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Mythical piano pieces from all the greats

Crack on and focus to mythical piano pieces from all the greats.

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59 minutes

Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op 18

    Conductor: Vladimir Horowitz.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le gibet (Gaspard de la nuit)

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Performer: Martha Argerich.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    2 Poems for piano, Op 32

    Performer: Jayson Gillham. Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers.
  • Richard Wagner

    Isolde's Liebestod transc. Liszt for piano, S447

    Performer: François-Frédéric Guy.
  • Alberto Ginastera

    3 Pieces for piano (Op.6), no.1; Cuyana (Allegretto)

    Performer: Lucia Abonizio.
  • Walter Niemann

    Japan, Op. 89: v. Tanz der Geisha

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Prelude in D flat major, Op 28 No 15, 'Raindrop'

    Performer: Roland PΓΆntinen.
  • Clara Schumann

    Notturno, Op.6 No.2

    Performer: David Quigley.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Γ‰tudes-tableaux, Op 39 (No 8 in D minor)

    Performer: Freddy Kempf.
  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Valse for piano in E major, Op 34 No 1

    Performer: Dennis Hennig.
  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.