un sospiro, André Watts

5. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C K467 II Andante, Stephen Hough, Hallé Orchestra / Bryden Thomson

6. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 31 ‘Pathétique’ II Adagio cantabile, Stephen Kovacevich

7. ALBENIZ (transcribed by Leopold Godowsky) Tango Op. 165 No. 2, Moura Lympany

8. LISZT Consolation No. 3 in D flat, Tzimon Barto

9. MENDELSSOHN Song without Words No. 1 in E Op. 19b No. 1, Daniel Adni

10. CHOPIN Prelude in A Op. 28 No. 7, John Ogdon

11. BACH Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Aria, Maria Tipo

12. SCHUMANN Waldszenen Op. 82 Der Vogel als Prophet, Moura Lympany

13. DEBUSSY Estampes II Pagodes, Cécile Ousset

14. SCRIABIN Nocturne in D flat Op. 9 No. 2, Alexis Weissenberg

15. CHOPIN Nocturne in D flat Op. 27 No. 2, Aldo Ciccolini

16. SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Op. 102 II Adagio, Dmitri Alexeev, English Ch. Orch / Jerzy Maksymiuk

17. CHOPIN Berceuse in D flat Op. 57, Peter Donohoe

 

CD4

1. CHOPIN Etude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor, ‘Revolutionary’, Stanislav Bunin

2. BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat Op. 73, ‘Emperor’ (extract), Emil Gilels, Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell

3. GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 (extract), Sviatoslav Richter, Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra / Lovro von Mata

4. CHOPIN Polonaise No. 3 in A Op. 40 No. 1 ‘Military’ (extract), John Ogdon

5. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’, Moura Lympany

6. DVORAK Slavonic Dance in E minor Op. 46 No. 2, Michel Béroff, Jean-Philippe Collard

7. SCRIABIN Etude Op. 8 No. 12, Stephen Kovacevich

8. BACH The Well-Tempered Klavier, Book 1 Prelude in C, Edwin Fischer

9. BARTÓK  Piano Concerto No. 3 I Allegretto, Peter Donohoe, City of Birmingham S.O. /Simon Rattle

10. CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35 III Funeral March, Mikhail Pletnev

11. RACHMANINOV Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2, Alexis Weissenberg

12. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’, Stephen Kovacevich

13. CHOPIN Scherzo No. 3 in F sharp minor Op. 39, Martha Argerich

14. BALAKIREV Islamey, Andrei Gavrilov

15. MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition The Great Gate of Kiev, Alexis Weissenberg

16. TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 (extract) Andrei Gavrilov, Philharmonia / Riccardo Muti

 

CD5

1. LISZT Liebesträume, Alexis Weissenberg

2. DEBUSSY Suite bergamasque Clair de lune, Alexis Weissenberg

3. RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 (extract) Andrei Gavrilov, Philharmonia /Riccardo Muti

4. CHOPIN Prelude in D flat Op. 28 No. 15 ‘Raindrop’, John Ogdon

5. DEBUSSY Valse romantique, Aldo Ciccolini

6. RAVEL Jeux d’eau, Cécile Ousset

7. LISZT Valse-impromptu, Alexis Weissenberg

8. BRAHMS Waltz Op. 39 No. 15, Jean-Bernard Pommier

9. RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Op. 43 Variation No. 18

Cécile Ousset, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle

10. CHOPIN Nocturne in F sharp Op. 15 No. 2, Maurizio Pollini

11. RAVEL Alborada del gracioso, Cécile Ousset

12. SCARLATTI Sonata in D minor, ‘Pastorale’ L413, Aldo Ciccolini

13. MOZART Klavierstück in F K33b, Stanislav Bunin

14. LISZT Trois Études de concert I Valse oubliée, André Watts

15. CHOPIN Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2, John Ogdon

16. DEBUSSY Petite Suite II En bateau, Michel Béroff, Jean-Philippe Collard

17. CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 in F minor Op. 11 I Allegro maestoso (extract)

Martha Argerich, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal / Charles Dutoit

 

CD6

1. BADARZEWSKA The Maiden’s Prayer, Jean-Bernard Pommier

2. DVORAK Humoreske, André Watts

3. SCHUMANN Kinderszenen Op. 15 Träumerei, Mikhail Pletnev

4. BACH Invention No.1 in C BWV 772, Aldo Ciccolini

5. HANDEL The Harmonious Blacksmith, Moura Lympany

6. DAQUIN Le coucou, Moura Lympany

7. MOMPOU Cançions y danzas No. 1, Gonzalo Soriano

8. DEBUSSY Children’s Corner, Golliwogg’s Cakewalk, Moura Lympany

9. CHOPIN Nocturne in E flat Op. 9 No. 2, John Ogdon

10. BACH Sinfonia No.1 in C BWV 787, Aldo Ciccolini

11. RUBINSTEIN Melodie No. 1 in F Op. 3 No. 1, Moura Lympany

12. TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons Op.37 November: Troika, Mikhail Pletnev

13. TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons Op.37 June: Barcarolle, Mikhail Pletnev

14. BACH Chorale Prelude BWV 645 ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’, Stanislav Bunin

15. BEETHOVEN Menuet in G, Moura Lympany

16. FAURE Dolly Suite Op. 56 Berceuse, Jean-Philippe Collard, Bruno Rigutto

17. SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘Trout’ IV Theme & Variations, Sviatoslav Richter, Borodin Quartet Members

 

This superb value-for-money collection features the top 100 piano tracks. From Grieg to Gershwin, Bach to Beethoven or Mozart to Mussorgsky, there’s something for all to enjoy here. Best Piano 100 caters for every mood, and includes performances by some of the world’s best pianists.

 

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