A - Z of Pianists [300 biographies & selected recordings]

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A - Z of Pianists [300 biographies & selected recordings]
Vladimir Horowitz, Ferruccio Busoni, Sergei Rachmaninov, Josef Lhevinne, Clara Haskill, etc

[ Naxos Educational / 4 CD/Book ]

Release Date: Monday 1 February 2010

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The A-Z of Pianists surveys the lives, careers and recordings of 300 pianists. Illustrious names from past and present, forgotten titans of the keyboard, unsung geniuses.

Tracks:

Albert, Eugen d'
Scherzo in F sharp minor, Op. 16, No. 2
(Eugen d'Albert)

Liszt, Franz
Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141/R3b: No. 6 in A minor
(Claudio Arrau)

Brahms, Johannes
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 (excerpts)
(Wilhelm Backhaus)

Liszt, Franz
2 Concert Etudes, S145/R6: No. 2. Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes)
(Guiomar Novaes)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
2 Morceaux, Op. 10: No. 2. Humoresque in E minor
(Una Mabel Bourne)

Chopin, Fryderyk
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
(Monique de la Bruchollerie)

Bach, Johann Sebastian
Busoni, Ferruccio, arranger(s)
Nun freut euch, liebe Christen gmein, BWV 734 (arr. Busoni for piano)
(Ferruccio Busoni)

Chopin, Fryderyk
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
(Robert Casadesus)

Chaminade, Cecile
Air de ballet, Op. 30
(Cecile Chaminade)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Les Saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37b: No. 10. October: Autumn Song
(Shura Cherkassky)

Liszt, Franz
3 etudes de concert, S144/R5: No. 2. Etude in F minor, "La leggierezza"
(Alfred Cortot)

Scriabin, Alexander
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19, "Sonata-Fantasy"
(Alan Feinberg, Alan)

Ravel, Maurice
Miroirs: No. 1. Noctuelles
(Jacques Fevrier)

Bach, Johann Sebastian
Busoni, Ferruccio, arranger(s)
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (arr. F. Busoni)
(Edwin Fischer)

Ravel, Maurice
Gaspard de la Nuit: III. Scarbo
(Samson Francois)

Liszt, Franz
Busoni, Ferruccio, arranger(s)
Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141/R3b: No. 3 in G sharp minor, "La campanella" (arr. F. Busoni)
(Ignaz Friedman)

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

Liszt, Franz
Wagner - Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, S447/R280
(Alfred Grunfeld)

Pescetti, Giovanni Battista
Keyboard Sonata in C minor
(Clara Haskil)

and many more.

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