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Great pianists of the century

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Great pianists of the century

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144684604

Recorded between 1927 and 1993

CD 1: Carnaval : op. 9 / Robert Schumann (Sergei Rachmaninov) -- Berceuse in D flat major, op. 57 ; Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, op. 39 ; Waltz in C sharp minor, op. 64, no. 2 ; Mazurka in A flat major, op. 59, no. 2 / Frédéric Chopin (Arthur Rubinstein) -- Etude in G sharp minor, op. 25, no. 6 : Thirds / Frédéric Chopin. Blue Danube Waltz / Strauss ; Schulz-Evler (Josef Lhevinne) -- Funérailles / Franz Liszt. Etude in F major, op. 10, no. 8 ; Mazurka in F minor, op. 7, no. 3 ; Scherzo no. 4 in E major, op. 54 / Frédéric Chopin. Flight of the bumblebee / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Vladimir Horowitz)CD 2: Liebestraum ; Un sospiro / Franz Liszt (Frederic Lamond) -- Piano sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35 / Frédéric Chopin (Alfred Cortot) -- Tannhäuser. Overture / Wagner ; Liszt (Benno Moisiewitsch [sic]) -- Venetian gondola song ; Duetto / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Ignaz Friedman) -- Etude in G flat major, op. 10, no. 5 ; Etude in G flat major, op. 25, no. 9 / Frédéric Chopin (Leopold Godowsky) -- 2 poems, op. 32 / Alexander Scriabin (Vladimir Sofronitsky) -- Nocturne in D flat major, op. 27, no. 2 / Frédéric Chopin (Solomon)CD 3: Piano concerto in A minor, op. 54 / Robert Schumann (Dinu Lipatti, piano ; Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- Piano sonata in B flat major, K570 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Walter Gieseking) -- Piano sonata in A major, op. 101. 1st movement / Ludwig van Beethoven. Piano sonata in B flat major, D 960. 1st movement / Franz Schubert (Artur Schnabel) -- Toccata in C major, op. 7 / Robert Schumann (Emil Gilels) -- Islamey : oriental fantasy / Mili Balakirev (Claudio Arrau)CD 4: Prelude in D major, op. 23, no. 4 ; Prelude in G major, op. 23, no. 5 ; Prelude in B minor, op. 32, no. 10 ; Prelude in G sharp minor, op. 32, no. 12 / Sergei Rachmaninov. Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 31 / Frédéric Chopin. The seasons. May : White nights ; June : Barcarolle ; November : Troika ; January : By the fireplace / Pjotr Ilyitsc Tchaikovsky (Sviatoslav Richter) -- Images book 1 ; Images book 2 / Claude Debussy (Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli)CD 5: Mephisto waltz / Franz Liszt. Don Pasquale : fantasy / Sigismond Thalberg (Earl Wild) -- Fantasy in c minor, K396 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Hungarian rhapsody no. 2 in C sharp minor ; Csardas obstiné / Franz Liszt (Alfred Brendel) -- La leggierezza / Franz Liszt. Toccata, op. 11 / Sergei Prokofiev (Martha Argerich) -- Etude-tableau in E flat minor : op. 39, no. 5 / Sergei Rachmaninov. A midsummer night's dream. Scherzo / Mendelssohn ; Rachmaninov (Nikolai Lugansky)

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