Includes:

Bach, J S: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV564

                 Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043

Barber: Piano Sonata, Op. 26: 4 - Fuga

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 March 6, 1931

                   Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 April 9, 1933 New York Philharmonic, Arturo Toscanini

                   Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3

                   Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1

                   Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2

                   Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'

                   Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata' Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

                   Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'

                   Variations (6) on an original theme 'Die Ruinen von Athen', Op. 76

                   Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3

                   Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata' Yu Kosuge (piano)

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Glenn Gould (piano) New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

              Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103: selection Leontyne Price (soprano)

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Busoni: Transcription of Bach's Partita BWV 1004: Chaconne Yu Kosuge (piano)

Chopin: Étude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major

              Étude Op. 25 No. 7 in C sharp minor

              Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp'

              Étude Op. 10 No. 1 in C major

              Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Ronald Turini (piano)

              Preludes (24), Op. 28

              Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'

              Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2

Debussy: Fêtes galantes - Set 1Jenny Tourel (soprano), Leonard Bernstein (piano)

Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide: Overture New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt) Denis Matsuev (piano)

Harris, Roy: Symphony No. 1 '1933' Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky

Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 59 in E flat major, Hob.XVI: 49

            Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell'

            Piano Sonata No. 56 in D major, Hob.XVI: 42 Yu Kosuge (piano)

Liadov: A Musical Snuffbox, Op. 32 Denis Matsuev (piano)

Liszt: Widmung S566 after Schumann (Liebeslied) Van Cliburn (piano)

          Trauer-Vorspiel und Trauermarsch, S206 (1885)

          Rhapsodie espagnole, S254

          Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)

          Rhapsodie espagnole, S254

          Transcendental Study, S139 No. 10 'Appassionata'

          Widmung S566 after Schumann (Liebeslied)

Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus: excerpts

Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K511

Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82

                  Etude, Op. 2 No. 3

                  Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83 Denis Matsuev (piano)

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 Van Cliburn (piano)

                        Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 5 in E flat minor

Ravel: Tzigane

Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960

                 Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D664

                 Grand Duo Sonata in C major, D812

Schumann: Novelette, Op. 21 No. 1 in F major Ronald Turini (piano)

                  Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

                  Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

                  Liederkreis, Op. 39

                  Dichterliebe, Op. 48

                  Études symphoniques, Op. 13

                  Abegg Variations, Op. 1

                  Études symphoniques, Op. 13

                  Bunte Blätter, Op. 99 Arcadi Volodos (piano)

                  Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 Yu Kosuge (piano)

                  Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Denis Matsuev (piano)

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass'

               Étude Op. 8 No. 12 in D sharp minor Denis Matsuev (piano)

Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch Yu Kosuge (piano)

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

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