A host of highly talented young pianists crowded into the concert halls during the second half of the 20th century, many of whom still strongly influence the cultural life of our times. Representative of these are Martha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Daniel Barenboim, who are presented in this collection with characteristic recordings of their first successes. In addition, there are those timeless artists whose recordings
have set the standards by which subsequent performers are measured, such as Wilhelm Kempff, Alfred Brendl, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Wilhelm Backhaus, but also "exotics" like Alicia de Larrocha, Shura Cherkassky and the Chopin-marathon-artist Alexander Brailowsky. All of them and a few more are part of this varied and challenging collection.
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Brahms: Rhapsodies (2), Op. 79
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 6 in D flat major
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version)
Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D935
Granados: Escenas romanticas
Mompou: Impresiones Intimas
Bach, J S: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV564
Liszt: Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 7)
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K482
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Brahms: Ballades (4), Op. 10
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
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