András Schiff; Andrei Gavrilov; Friedrich Gulda; Wilhelm Kempff; Emil Gilels; Rudolf Serkin; Claudio Arrau; Arthur Rubinstein; Julius Katchen; Wilhelm Backhaus; Sviatoslav Richter; Olli Mustonen; Jean-Marc Luisada; Zoltán Kocsis; Andrei Gavrilov; Pascal Rogé; André Previn; Jean-Yves Thibaudet; Jean-Yves Thibaudet; Clifford Curzon; Daniel Barenboim; Stephen Kovacevich; Clara Haskil; Lazar Berman; Alexander Toradze; Radu Lupu; Yevgeny Kissin
CD 1: J.S.Bach: [1]-[3] Italian Concerto, BWV 971; [4]-[7] 4 Duets, BWV 802-5; [8] Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; [9]-[16] Partita (French Overture) in B minor, BWV 831; András Schiff CD 2: J.S.Bach: [1]-[3] Clavier Concerto No.1 in D minor, BWV 1052; [4]-[6] Clavier Concerto No.2 in E major, BWV 1053; [7]-[9] Clavier Concerto No.3 in D major, BWV 1054 CD 3: [1]-[3] Clavier Concerto No.4 in A major, BWV 1055; [4]-[6] Clavier Concerto No.5 in F minor, BWV 1056; [7]-[9] Clavier Concerto No.6 in F major, BWV 1057; [10-[12] Clavier Concerto No.7 in G minor, BWV 1058; András Schiff / Chamber Orchestra of Europe CD 4: [1]-[32] Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Andrei Gavrilov CD 5: J.S.Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier; [1]-[30] Preludes & Fugues, Book 1, nos.1-15, BWV 846-860 CD 6: [1]-[24] Preludes & Fugues, Book 1, nos.16-24; Book 2, nos.1-3, BWV 861-872 CD 7: [1]-[22] Preludes & Fugues, Book 2, nos.4-14, BWV 873-883 CD 8: [1]-[20] Preludes & Fugues, Book 2, nos.15-24, BWV 884-893; Friedrich Gulda CD 9: Beethoven: [1]-[3] Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, op.13 "Pathétique"; [4]-[6] Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, op.27 no.2 "Moonlight"; [7]-[10] Piano Sonata No.15 in D major, op.28 "Pastorale";
[11]-[12] Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, op.78 "For Therese"; Wilhelm Kempff CD 10: [1]-[4] Piano Sonata No.28 in A major, op.101; [5]-[8] Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat major, op.106 "Hammerklavier"; Emil Gilels CD 11: [1]-[9] Piano Sonata No.30 in E major, op.109; [10]-[12] Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat major, op.110; [13]-[14] Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, op.111; Rudolf Serkin CD 12: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, op.15; [4]-[6] Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin & Cello in C major, op.56; Claudio Arrau / Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink / Claudio Arrau / Henryk Szeryng / János Starker / Philharmonia Orchestra / Eliahu Inbal [op.56] CD 13: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.19; [4]-[ó] Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37 CD 14: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58; [4]-[6] Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73 "Emperor"; Friedrich Gulda / Wiener Philharmoniker / Horst Stein CD 15: Brahms: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15; [4]-[7] 4 Ballades, op.10*; Arthur Rubinstein / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta; Julius Katchen* CD 16: [1]-[4] Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.83; Wilhelm Backhaus / Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm CD 17: [1]-[4] Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, op.1; [5]-[8] Piano Sonata No.2 in F sharp minor, op.2; Sviatoslav Richter CD 18: Grieg: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16; Chopin: [4]-[6] Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11; Olli Mustonen / San Francisco Symphony / Herbert Blomstedt CD 19: Chopin: [1]-[24] 24 Preludes, op.28; [25] Prelude in C sharp minor, op.45; [26] Prelude No.26 in A flat major, op.posth.; [27] Barcarolle in F sharp major, op.60; [28] Polonaise No.6 in A flat major, op.53 "Heroic"; [29] Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, op.31; Martha Argerich CD 20: [1]-[25] Mazurkas 1-25 CD 21: [1]-[24] Mazurkas 26-51; Jean-Marc Luisada CD 22: [1]-[19] 19 Waltzes; Zoltán Kocsis CD 23: [1]-[4] Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, op.35; [5] Ballade No.1 in G minor, op.23; [6] Ballade No.2 in F major, op.38; [7] Ballade No.3 in A flat major, op.47; [8] Ballade No.4 in F minor, op.52; Andrei Gavrilov CD 24: [1]-[4] Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, op.58; [5] Ballade No.3 in A flat major, op.47; [6] Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat major, op.22; [7] Fantaisie in F minor, op.49; [8] Polonaise No.7 in A flat major, op.61 "Polonaise-fantaisie"; Wilhelm Kempff CD 25: Debussy: [1]-[4] Suite bergamasque; [5]-[10] Children's Corner; [11]-[13] Images Livre I; [14]-[16] Images Livre II; [17]-[18] 2 Arabesques; Pascal Rogé CD 26: Gershwin: [1] Rhapsody in Blue; [2]-[3] An American in Paris; [4]-[6] Piano Concerto in F major; André Previn / Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra CD 27: Haydn: [1]-[2] Piano Sonata in G minor, H.XVI No.44; [3]-[4] Piano Sonata in G major, H.XVI No.40; [5]-[6] Piano Sonata in B flat major, HXVI No.41; [7]-[8] Piano Sonata in C major, H.XVI No.48; [9]-[11] Piano Sonata in E flat major, HXVI No.52; Sviatoslav Richter CD 28: Liszt: [1] Fantasia on Hungarian folk tunes; [2]-[5] Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major;
