A To Z Of Pianists - CD

CD - 1

Eugen d' Albert

 

1. Scherzo in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 16, No. 2

00:03:42

Franz Liszt

Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S. 141/R. 3b (1851)

 

2. Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141/R3b: No. 6 in A Minor

00:04:24

Johannes Brahms

28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 (1863)

 

3. Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 (excerpts)

00:07:42

Franz Liszt

2 Concert Etudes, S145/R6 (1862)

 

4. 2 Concert Etudes, S145/R6: No. 2. Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes)

00:02:32

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2 Morceaux, Op. 10 (1872)

 

5. 2 Morceaux, Op. 10: No. 2. Humoresque in E Minor

00:02:22

Frédéric François Chopin

 

6. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

00:09:25

Johann Sebastian Bach

Nun freut euch, liebe Christen gmein, BWV 734 (arr. F. Busoni for piano) (1708)

 

7. Nun freut euch, liebe Christen gmein, BWV 734 (arr. Busoni for piano)

00:01:55

Frédéric François Chopin

 

8. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

00:07:35

Cécile Chaminade

 

9. Air de ballet, Op. 30

00:02:51

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Les saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37b (1876)

 

10. Les Saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37b: No. 10. October: Autumn Song

00:03:21

Franz Liszt

3 Etudes de concert, S144/R5 (1849)

 

11. 3 etudes de concert, S144/R5: No. 2. Etude in F Minor, "La leggierezza"

00:04:02

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin

Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19, "Sonata-Fantasy" (1897)

 

12. I. Andante

00:06:53

 

13. II. Presto

00:03:12

Maurice Ravel

Miroirs (1905)

 

14. Miroirs: No. 1. Noctuelles

00:04:13

Johann Sebastian Bach

Das Orgelbuchlein, BWV 599-644** (arr. F. Busoni for piano) (1713)

 

15. Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (arr. F. Busoni)

00:03:17

Maurice Ravel

Gaspard de la nuit (1908)

 

16. Gaspard de la Nuit: III. Scarbo

00:08:51

CD - 2

Franz Liszt

Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141/R3b (arr. F. Busoni) (1851)

 

1. Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141/R3b: No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor, "La campanella" (arr. F. Busoni)

00:04:06

Ossip Gabrilovich

 

2. Caprice Burlesque, Op. 3

00:04:28

Richard Strauss

6 Lieder, Op. 17, TrV 149: No. 2. Serenade (Standchen) (arr. W. Gieseking) (1887)

 

3. 6 Lieder, Op. 17, TrV 149: No. 2. Standchen (Serenade) (arr. W. Gieseking for piano)

00:02:38

Franz Liszt

19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106 (1885)

 

4. 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106: Rhapsody No. 6 in D-Flat Major

00:06:13

Claude Achille Debussy

12 Etudes (1915)

 

5. 12 Etudes: No. 7. Pour les degres chromatiques

00:02:12

Ludomir Rozycki

Casanova, Op. 47 (arr. G. Ginzburg for piano) (1922)

 

6. Casanova, Op. 47: Waltz (arr. G. Ginzburg for piano)

00:04:17

Franz Schubert

Die schone Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 8. Morgengruss (arr. L. Godowsky) (1823)

 

7. Die schone Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 8. Morgengruss (arr. L. Godowsky for piano)

00:04:30

Percy Grainger

Stanford - 4 Irish Dances, Op. 89 (1903)

 

8. 4 Irish Dances, Op. 89: No. 1. A March-Jig, "Maguire's Kick" (arr. P. Grainger for piano)

00:02:43

Franz Liszt

 

9. Wagner - Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, S447/R280

00:04:31

Harold Rutland

 

10. 2 Sea Shanties

00:02:53

Giovanni Battista Pescetti

 

11. Keyboard Sonata in C Minor

00:03:38

Johann Sebastian Bach

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) (arr. M. Hess for piano) (1723)

 

12. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. M. Hess)

00:03:19

Franz Liszt

Annees de pelerinage, 2nd year, Italy supplement, S162/R10: Venezia e Napoli (1859)

 

13. Annees de pelerinage, 2nd year, Italy supplement, S162/R10: Venezia e Napoli: III. Tarantella

00:04:41

Vladimir Horowitz

 

14. Variations on Themes from Carmen

00:03:40

Johann Sebastian Bach

 

15. Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano (arr. W. Kempff for piano)

00:02:51

Frédéric François Chopin

 

16. Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57

00:04:17

Franz Liszt

 

17. Auber - Tarantelle di bravura d'apres la tarantelle de La muette de Portici, S386/R117

00:09:07

Frédéric François Chopin

Mazurkas, Op. 17 (1833)

 

18. Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4

00:03:34

Mischa Levitzki

 

19. Arabesque valsante, Op. 6

00:03:25

CD - 3

Franz Liszt

Frühlingsnacht, S. 568/R. 256 "Überm Garten durch die Lüfte" (After Schumann) (1872)

 

1. Schumann - Fruhlingsnacht, S568/R256, "Uberm Garten durch die Lufte"

00:02:35

Johann Sebastian Bach

 

2. Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano (arr. W. Kempff for piano)

00:03:07

Frédéric François Chopin

24 Preludes, Op. 28 (1839)

 

3. 24 Preludes, Op. 28: Prelude No. 16 in B-Flat Minor

00:01:07

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

6 Marchen, Op. 51 (1928)

 

4. 6 Skazkas (Fairy Tales), Op. 51: No. 3 in A Major

00:03:26

Maurice Ravel

Miroirs (1905)

