50 BEST PIANO CLASSICS [3 CD] (2010)

CD 1

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.27 No.2 ‘Moonlight’ - I: Adagio sostenuto

Mikhail Pletnev

4 CHOPIN: Étude 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

Stephen Kovacevich

8 CHOPIN: Waltz in D flat Op.64 No.1

John Ogdon

9 Nyman: The Piano – The heart asks pleasure first

Michael Nyman

10 Bach: ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’ from Cantata BWV 147

Alexis Weissenberg

11 CHOPIN Polonaise in A flat Op.53 ‘Heroïque’

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 sharp 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

CD 2

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 Orchestre / Wayne Marshall

4 Satie: La Belle excentrique - I: Grande Ritournelle

Aldo Ciccolini

5 Chopin: Etude Op.10 No.5 in G flat 1.28

Stanislav Bunin

6 Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op.12 - ufschwung

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’eau 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 4.31

Christian Zacharias

15 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.30 - III: Allegro ma non tanto (extrait)

Alexis Weissenberg/Orchestre National de France/Leonard Bernstein

16 Gershwin: I Got Rhythm – variations for piano and orchestra

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra/ Wayne Marshall

CD 3

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.13 ‘Pathétique’ - II: Adagio cantabile

Stephen Kovacevich

7 Albéniz : 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.19 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 - 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 Chamber Orchestra/Jerzy Maksymiuk

17 Chopin: Berceuse in D flat Op.57

Peter Donohoe