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The Essential Piano Album

David Stanhope · Roger Woodward · Stephanie McCallum · Gerard Willems · Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak · Duncan Gifford · Kathryn Selby · Leslie Howard · Michael Kieran Harvey · Sally Whitwell

ABC Classics2009Cat. 3061301h 32m24 tracks

The Essential Piano Album (2009), CD, on ABC Classics. Music by Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by David Stanhope, Roger Woodward, Stephanie McCallum, Gerard Willems; 24 tracks.

Composers

Claude Debussy3 Ludwig van Beethoven3 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3 Johann Sebastian Bach2 Arvo Pärt1 Christian Sinding1 Edvard Grieg1 Erik Satie1 Franz Liszt1 Franz Schubert1 Frédéric Chopin1 Maurice Ravel1 Michael Nyman1 Percy Grainger1 Peter Sculthorpe1 Robert Schumann1 Sergei Rachmaninoff1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Prelude in C major

Johann Sebastian Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Michael Kieran Harvey

2:23

02

Minuet in G major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Minuet

1:10

03

Bagatelle in A minor, ‘Für Elise’

Ludwig van Beethoven - Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto

Stephanie McCallum

2:55

04

Träumerei from Kinderszenen

Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen, op. 15: No. 7. Träumerei

3:21

05

‘Military’ Polonaise

Frédéric Chopin - Polonaise in A major, op. 40 no. 1 “Military”

4:55

07

Adagio sostenuto from ‘Moonlight’ Sonata

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”

6:46

09

Left Bank Waltz

Peter Sculthorpe - Left Bank Waltz, W70

1:38

10

Gymnopédie No. 1

Erik Satie - Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux

Stephanie McCallum

3:41

11

Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Edvard Grieg - Lyriske stykker, hefte VIII, op. 65: No. 6: Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen

5:25

12

Prelude No. 1 in C-sharp minor

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C‐sharp minor

4:18

13

Claude Debussy - Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82

Stephanie McCallum

5:14

14

The Heart Asks Pleasure First

Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First

2:38

17

Allegro from Piano Sonata in C major, K545

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata for Piano no. 16 in C major, K. 545 “Sonata facile”: 1. Allegro

4:29

18

Adagio cantabile from Piano ‘Pathétique’ Sonata

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”

Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak

5:38

Disc 2

02

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire, from BWV 147

4:02

04

Rondo alla turca from Piano Sonata No. 11

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata for Piano no. 11 in A major, K. 300i/331 “Alla Turca”

2:51

06

Pavane pour une infant défunte

Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

Stephanie McCallum

6:22

10

L’Isle joyeuse

Claude Debussy - L’Isle joyeuse, L. 106, CD 109

5:57

11

Arvo Pärt - Für Alina

Tamara Anna Cislowska

2:01

13

Rustle of Spring

Christian Sinding - 6 Stücke, op. 32: Nr. 3. Frühlingsrauschen

2:21

14

Irish Tune from County Derry, ‘Danny Boy’

Percy Grainger - Irish Tune from County Derry

3:17

15

The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

Claude Debussy - Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125

2:46

17

Impromptu in G-flat major

Franz Schubert - Impromptu in G‐flat major, op. 90, D. 899: No. 3. Andante

6:32

19

Consolation No. 1

Franz Liszt - Consolation in E major, S. 172 no. 1: Andante con moto

1:26