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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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