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Triumph Of The Piano - Keyboard Classics From Bach To Bartok

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Composer
NPR
Artist
Npr
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Jan 18, 2000
Catalog #
SMK60993
UPC
074646099322

About

THE TRIUMPH OF THE PIANO is a release from National Public Radio that briefly covers the history of piano music through music from "Bach to Bartok." With so many performances to select from for such a collection, it's no doubt that the choices are outstanding. Beginning with two pieces for the harpsichord by Couperin and Bach respectively, the piano takes over through pieces of the classical and romantic eras, and twentieth century, with something by almost every piano composer of importance.
The performer list is equally impressive on this intelligent collection: Emmanuel Ax, André Watts, Glenn Gould, and more. Particular standouts include Brahms' Intermezzo Op. 119 played by Rudolf Serkin in a 1979 recording, the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 from a 1961 recording by Robert Casadesus, and "Liebesbotschaft" by Schubert/Liszt played by Arcadi Volodos. In other words, this is not only a short history of the piano repertoire, but of pianists who have recorded as well. Aficionados of the piano will find this to be an invaluable recording in its unique collection of pieces, as well as its fantastic assembly of artistry on one disc.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Pieces de clavecin, Book 2: 6th Ordre in B-Flat Major: Les Baricades misterieuses (vivement) 02:12
    Track
    1
    Title
    Pieces de clavecin, Book 2: 6th Ordre in B-Flat Major: Les Baricades misterieuses (vivement)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Performer
    Anthony Newman
  2. 2 2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 01:25
    Track
    2
    Title
    2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Gustav Leonhardt
  3. 3 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.13/L.486/P.69 02:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K.13/L.486/P.69
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Performer
    Glenn Gould
  4. 4 Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545, "Sonata facile": I. Allegro 02:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545, "Sonata facile": I. Allegro
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Jos van Immerseel
  5. 5 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante 07:48
    Track
    5
    Title
    Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante
    Duration
    07:48
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Robert Casadesus
    Ensemble
    Cleveland Orchestra
    Conductor
    George Szell
  6. 6 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto 06:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
    Duration
    06:29
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Rudolf Serkin
  7. 7 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 2 in E-Flat Major 03:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 2 in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Nelson Freire
  8. 8 Schubert - Schwanengesang, S560/R245: No. 10. Liebesbotschaft 02:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    Schubert - Schwanengesang, S560/R245: No. 10. Liebesbotschaft
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Arcadi Volodos
  9. 9 Album fur die Jugend (Album for the Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 10. Frohlicher Landmann, von der Arbeit zuruckkehrend 00:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    Album fur die Jugend (Album for the Young), Op. 68, Part I: Fur Kleinere: No. 10. Frohlicher Landmann, von der Arbeit zuruckkehrend
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Philippe Entremont
  10. 10 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 6, Op. 67: No. 34 in C Major, Op. 67, No. 4, MWV U182, "Spinnerlied" 01:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 6, Op. 67: No. 34 in C Major, Op. 67, No. 4, MWV U182, "Spinnerlied"
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Rudolf Serkin
  11. 11 Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2, "Valse brillante" 05:10
    Track
    11
    Title
    Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2, "Valse brillante"
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Emanuel Ax
  12. 12 Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 2 02:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 6, No. 2
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Emanuel Ax
  13. 13 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S124/R455: Allegro maestoso 05:37
    Track
    13
    Title
    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S124/R455: Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Emanuel Ax
    Ensemble
    Philharmonia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Esa-Pekka Salonen
  14. 14 6 Etudes d'execution transcendante d'apres Paganini, S140/R3a: No. 3 in A-Flat Minor, "La campanella" 04:18
    Track
    14
    Title
    6 Etudes d'execution transcendante d'apres Paganini, S140/R3a: No. 3 in A-Flat Minor, "La campanella"
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    André Watts
  15. 15 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 1. Intermezzo in B Minor 04:10
    Track
    15
    Title
    4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 1. Intermezzo in B Minor
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Rudolf Serkin
  16. 16 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor (version for piano 4 hands) 02:16
    Track
    16
    Title
    21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor (version for piano 4 hands)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen
  17. 17 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor 03:55
    Track
    17
    Title
    Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Philippe Entremont
  18. 18 Children's Corner: VI. Golliwogg's Cake-Walk 03:09
    Track
    18
    Title
    Children's Corner: VI. Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Paul Crossley
  19. 19 3 Movements from Petrushka: No. 1. Danse russe (Russian Dance) 02:32
    Track
    19
    Title
    3 Movements from Petrushka: No. 1. Danse russe (Russian Dance)
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Igor Stravinsky
    Performer
    Yefim Bronfman
  20. 20 Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101: I. Allegro 09:13
    Track
    20
    Title
    Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101: I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:13
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Yefim Bronfman
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Esa-Pekka Salonen
  21. 21 Maple Leaf Rag (version for piano) 02:56
    Track
    21
    Title
    Maple Leaf Rag (version for piano)
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Scott Joplin
    Performer
    Eugene List