Piano Masterworks: The World's Favourite Piano Classics

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1▶CD: J.S. Bach
2▶CD: J.S. Bach
3▶CD: J.S. Bach
4▶CD: J.S. Bach
5▶CD: J.S. Bach
6▶CD: J.S. Bach
7▶CD: J.S. Bach
8▶CD: J.S. Bach
9▶CD: Beethoven
10▶CD: Beethoven
11▶CD: Beethoven
12▶CD: Beethoven
13▶CD: Beethoven
14▶CD: Beethoven
15▶CD: Johannes Brahms
16▶CD: Johannes Brahms
17▶CD: Johannes Brahms
18▶CD: Grieg & Chopin
19▶CD: Chopin
20▶CD: Chopin
21▶CD: Chopin
22▶CD: Chopin
23▶CD: Chopin
24▶CD: Chopin
25▶CD: Debussy
26▶CD: Gershwin
27▶CD: Haydn
28▶CD: Liszt
29▶CD: Liszt
30▶CD: Liszt & Schubert
31▶CD: Mendelssohn
32▶CD: Mendelssohn
33▶CD: Mozart
34▶CD: Mozart
35▶CD: Mozart
36▶CD: Mozart
37▶CD: Mussorgsky & Prokofiev
38▶CD: Prokofiev
39▶CD: Rachmaninoff
40▼CD: Rachmaninoff
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1Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor, Op.18: I Moderato
engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer) and Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
producer:
Wilhelm Hellweg (classical pianist, and sound engineer and producer of classical music recordings for Philips)
piano:
Kocsis Zoltán (pianist, conductor) (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
conductor:
Edo de Waart (conductor) (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1985)
recorded at:
Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Moderato (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
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 Vasilievich Rachmaninoff9:38
2Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor, Op.18: II Adagio Sostenuto
engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer) and Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
producer:
Wilhelm Hellweg (classical pianist, and sound engineer and producer of classical music recordings for Philips)
piano:
Kocsis Zoltán (pianist, conductor) (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
conductor:
Edo de Waart (conductor) (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1985)
recorded at:
Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
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 Vasilievich Rachmaninoff10:17
3Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor, Op.18: III Allegro Scherzando
engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer) and Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
producer:
Wilhelm Hellweg (classical pianist, and sound engineer and producer of classical music recordings for Philips)
piano:
Kocsis Zoltán (pianist, conductor) (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
conductor:
Edo de Waart (conductor) (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1985)
recorded at:
Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
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 Vasilievich Rachmaninoff10:57
4Piano Concerto No.3 In D Minor, Op.30: I Allegro Ma Non Tanto
engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer) and Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
producer:
Wilhelm Hellweg (classical pianist, and sound engineer and producer of classical music recordings for Philips)
piano:
Kocsis Zoltán (pianist, conductor) (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
conductor:
Edo de Waart (conductor) (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1984)
recorded at:
Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninov (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (from 1909 until 1909-09-23)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff14:01
5Piano Concerto No.3 In D Minor, Op.30: II Intermezzo (Adagio)
engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer) and Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
producer:
Wilhelm Hellweg (classical pianist, and sound engineer and producer of classical music recordings for Philips)
piano:
Kocsis Zoltán (pianist, conductor) (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
conductor:
Edo de Waart (conductor) (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1984)
recorded at:
Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: II. Intermezzo. Adagio (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninov (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (from 1909 until 1909-09-23)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff9:56
6Piano Concerto No.3 In D Minor, Op.30: III Finale (Alla Breve)
engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer) and Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
producer:
Wilhelm Hellweg (classical pianist, and sound engineer and producer of classical music recordings for Philips)
piano:
Kocsis Zoltán (pianist, conductor) (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
conductor:
Edo de Waart (conductor) (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1984)
recorded at:
Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: III. Finale. Alla breve (from 1983-10-17 until 1983-10-18)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninov (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (from 1909 until 1909-09-23)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff13:39
7Vocalise, Op.34 No.14
engineer:
John Newton (editor, engineer mixer) and Onno Scholtze (sound engineer)
producer:
Wilhelm Hellweg (classical pianist, and sound engineer and producer of classical music recordings for Philips)
piano:
Kocsis Zoltán (pianist, conductor) (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1985)
recorded at:
Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
recording of:
Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 (for piano, Kocsis) (from 1984-10-13 until 1984-10-14)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer)
