100 BEST PIANO CLASSICS [6 CD] (2005)

CD 1 76.00

1. Chopin
   Nocturne in C sharp minor Op.posth
   Mikhail Pletnev (4.20)
2. Liszt
   12 Transcendental Studies
   La Campanella
   André Watts (4.33)
3. Beethoven
   Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor Op.14 No.2,
   ‘Moonlight’
   I : Adagio sostenuto
   Mikhail Pletnev (7.16)
4. Chopin
   Etude Op.10 No.3: Lento ma non troppo
   Stanislav Bunin (4.53)
5. Mozart
   Piano Sonata in A K331
   III : Rondo alla turca: Allegro
   Moura Lympany (3.34)
6. Debussy
   Préludes – Book 1
   La fille aux cheveux de lin
   Moura Lympany (2.35)
7. Schubert
   Moment musical D780 No.3: Allegro moderato
   Stephen Kovacevich (1.33)
8. Chopin
   Waltz in D flat Op.64 No.1
   John Ogdon (1.58)
9. Nyman
   The Piano – soundtrack
   The heart asks pleasure first
   Michael Nyman (1.33)
10. Bach (transcribed by Myra Hess)
    ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’ from Cantata BWV 147
    Alexis Weissenberg (3.29)
11. Chopin
    Polonaise in A flat Op.53, ‘Heroic’
    Martha Argerich (6.35)
12. Beethoven
    Für Elise
    Jean-Bernard Pommier (2.24)
13. Mendelssohn
    Frühlingslied Op.62 No.6
    Jean-Bernard Pommier (2.10)
14. Chopin
    Fantaisie-Impromptu in C charp minor Op.66
    Stanislav Bunin
    P 1971/*1996 EMI Records Ltd./Virgin Records Ltd. (4.59)
15. Mozart
    Rondo in D K485
    Stanislav Bunin (4.33)
16. Debussy
    Arabesque No.1
    Aldo Ciccolini (4.18)
17. Ravel
    Pavane pour une infante défunte
    Cécile Ousset (6.21)

CD 2 79.05

1. Mozart
   Piano Concerto No.26 in D K537, ‘Coronation’
   I : Allegro (extract)
   Christian Zacharias
   Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman (3.01)
2. Chopin
   Grande valse brillante in E flat Op.18
   Alexis Weissenberg (4.43)
3. Gershwin
   Rhapsody in Blue (extract)
   Aalborg Symphony/
   Wayne Marshall piano and conductor (3.17)
4. Satie
   La belle excentrique
   I : Grande ritournelle
   Aldo Ciccolini (1.33)
5. Chopin
   Etude Op.10 No.5 in G flat
   Stanislav Bunin (1.28)
6. Schumann
   Fantasiestücke Op.12
   Aufschwung
   Martha Argerich (2.56)
7. Mendelssohn
   Rondo capriccioso in E Op.14
   Helmut Roloff (6.56)
8. Beethoven
   Piano Sonata No.21 in C Op.53, ‘Waldstein’
   I : Allegro (extract)
   John Ogdon (4.10)
9. Liszt
   Années de pèlerinage: Troisième année, Italie
   Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este
   André Watts (7.44)
10. Ravel
    Gaspard de la nuit
    I : Ondine
    Martha Argerich (5.15)
11. Fauré
    Impromptu No.2 in F minor Op.31
    Cécile Ousset (3.45)
12. Satie
    Le Piccadilly
    Aldo Ciccolini (1.32)
13. Weber
    Invitation to the Dance in D flat Op.65
    Thierry de Brünhoff (7.56)
14. Mozart
    Piano Sonata in C K545
    I : Allegro
    Christian Zacharias (4.31)
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 (3.04)
16. Gershwin (transcribed by W.C. Schoenfield)
    I Got Rhythm, Variations for piano and orchestra
    Aalborg Symphony/
    Wayne Marshall piano and conductor (8.32)