[6]-[9] Piano Concerto No.2 in A major; [10] Totentanz; Jean-Yves Thibaudet / Orchestre symphonique de Montréal / Charles Dutoit CD 29: [1]-[10] Hungarian Rhapsodies 1-10; Roberto Szidon CD 30: [1]-[3] Piano Sonata in B minor; [4] Liebestraum No.3 in A flat major; [5] Valse oubliée No.1 in F sharp major; [6] Gnomenreigen; [7] Berceuse; Schubert: [8] Impromptu in A flat major, D935/2; Clifford Curzon CD 31: Mendelssohn: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor; [4]-[6] Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor;
András Schiff / Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Charles Dutoit CD 32: [1]-[6] 6 Lieder ohne Worte, op.62; [7]-[12] 6 Lieder ohne Worte, op.67; [13]-[18] 6 Lieder ohne Worte, op.85; [19]-[24] 6 Lieder ohne Worte, op.102; [25]-[30] 6 Lieder ohne Worte, op.72; [31] Allegretto non troppo (Barcarolle) in A major [1837]; [32]-[33] 2 Klavierstücke: Andante cantabile · Presto agitato; [34] Allegro (Lied ohne Worte) in E minor, op.117; Daniel Barenboim CD 33: Mozart: [1]-[3] Piano Sonata No.11 in A major, K331 "Alla Turca"; [4]-[6] Piano Sonata No.12 in F major, K332; [7]-[9] Piano Sonata No.13 in B flat major, K333; András Schiff CD 34: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K466; [4]-[6] Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K488 CD 35: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K467; [4]-[6] Piano Concerto No.25 in C major, K503; Stephen Kovacevich / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis CD 36: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto No.19 in F major, K459; [4]-[6] Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat major, K595*; [7]-[9] Piano Sonata No.2 in F major, K280; Clara Haskil / Berliner Philharmoniker / Bavarian State Orchestra* / Ferenc Fricsay CD 37: Mussorgsky: [1]-[16] Pictures at an Exhibition; Prokofiev: [17]-[25] 9 Pieces for piano from "Romeo and Juliet, op.75; Lazar Berman CD 38: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major, op.10; [4]-[6] Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26; [7]-[10] Piano Concerto No.4 in B flat major, op.53; ALexander Toradze / Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg / Valery Gergiev CD 39: Rachmaninov: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.1; [4]-[6] Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40; [7] Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43 CD 40: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.19; [4]-[6] Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30; [7] Vocalise, op.34 no.14; Zoltán Kocsis / San Francisco Symphony / Edo de Waart CD 41: Ravel: [1]-[3] Gaspard de la nuit; [4]-[11] Valses nobles et sentimentales; [12]-Jeux d'eau;
[13]-[[17] Miroirs; Pascal Rogé CD 42: [1]-[2] Piano Concerto for the left hand in D major; Honegger: [3] Concertino; Françaix: [4]-[7] Concertino; Ravel: [8]-[10] Piano Concerto in G major; Jean-Yves Thibaudet / Orchestre symphonique de Montréal / Charles Dutoit CD 43: Satie: [1]-[3] 3 Gymnopédies; [4] Je te veux; [5] 4 Préludes flasques; [6]Prélude en tapisserie; [7] Nocturne No.4; [8] Vieux sequins et vieilles cuirasses; [9] Embryons desséchés; [10-[15] 6 Gnossiennes; [16] Sonatine bureaucratique; [17] Le Piccadilly; Pascal Rogé CD 44: Schubert: [1]-[4] Piano Sonata No.16 in A minor, D845; [5]-[8] Piano Sonata No.18 in G major, D894; Radu Lupu CD 45: [1]-[4] Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat major, D960; [5]-[10] 5 Moments musicaux, D780; Wilhelm Kempff CD 46: [1]-[4] 4 Impromptus, D935; [5]-[8] 4 Impromptus, D899; Daniel Barenboim CD 47: [1]-[4] Fantasy in C major "Wanderer"; [5] Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118 (trans.Liszt); [6] Ständchen, D889 (trans.Liszt); [7] Der Müller und der Bach, D795 (trans.Liszt); [8] Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D774 (trans.Liszt); Brahms: [9]-[15] 7 Piano Pieces, op.116; Liszt: [16] Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C sharp minor; Yevgeny Kissin CD 48: Schumann: [1]-[13] Kinderszenen, op.15; [14]-[22] Waldszenen, op.82; [23] Papillons, op.2; [24]-[26] 3 Romanzen, op.28; Wilhelm Kempff CD 49: Schumann: [1]-[3] Fantasie in C major, op.17; [4] Allegro in B minor, op.8; [5] Romance, op.28 no.2; [6]-[8] Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54; Alicia de Larrocha / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Charles Dutoit CD 50: Tchaikovsky: [1]-[3] Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, op.23; Dohnányi: [4]-[[17] Variations on a Nursery Song, op.25; András Schiff / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti
A special limited-edition 50 CD set of the world's favourite piano concertos, sonatas and other solo pieces.
A host of famous pianists perform music from J.S.Bach to Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Gershwin.
This collection of discs includes the five Beethoven Concertos, three Rachmaninov Concertos as well as concertos by Brahms, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Schumann and Ravel as well as six Mozart Concertos. Solo piano repertory includes Bach's Well-temepered clavier and "Italian" Concerto, nine Sonatas by Beethoven including the mighty "Hammerklavier", Chopin Preludes, Mazurkas, Waltzes and other pieces, Debussy favourites including Children's Corner, Liszt's complete Hungarian Rhapsodies, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, a disc of Satie favourites, Schubert's complete Impromptus and Moments musicaux, Schumann's Fantaise in C and many more....
Almost 60 hours of music!
