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Dec 9, 2011
Mark Farago Plays-3
Mark Farago Plays-3 : piano music of Franck, Saint-Saens, Ravel and Grieg
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Dec 9, 2011
Mark Farago
Mark Farago - a marvelous young Hungarian pianist who needs to be discovered in the USA and by the recording companies big time
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Dec 9, 2011
Major Symphony Orchestras 3
Major Symphony Orchestras 3 - Symphony Orchestras of Germany and Austria
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Oct 29, 2011
Great Women Pianists
A celebration of the great women pianists
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Oct 29, 2011
Classical Pianists D-G
Classical Pianists D-G Listing and Links
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Sep 7, 2011
Classical Pianists L-O
Classical Pianists L-O Listing and Links
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Sep 7, 2011
About Us
All About Us - who I am and why I am doing this
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Sep 6, 2011
Meyer plays Classics
Marcelle Meyer: a brilliant french pianist of the first half of the 20th century
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Aug 31, 2011
Fannie Bloomfield
Fannie Bloomfield - one of the greatest pianists of her time
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Aug 31, 2011
Ilona Eibenschutz
Performances by Ilona Eibenschutz who played duets with Liszt, studied with Clara Schumann, and was a friend of Brahms
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Aug 31, 2011
Fanny Davies
Fanny Davies - "wild young woman": Student of Carl Reinecke and Clara Schumann
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Aug 31, 2011
Rosa Tamarkina
Rosa Tamarkina: Great Russian Pianist who died tragically young
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Aug 29, 2011
Moura Lympany Plays Chopin
Dame Moura Lympany Plays Chopin: the music of Chopin played by the great English pianist
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Aug 29, 2011
Lympany plays Concerti
Moura Lympany plays Concerti with as much strength, vitality and panache as anyone.
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Aug 29, 2011
Moura Lympany
Dame Moura Lympany: Great English Pianist who specialized in the works of Rachmaninov
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Aug 27, 2011
Gina Bachauer
Gina Bachauer - pupil of Alfred Cortot and Rachmaninov
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Aug 27, 2011
Classical Pianists H-K
Classical Pianists H-K Listing and Links
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Aug 26, 2011
Classical Pianists A-C
Classical Pianists A-C Listing and Links
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Aug 26, 2011
Cor de Groot,
Cor de Groot, a wonderful Dutch pianist whose playing astounds eveyone who discovers his recordings
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Aug 26, 2011
de Groot plays Chopin
Cor de Groot plays Chopin: a feast of Mazurkas by one of the most under appreciated great pianists of the 20th century
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Aug 25, 2011
Bach-Busoni Chaconne
Bach-Busoni Chaconne - the musical art of transcendental metaphysics
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Aug 25, 2011
Classical Pianists P-S
Classical Pianists P-S Listing and Links
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Aug 25, 2011
Chopin Ballade No1 in G minor, Op.23
Chopin Ballade No1 in G minor, Op.23 interpreted by many of the great pianists of the last 100 years
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Aug 25, 2011
Pianistic Interpretation: There is no best way to play a piano piece.
Head to head comparison of pianistic interpretation of specific works for the piano.
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Aug 25, 2011
Auf dem Wasser zu Singen
Auf dem Wasser zu Singen: one of the most gorgeous art songs ever penned in both Schubert's original vocal version and Liszt's transcription for piano.
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Aug 22, 2011
Classical Pianists T-Z
Classical Pianists T-Z Listing and Links
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Aug 21, 2011
The Piano Accompanist
The Piano Accompanist - often neglected, they are often the sine qua non of a great performance
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Aug 20, 2011
Chopin Barcarolle in F Sharp Major Opus 60
Chopin Barcarolle interpreted by some of the greatest pianists of the lst 100 years
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Aug 10, 2011
Youra Guller
Youra Guller: a remarable French pianist of the 20th Century, victim and triumpant survivor of the holocaust
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Aug 10, 2011
Arthur de Greef
Arthur de Greef: Student of Liszt and Saint-Saens, and friend to Grieg
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Aug 6, 2011
Franck Prelude Chorale et Fugue
Franck Prelude Chorale et Fugue - a monumental work for solo piano requiring masterful technique and musicianship
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Aug 4, 2011
Emil von Sauer The Composer
Emil von Sauer The Composer: Two beautiful Piano Concerti and other works for piano
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Aug 4, 2011
Emil von Sauer Plays Chopin
Emil von Sauer Plays Chopin: a student of Liszt, plays the piano music of Frederic Chopin
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Aug 3, 2011
Emil von Sauer
Emil von Sauer: "the legitimate heir of Franz Liszt"
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Jul 24, 2011
Arthur de Greef plays Liszt Piano Concerti and Hungarian Fantasy
Authentic recordings by Arthur de Greef who was a student of the composer
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Jul 24, 2011
de Greef Piano Concerti
de Greef Piano Concerti - two concerti by the great pianist himself
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Jul 24, 2011
Major Symphony Orchestras 2
Major Symphony Orchestras 2 - Symphony Orchestras of Canada, the UK and France
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Jul 23, 2011
Saint-Saens
Saint-Saens the composer: delightful and often virtuosic music for the piano
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Jul 23, 2011
Camille Saint-Saens plays Saint-Saens, Chopin, Beethoven
Camille Saint-Saens plays his own Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op 22 and other works for piano
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Mar 22, 2011
The Left Hand Alone
Great Piano Music for the Left Hand Alone: The spoils of war
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Mar 13, 2011
Michelangeli Monograph
A brilliant and perceptive Michelangeli Monograph by noted pianist and writer John Bell Young
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Mar 13, 2011
Contributing Editors
Contributing Editors - articles, reviews and other contributions by guest pianists, musicians and others
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Mar 13, 2011
Interpreting Chopin
Interpreting Chopin:A very interesting article by Angela Lear, noted Chopin Scholar
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Mar 13, 2011
Silverman on Mozart
Silverman on Mozart, Robert Silverman, Mozart piano sonatas
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Mar 5, 2011
Francis Plante
Francis Plante: 19th Century virtuoso and early recording artist who actualy heard Chopin playl
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Mar 4, 2011
Gustav Mahler
Fascinating and fabulous examples of Gustav Mahler playing the piano
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Mar 4, 2011
Composers Play their own Piano Music
Hear famous composers play their own and other works for piano
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Mar 4, 2011
Ferruccio Busoni Plays Busoni, Bach, Chopin and Liszt
Ferruccio Busoni plays his transcriptions as well as music by Bach, Chopin and Liszt
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Feb 24, 2011
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 interpreted by some of the greatest pianists of the lst 100 years
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