Title:
Essential piano : the ultimate piano collection.
Publication Information:
London : Decca ; New York, N.Y. : Universal Classics, ℗2005.
Call Number:
GP ESSE EPU V02
Physical Description:
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Compilation of selections previously released.
Compact discs.
Title from container.
Program notes on insert in container.
Brief record.
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Contents:
Disc 1: "Moonlight" sonata. Adagio sostenuto / Beethoven (Vladimir Ashkenazy) -- Goldberg variations, BWV 988. Aria / Bach (András Schiff) -- Piano concerto no. 2. Adagio sostenuto / Rachmaninov (Zoltán Kocsis) -- Grande valse brillante in E flat major, op. 18 / Chopin (Vladimir Ashkenazy) -- Träumerei / Schumann (Radu Lupu) -- Consolation no. 3 / Liszt (Jorge Bolet) -- Gymnopédie no. 1 / Satie (Pascal Rogé) -- Piano concerto in A minor, op. 16. Adagio / Grieg (Stephen Kovacevich) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring / Bach (Julius Katchen) -- Piano concerto no. 1. Andantino semplice / Tchaikovsky (Vladimir Ashkenazy) -- Melody in F, op. 3, no. 1 / Rubinstein (Shura Cherkassky) -- Pavane pour une infante défunte / Ravel (Jean-Yves Thibaudet) -- Piano concerto in C major, K467. Andante / Mozart (Radu Lupu) -- Moment musical no. 3 / Schubert (Radu Lupu) -- Für Elise / Beethoven (Vladimir Ashkenazy) -- "Minute" waltz / Chopin (Jorge Bolet).
Disc 2: Clair de lune / Debussy (Pascal Rogé) -- Piano concerto in D minor, K466. Romance (excerpt) / Mozart (Vladimir Ashkenazy) -- "Pathétique sonata. Adagio cantabile / Beethoven (Vladimir Ashkenazy) -- Golliwogg's cake walk / Debussy (Pascal Rogé) -- Impromptu in G flat major / Schubert (Radu Lupu) -- Piano sonata in A major, K331. Rondo alla turca / Mozart (András Schiff) -- "Emperor" concerto. Adagio un poco mosso / Beethoven (Vladimir Ashkenazy) -- Rustle of spring / Sinding (Joseph Cooper) -- Nocturne in E flat major / Chopin (Vladimir Ashkenazy) -- Piano concerto in A major, K488. Andante / Mozart (Vladimir Ashkenazy) -- Nocturne, op. 33 no. 1 / Fauré (Pascal Rogé) -- Piano concerto no. 2. Andante / Shostakovich (Cristina Ortiz) -- Suite española. Sevilla / Albéniz (Alicia de Larrocha) -- Liebestraum no. 3 / Liszt (Jorge Bolet).
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