Best Piano Classics 50
Mikhail Pletnev · Bryden Thomson · David Zinman · Jerzy Maksymiuk · Leonard Bernstein · Michael Nyman · Wayne Marshall · Aalborg Symphony Orchestra · Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra · English Chamber Orchestra
Best Piano Classics 50 (2010), CD, on EMI Classics. Music by Frédéric Chopin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, performed by Mikhail Pletnev, Bryden Thomson, David Zinman, Jerzy Maksymiuk; 49 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth.
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne no. 20 in C‐sharp minor “Reminiscence”, op. posth. 1 no. 16, B. 49, KKIVa/16
12 Transcendental Studies: La campanella
Franz Liszt - Études d’exécution transcendante d’après Paganini, S. 140: no. 3 in A-flat minor “La campanella”
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No.2 "Moonlight": 1. Adagio sostenuto
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Étude Op. 10/3 (Lento ma non troppo)
Frédéric Chopin - Étude in E major, op. 10 no. 3: Lento ma non troppo
Piano Sonata in A, K331: 3. Rondo alla turca: Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata for Piano no. 11 in A major, K. 300i/331 “Alla Turca”
Moment musical D780 No.3: Allegro moderato
Franz Schubert - 6 Moments musicaux for Piano, op. 94, D. 780: No. 3 in F minor. Allegro moderato
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" from Cantata BWV 147
Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire, from BWV 147
Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53 "Heroïque"
Frédéric Chopin - Polonaise in A‐flat major, op. 53 “Heroique”
Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66
Frédéric Chopin - Fantaisie‐impromptu in C‐sharp minor, op. 66
Disc 2
Piano Concerto No.26 - I: Allegro (extract)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 26 in D major, K. 537 “Coronation”
David Zinman, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christian Zacharias
La Belle excentrique - I: Grande Ritournelle
Erik Satie - La Belle Excentrique, fantaisie sérieuse pour piano à quatre mains : Grande ritournelle
Piano Sonata No.21 in C Op.53 "Waldstein" - I: Allegro (extract)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 21 in C major, op. 53 “Waldstein”
Piano Sonata in C K545 - I: Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata for Piano no. 16 in C major, K. 545 “Sonata facile”: 1. Allegro
Disc 3
Piano Concerto No.21 in C K467 - II: Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor Op.13 'Pathetique' - II: Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”