Piano Classics: Classical Masterpieces Performed by the World’s Greatest Classical Pianists and Orchestras

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1Characteristic Studies op. 95: Contradiction
instruments:
Leningrad Soloists
piano:
Carmen Piazzini (pianist)
conductor:
Michael Gantvarg (Mikhail Gantvarg, violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Characteristic Studies, op. 95: No. 3. Contradiction
composer:
Ignaz Moscheles (Bohemian composer and pianist) (from 1936 until 1937)
part of:
Characteristic Studies, op. 95
Ignaz Moscheles2:02
2Characteristic Studies op. 95: Juno
instruments:
Leningrad Soloists
piano:
Carmen Piazzini (pianist)
conductor:
Michael Gantvarg (Mikhail Gantvarg, violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Characteristic Studies, op. 95: No. 4. Juno
composer:
Ignaz Moscheles (Bohemian composer and pianist) (from 1936 until 1937)
part of:
Characteristic Studies, op. 95
Ignaz Moscheles3:20
3Characteristic Studies op. 95: Bacchanal
instruments:
Leningrad Soloists
piano:
Carmen Piazzini (pianist)
conductor:
Michael Gantvarg (Mikhail Gantvarg, violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Characteristic Studies, op. 95: No. 6. Bacchanale
composer:
Ignaz Moscheles (Bohemian composer and pianist) (from 1936 until 1937)
part of:
Characteristic Studies, op. 95
Ignaz Moscheles2:53
4Piano Concerto no. 24 K 491 in C minor: Allegro
instruments:
Leningrad Soloists
piano:
Carmen Piazzini (pianist)
conductor:
Michael Gantvarg (Mikhail Gantvarg, violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano no. 24 in C minor, K. 491: I. Allegro
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1785 until 1786-03-24)
part of:
Concerto for Piano no. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart13:18
5Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
piano [Bechstein]:
Gerhard Eckle (pianist)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (1st) (original piano version)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
arrangement of:
A Weakened Soul (arr. Brightman, Kohrs, Laudahn)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky1:39
6Pictures at an Exhibition: Gnomus
piano [Bechstein]:
Gerhard Eckle (pianist)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 1 “Gnomus” (original piano version)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky2:49
7Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
piano [Bechstein]:
Gerhard Eckle (pianist)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (2nd) (original piano version, often called Promenade 5)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky1:06
8Pictures at an Exhibition: Baba Yaga
piano [Bechstein]:
Gerhard Eckle (pianist)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 9 “Избушка на курьихъ ножкахъ” (Баба-Яга) [Izbushka na kuryikh nozhkakh (Baba-Yagá)] (original piano version)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky3:39
9Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev
piano [Bechstein]:
Gerhard Eckle (pianist)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10 “Богатырскія ворота” (Въ стольномъ городѣ Кіевѣ) (Pictures at an Exhibition: The great gate at Kiev, original piano version)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky5:21
10Piano Concerto no. 2 op. 18 in C minor: Moderato
piano [Steinway]:
Robert Alexander Bohnke (pianist)
orchestra:
Tübingen Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Norbert Kirchmann
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Moderato
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1900-12-15)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (from 1900 until 1901-04)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff10:09
11Piano Concerto in G major: Allegramente
piano [Steinway]:
Mee Joo Lee (pianist)
orchestra:
Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Marko Munih (conductor)
recording of:
Piano Concerto in G major: I. Allegramente
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1929 until 1931)
part of:
Piano Concerto in G major
Maurice Ravel8:41
12Piano Pieces: Melody in F op. 3/1
piano [Steinway]:
Michael Ponti (pianist)
recording of:
2 Mélodies, op. 3: No. 1 in F major (for solo piano)
composer:
Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн (Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer) (in 1852)
part of:
2 Mélodies, op. 3
Anton Rubinstein3:33
13Piano Pieces: Rêve angélique op. 10/22
piano [Steinway]:
Michael Ponti (pianist)
recording of:
Каменний остров, op. 10: No. 22. Rêve angélique
composer:
Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн (Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer)
part of:
Каменний остров, op. 10 (set of 24 piano sketches)
Anton Rubinstein5:27
14Caprice‐Valse op. 76: “Wedding Cake”
piano and piano [Steinway]:
Gabriel Tacchino (pianist)
orchestra:
Symphony Orchestra Radio Luxemburg (The Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Louis de Froment (conductor)
recording of:
Valse-Caprice for Piano and Strings in A-flat major, op. 76 "Wedding Cake"
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1885)
part of:
Works of Camille Saint-Saëns by opus number (number: op. 76)
Camille Saint‐Saëns7:00
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