Trained by iconic pianist, Konstantin Igumnov, Flier is remembered primarily as a teacher;over the years his students included Rodion Shchedrin, Viktoria Postnikova, MikhailPletnev, Vladimir Feltsman, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Bella Davidovich and Mikhail Rudy
Jakov Flier was one of the leading Soviet pianists; his impeccable technique made him oneof the most prominent concert pianists of his day in Russia and later worldwide
He might have had far greater success internationally, had he lived longer after the easingof the Cold War politics, which encumbered his career
In 1936 he won first prize at the Vienna International Piano Competition, ahead of his friendand competitor, Emil Gilels. Gilels’ daughter, Elena, graduated from Flier’s Conservatoireclass in Moscow.

• Albéniz: Córdoba (No. 4 from Cantos de España, Op. 232)
• Albéniz: Granada (from Suite española No. 1, Op. 47)
• Albéniz: Navarra
• Albéniz: Seguidillas (No. 5 from Cantos de España, Op. 232)
• Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV659 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'
• Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 8 in E flat minor, BWV853
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
• Brahms: Hungarian Dances (excerpts)
• Brahms: Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2
• Brahms: Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79 No. 1
• Bülow, H: Paraphrase of the quintet from Act III of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
• Busoni: Transcription of Bach's Partita BWV 1004: Chaconne
• Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
• Chopin: Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
• Chopin: Mazurka No. 21 in C sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 4
• Chopin: Mazurka No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 50 No. 2
• Chopin: Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
• Chopin: Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2
• Chopin: Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2
• Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
• Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
• Chopin: Polonaise No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2
• Chopin: Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 44
• Chopin: Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie'
• Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
• Chopin: Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2
• Chopin: Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz'
• Cui: Pieces for two pianos, Op. 69
• Debussy: Bruyères (from Préludes - Book 2)
• Debussy: La cathédrale engloutie (from Préludes - Book 1)
• Debussy: Minstrels (from Préludes - Book 1)
• Debussy: Suite Bergamasque
• Debussy: Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune
• Dohnányi: Concert Etude, Op. 28 No. 6 in F minor (Capriccio)
• Dvořák: Dumka and Furiant Op. 12
• Dvořák: Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7
• Dvořák: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85 - No. 1. Nocni cestou (Nocturnal Route); No. 3. Na starém hrade (At the Old Castle)
• Dvořák: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85: Serenade
• Grünfeld: Paraphrase on a Theme from Johann Strauss' Operetta "Die Fledermaus", Op.56
• Kabalevsky: 24 Preludes Op. 38
• Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D flat major
• Liszt: Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S171/R16
• Liszt: Cantique d'amour (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 10)
• Liszt: Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major
• Liszt: Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 7)
• Liszt: Gretchen aus Faust-Symphonie, S513
• Liszt: Isolde's Liebestod (after Wagner), S447
• Liszt: Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)
• Liszt: Miserere du Trovatore, S433
• Liszt: O du, mein holder Abendstern - Rezitativ und Romanze aus Tannhäuser S444
• Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125
• Liszt: Transcendental Study, S139 No. 10 'Appassionata'
• Liszt: Transcendental Study, S139 No. 12 'Chasse-neige'
• Liszt: Valse oubliée No. 2, S.215/2
• Medtner: Piano Sonata in A minor, Op. 30
• Medtner: Sonata reminiscenza in A minor, Op. 38 No. 1
• Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14
• Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 2 in A minor
• Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 4 in B minor
• Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 53 No. 2 in E flat major
• Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 102 No. 3 in C major
• Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 102 No. 4 in G minor
• Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K475
• Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
• Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor
• Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 23 No. 3 in D minor
• Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D major
• Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor
• Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 23 No. 6 in E flat major
• Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 32 No. 5 in G major
• Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor
• Ravel: Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand)
• Schumann: Aufschwung, Op. 12, No. 2
• Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13
• Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
• Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 (selection)
• Scriabin: Étude Op. 8 No. 11 in B flat minor
• Scriabin: Étude Op. 8 No. 12 in D sharp minor
• Scriabin: Mazurka in C major, Op. 25 No. 2
• Scriabin: Mazurka in E minor, Op. 25 No. 3
• Scriabin: Mazurka in F minor, Op. 25 No. 1
• Scriabin: Mazurka in F sharp, Op. 25 No. 7
• Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23
• Tchaikovsky: Album for the Young, Op. 39
• Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37b: June (Barcarolle)