 

5. Miroirs: No. 4. Alborada del gracioso

00:05:31

Franz Liszt

Soirées de Vienne, S. 427 (1852)

 

6. Schubert - Soirees de Vienne, S427/R252: No. 6. Allegro con strepito

00:03:29

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti

 

7. Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.96/L.465/P.210

00:05:04

Franz Liszt

3 Etudes de concert, S144/R5 (1849)

 

8. 3 etudes de concert, S144/R5: No. 2. Etude in F Minor, "La leggierezza"

00:04:05

Frédéric François Chopin

 

9. Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47

00:06:43

Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov

Moments musicaux, Op. 16 (1896)

 

10. Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 4 in E Minor

00:03:15

Franz Liszt

2 Concert Etudes, S145/R6 (1862)

 

11. 2 Concert Etudes, S145/R6: No. 2. Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes)

00:03:04

Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov

Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39 (1917)

 

12. Etude-tableaux, Op. 33: No. 6 (No. 3) in E-Flat Minor

00:01:35

Frédéric François Chopin

12 Études, Op. 25 (1837)

 

13. Etude No. 21 in G-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9, "Butterfly's Wings"

00:01:02

Franz Liszt

Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S480/R145 (1860)

 

14. Chopin - 6 chants polonais, S480/R145 (Chopin, from Op. 74): No. 1. Madchens Wunsch

00:04:20

2 Legendes, S175/R17 (1863)

 

15. 2 Legends, S175/R17: No. 2. St Francois de Paule marchant sur les flots

00:08:15

12 Lieder von Schubert, S558/R243 (1838)

 

16. Schubert - 12 Lieder, S558/R243: No. 4: Erlkonig

00:04:38

Hector Berlioz

 

17. La damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Devant la maison, "Serenade of Mephistopheles" (arr. E. Redon)

00:02:24

Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev

4 Pieces, Op. 4 (1912)

 

18. 4 Pieces, Op. 4: No. 4. Navazhdeniye (Suggestion diabolique)

00:02:28

Frédéric François Chopin

 

19. Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15, No. 2

00:03:32

Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov

Moments musicaux, Op. 16 (1896)

 

20. Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 2 in E-Flat Minor

00:02:56

Alfred Grunfeld

Soiree de Vienne - Concert Paraphrase from Strauss' Waltzes from Die Fledermaus and others, Op. 56 *

 

21. Soiree de Vienne - Concert Paraphrase from Strauss' Waltzes from Die Fledermaus and others, Op. 56

00:05:51

CD - 4

Franz Liszt

12 Etudes d'execution transcendante, S139/R2b (1851)

 

1. 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante, S139/R2b: No. 10 in F Minor, "Appassionata"

00:03:45

19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106 (1885)

 

2. 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106: Rhapsody No. 11 in A Minor

00:05:48

Frédéric François Chopin

 

3. Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

00:04:12

Isaac Albéniz

Navarra (fragment, completed by D. de Severac) (1908)

 

4. Navarra

00:04:34

Franz Liszt

Liebesträume, S. 541 (1850)

 

5. Liebestraume, S541/R211: No. 3. Nocturne in A-Flat Major

00:04:37

Camille Saint-Saëns

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22 (1868)

 

6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: I. Andante sostenuto (excerpt)

00:03:53

Franz Liszt

19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106 (1885)

 

7. 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106: Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

00:09:20

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2 Morceaux, Op. 10 (1872)

 

8. 2 Morceaux, Op. 10: No. 2. Humoresque in E Minor

00:02:30

Emil von Sauer

Concert Studies (1998)

 

9. Concert Etude No. 6, "Frisson de Feuilles" (Espenlaub)

00:02:28

Franz Liszt

Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S. 141/R. 3b (1851)

 

10. Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141/R3b: No. 2 in E-Flat Major

00:03:04

Frédéric François Chopin

 

11. Fantasy-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66

00:04:10

Ludwig van Beethoven

 

12. Rondo a capriccio in G Major, Op. 129, "Rage over a lost penny"

00:04:51

Igor Stravinsky

3 Movements from Petrushka (1921)

 

13. 3 Movements from Petrushka: I. Danse Russe

00:02:39

Franz Liszt

2 Concert Etudes, S145/R6 (1862)

 

14. 2 Concert Etudes, S145/R6: No. 2. Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes)

00:02:58

19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106 (1885)

 

15. 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106: Rhapsody No. 15 in A Minor, "Rakoczy March"

00:04:20

Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S480/R145 (1860)

 

16. Chopin - 6 chants polonais, S480/R145 (Chopin, from Op. 74): No. 1. Madchens Wunsch

00:03:04

Isaac Albéniz

Chant d'Espagne, Op. 232 (1892)

 

17. Chant d’Espagne, Op. 232: No. 5. Seguedillas

00:02:41

Claude Achille Debussy

Images, Book 2 (1907)

 

18. Images, Book 2: No. 3. Poissons d'or (Goldfish)

00:03:20

Adolf Jensen

7 Songs from Spanischen Liederbuch, Op. 21: No. 1. Murmelndes Luftchen (arr. M. von Zadora) (1864)

 

19. 7 Songs from Spanischen Liederbuch, Op. 21: No. 1. Murmelndes Luftchen

00:03:02

Franz Liszt

3 Etudes de concert, S144/R5 (1849)

 

20. 3 etudes de concert, S144/R5: No. 2. Etude in F Minor, "La leggierezza"

00:04:18