CD 3 79.44

1. Satie
   Gymnopédie No.1
   Aldo Ciccolini (3.08)
2. Satie
   Gnossienne No.1
   Aldo Ciccolini (3.02)
3. Debussy
   Rêverie
   Aldo Ciccolini (4.54)
4. Liszt
   Un sospiro
   André Watts (5.42)
5. Mozart
   Piano Concerto No.21 in C K467
   II : Andante
   Stephen Hough
   Hallé Orchestra/Bryden Thomson (5.19)
6. Beethoven
   Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor Op.31, ‘Pathétique’
   II : Adagio cantabile
   Stephen Kovacevich (5.33)
7. Albeniz (transcribed by Leopold Godowsky)
   Tango Op.165 No.2
   Moura Lympany (3.16)
8. Liszt
   Consolation No.3 in D flat
   Tzimon Barto (4.57)
9. Mendelssohn
   Song without Words No.1 in E Op.19b No.1
   Daniel Adni (4.11)
10. Chopin
    Prelude in A Op.28 No.7
    John Ogdon (0.50)
11. Bach
    Goldberg Variations BWV 988
    Aria
    Maria Tipo (3.02)
12. Schumann
    Waldszenen Op.82
    Der Vogel als Prophet
    Moura Lympany (3.36)
13. Debussy
    Estampes
    II : Pagodes
    Cécile Ousset (5.10)
14. Scriabine
    Nocturne in D flat Op.9 No.2
    Alexis Weissenberg (2.32)
15. Chopin
    Nocturne in D flat Op.27 No.2
    Aldo Ciccolini (5.27)
16. Shostakovich
    Piano Concerto No.2 in F Op.102
    II : Adagio
    Dmitri Alexeev
    English Chamber Orchestra/Jerzy Maksymiuk (6.06)
17. Chopin
    Berceuse in D flat Op.57
    Peter Donohoe (4.27)

CD 4 78.00

1. Chopin
   Etude Op.10 No.12 in C minor, ‘Revolutionary’
   Stanislav Bunin (2.49)
2. Beethoven
   Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat Op.73, ‘Emperor’
   III : Rondo: Allegro (extract)
   Emil Gilels
   Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell (3.19)
3. Grieg
   Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16
   I : Allegro molto moderato (extract)
   Sviatoslav Richter
   Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra/Lovro von Mataˇcicˇ (2.29)
4. Chopin
   Polonaise No.3 in A Op.40 No.1,
   ‘Military’ (extract)
   John Ogdon (3.22)
5. Beethoven
   Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57, ‘Appassionata
   III : Allegro ma non troppo – Presto
   Moura Lympany (7.31)
6. Dvorak
   Slavonic Dance in E minor Op.46 No.2:
   Allegro scherzando
   Michel Béroff/Jean-Philippe Collard (3.53)
7. Scriabine
   Etude Op.8 No.12
   Stephen Kovacevich (2.32)
8. Bach
   The Well-Tempered Klavier, Book 1
   Prelude in C*
   Edwin Fischer (3.08)
9. Bartók
   Piano Concerto No.3
   I : Allegretto
   Peter Donohoe
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle (6.59)
10. Chopin
    Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor Op.35
    III : Marcia funebre
    Mikhail Pletnev (9.16)
11. Rachmaninov
    Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2
    Alexis Weissenberg (4.14)
12. Beethoven
    Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor Op.31 No.2, ‘Tempest’
    I : Largo – Allegro
    Stephen Kovacevich (4.06)
13. Chopin
    Scherzo No.3 in F sharp minor Op.39
    Martha Argerich (7.00)
14. Balakirev
    Islamey
    Andrei Gavrilov (7.53)
15. Moussorgsky
    Pictures at an Exhibition
    The Great Gate of Kiev
    Alexis Weissenberg (4.56)
16. Tchaikovsky
    Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
    I : Allegro non troppo e molto moderato (extract)
    Andrei Gavrilov
    Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (3.42)

