FAMOUS PIANISTS PLAY

Kissin, Richter, Brendel, Lugansky, Grimaud, Ortiz, Gilels

Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Schumann, Mozart etc.

CD1

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonatas D566 & D894

Sviatoslav Richter piano

CD2

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concertos 1 & 4

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Earl Wild piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein

CD3

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos 3 & 5 ‘Emperor’

Emil Gilels piano

State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR / Kurt Masur

CD4

SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana · Davidsbündlertänze

Géza Anda piano

CD5

MOZART: Piano Concertos 19 & 20

Alfred Brendel piano

Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper / Wilfried Boettcher

CD6

LISZT: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 · Totentanz

Nelson Freire piano

Dresdner Philharmonie / Michel Plasson

CD7

RACHMANINOFF: Études-tableaux Opp. 33 & 39

Nikolai Lugansky piano

CD8

CHOPIN: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

Evgeny Kissin piano

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Kitaenko

CD9

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsodies

Artur Pizarro piano

CD10

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No.2

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G

Hélène Grimaud piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jesús López-Cobos

This 10CD set will appeal to those who simply love the piano, and who want to add to their CD collection some of the greatest concertos and sonatas ever written for piano.

It will also appeal to those who are fascinated not only by the great music, but also by the people who play such challenging music.

On these CDs is a remarkable collection of performers. From great artists of the last century such as Richter, Anda, Gilels and Wild – all of whom rank as among the very greatest pianist of all time, to the young Brendel, recorded at the beginning of his career in the early 1960s in two Mozart concertos. Brendel recently retired from performing and recording having become one of the greatest interpreters of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.

The younger generation is represented by early recordings by performers who are still only in their 30s. Kissin and Lugansky represent the long line of Russian school virtuosos that can be traced back to Anton Rubinstein, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninov, Benno Moseiwitch, Nikolai Medtner, and of course Richter and Gilels.

On these CDs are Richter playing Schubert’s sonata D894, Gilels in Beethoven’s concerto 3&5, Anda in a Schumann recital, Brendel in Mozart concertos 19&20, Freire in Liszt concertos 1&2 and Totentanz, Lugansky in Rachmaninov’s Etudes Tableaux, Kissin is Chopin concertos 1&2, Pizarro in Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies, and Grimaud in Rachmaninov’s Second concerto, and Ravel’s G major concerto.

Brilliant Classics 10cds 9200