piano arranger:
Kocsis Zoltán (pianist, conductor)
arrangement of:
14 Romances, op. 34 no. 14: Vocalise (Vocalise, for voice and piano, original version)
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff6:33
41▶CD: Ravel
42▶CD: Ravel & Honegger & Françaix
43▶CD: Satie
44▶CD: Schubert
45▶CD: Schubert
46▶CD: Schubert
47▶CD: Schubert & Brahms & Liszt
48▶CD: Schumann
49▶CD: Schumann
50▶CD: Tchaikovsky & Dohnányi

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includes:3 Gymnopédies & Other Piano Works by Erik Satie (French composer); Pascal Rogé (pianist)
26 Préludes / Barcarolle / Polonaise As‐dur / Scherzo nr. 2 b‐moll by Frédéric Chopin (composer); Martha Argerich (Argentine pianist)
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier by Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician); Friedrich Gulda (pianist)
Fantasie "Wanderer", Lieder / Fantasien / Hungarian Rhapsody by Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer), Brahms (Johannes Brahms, German composer), Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor); Evgeny Kissin (Russian classical pianist)
Gaspard de la nuit / Jeux d'eau / Miroirs / Valses nobles et sentimentales by Maurice Ravel (French composer); Pascal Rogé (pianist)
Goldberg Variations by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician); Andrei Gavrilov (pianist)
Impromptus by Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer); Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
Kinderszenen / Waldszenen / Papillons / 3 Romanzen by Robert Schumann (German classical composer); Wilhelm Kempff (pianist)
Klavierkonzert nr. 1; Vier Balladen op.10 by Brahms (Johannes Brahms, German composer); Arthur Rubinstein (pianist), Julius Katchen (pianist), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (Israeli orchestra), Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Klavierkonzerte 2 & 3 by Rachmaninoff (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer); Zoltán Kocsis (pianist, conductor), San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart (conductor)
Klavierkonzerte Nos. 2 & 3 by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Friedrich Gulda (pianist), Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Horst Stein (conductor)
Klaviersonaten opp. 101 & 106 »Hammerklavier« by Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); Emil Gilels (pianist)
Klaviersonaten: Nr. 8 »Pathétique« / Nr. 14 »Mondschein-Sonate« / Nr. 15 »Pastorale« / Nr 24. by Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); Wilhelm Kempff (pianist)
Mazurkas by Frédéric Chopin (composer); Jean-Marc Luisada (pianist)
Piano Concerto no. 1 / Triple Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); Claudio Arrau (pianist), Henryk Szeryng (violinist), János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist), New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Eliahu Inbal (Israeli conductor)
Piano Concerto No. 2 by Brahms (Johannes Brahms, German composer); Wilhelm Backhaus (pianist), Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Hungarian Fantasy / Totentanz by Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor); Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra), Charles Dutoit (conductor), Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist)
Piano concertos no. 20, K. 466 & no. 23 K. 488 by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (classical pianist, aka Stephen Bishop), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (English conductor)
Piano Concertos no. 21, K. 467 & no. 25, K. 503 by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (classical pianist, aka Stephen Bishop), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (English conductor)
Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis (pianist, conductor) / Rachmaninoff (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer)
Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 by Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer); Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), András Schiff (pianist)
Piano Concertos nos. 4 & 5 “Emperor” by Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); Friedrich Gulda (pianist), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic), Horst Stein (conductor)
Piano Concertos: nos. 19 & 27 / Piano Sonata K. 280 (Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 19 in F major K. 459 / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 27 in B flat major K. 595) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer); Clara Haskil (Romanian classical pianist), Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960 / Moments musicaux by Franz Schubert (composer); Wilhelm Kempff (pianist)
Piano Sonatas K. 331 "Rondo alla Turca", K. 332 & K. 333 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer); András Schiff (pianist)
Piano Sonatas Nos. 40, 41, 44, 48, 52 by Joseph Haydn (composer); Святослав Теофилович Рихтер (Sviatoslav Richter, pianist)
Piano Sonatas, op. 109, op. 110 & op. 111 by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Rudolf Serkin (pianist)
Rhapsody in Blue / Piano Concerto in F / An American in Paris by Gershwin (composer); Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Dohnanyi: Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25 by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer), Dohnányi (Hungarian conductor, composer and pianist); Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti (conductor), András Schiff (pianist)
The 5 Piano Concertos by Prokofiev (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer); Alexander Toradze (pianist), Kirov Orchestra (Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, fka Kirov Orchestra till 1992), Valery Gergiev (conductor)