CD 5 79.50

1. Liszt
   Liebesträume
   Alexis Weissenberg (4.43)
2. Debussy
   Suite bergamasque
   Clair de lune
   Alexis Weissenberg (4.59)
3. Rachmaninov
   Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18
   I : Moderato (extract)
   Andrei Gavrilov
   Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (4.49)
4. Chopin
   Prelude in D flat Op.28 No.15, ‘Raindrop’
   John Ogdon (6.00)
5. Debussy
   Valse romantique
   Aldo Ciccolini (3.27)
6. Ravel
   Jeux d’eau
   Cécile Ousset (5.28)
7. Liszt
   Valse-impromptu
   Alexis Weissenberg (4.34)
8. Brahms
   Waltz Op.39 No.15
   Jean-Bernard Pommier (1.44)
9. Rachmaninov
   Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Op.43
   Variation No.18: Andante cantabile
   Cécile Ousset
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle (2.57)
10. Chopin
    Nocturne in F sharp Op.15 No.2
    Maurizio Pollini (3.30)
11. Ravel
    Alborada del gracioso
    Cécile Ousset (6.33)
12. Scarlatti
    Sonata in D minor, ‘Pastorale’ L413
    Aldo Ciccolini (4.18)
13. Mozart
    Klavierstück in F K33b
    Stanislav Bunin (1.15)
14. Liszt
    Trois Études de concert
    I : Valse oubliée
    André Watts (3.27)
15. Chopin
    Waltz in C sharp minor Op.64 No.2
    John Ogdon (3.01)
16. Debussy
    Petite Suite
    II : En bateau
    Michel Béroff/Jean-Philippe Collard (3.16)
17. Chopin
    Piano Concerto No.1 in F minor Op.11
    I : Allegro maestoso (extract)
    Martha Argerich
    Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/Charles Dutoit (7.46)

CD 6 74.00

1. Badarzewska
   The Maiden’s Prayer
   Jean-Bernard Pommier (5.03)
2. Dvorak
   Humoreske
   André Watts (3.02)
3. Schumann
   Kinderszenen Op.15
   Träumerei
   Mikhail Pletnev (2.12)
4. Bach
   Invention No.1 in C BWV 772
   Aldo Ciccolini (1.19)
5. Handel
   The Harmonious Blacksmith
   Moura Lympany (4.08)
6. Daquin
   Le coucou
   Moura Lympany (2.01)
7. Mompou
   Cançions y danzas – No.1
   Gonzalo Soriano
   P 1971/*1996 EMI Records Ltd./Virgin Records Ltd. (3.45)
8. Debussy
   Children’s Corner
   Golliwogg’s Cakewalk
   Moura Lympany (2.50)
9. Chopin
   Nocturne in E flat Op.9 No.2
   John Ogdon (5.14)
10. Bach
    Sinfonia No.1 in C BWV 787
    Aldo Ciccolini (1.28)
11. Rubinstein
    Melodie No.1 in F Op.3 No.1
    Moura Lympany (3.48)
12. Tchaikovsky
    The Seasons Op.37
    November : Troika
    Mikhail Pletnev (3.10)
13. Tchaikovsky
    The Seasons Op.37
    June: Barcarolle
    Mikhail Pletnev (4.39)
14. Bach (transcribed by Wilhelm Kempff)
    Chorale Prelude BWV 645:
    ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’
    Stanislav Bunin (5.08)
15. Beethoven
    Menuet in G
    Moura Lympany (2.50)
16. Faure
    Dolly Suite Op.56
    Berceuse
    Jean-Philippe Collard/Bruno Rigutto (2.35)
17. Schubert
    Piano Quintet in A D667, ‘Trout’
    IV: Theme & Variations
    Sviatoslav Richter
    Members of the Borodin Quartet (7.39)