40 Most Beautiful Piano Classics
Gennady Rozhdestvensky · Leopold Hager · Sakari Oramo · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra · Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg · Cyprien Katsaris · Monique Haas · Boris Berezovsky · Elisabeth Leonskaja · Nikolai Lugansky
40 Most Beautiful Piano Classics (2011), CD, on Warner Classics International. Music by Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Leopold Hager, Sakari Oramo, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; 38 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morning Mood (piano version)
12 Études, op. 10: no. 3 in E major “Tristesse”
Frédéric Chopin - Étude in E major, op. 10 no. 3: Lento ma non troppo
Nocturne no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 9 no. 1
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 9 no. 1: Larghetto
4 Impromptus, op. 90, D. 899: no. 3 in G‐flat major
Franz Schubert - Impromptu in G‐flat major, op. 90, D. 899: No. 3. Andante
Nocturne no. 2 in E‐flat major, op. 9 no. 2
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne no. 2 in E‐flat major, op. 9 no. 2
Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448: II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata for 2 Pianos in D major, K. 375a/448
Waltz no. 9 in A‐flat major, op. posth. 69 no. 1 “Farewell”
12 Études, op. 25: no. 1 in A‐flat major “Aeolian Harp”
Frédéric Chopin - Étude in A‐flat major, op. 25 no. 1 “Aeolian Harp”: Allegro sostenuto
Albumblätter, op. 124: no. 16, Schlummerlied
Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466: III. Allegro assai
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Waltz no. 11 in G‐flat major, op. posth. 70 no. 1
Frédéric Chopin - Waltz no. 11 in G‐flat major, op. 70 no. 1
Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”: II. Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”
Waltz no. 7 in C‐sharp minor, op. 64 no. 2
Frédéric Chopin - Waltz no. 7 in C‐sharp minor, op. 64 no. 2
Fantasia for Piano in D minor, K. 397
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fantasia for Piano in D minor, K. 397/385g
Le carnaval des animaux, R 125: VII. Aquarium
Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Jean-François Heisser, Viktoria Postnikova
2 Arabesques, CD 74, L. 66: no. 1, Andantino con moto
Claude Debussy - Deux arabesques, L. 66, CD 74 : No. 1. Andantino con moto
Nocturne no. 19 in E minor, op. Posth. 72 no. 1
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne no. 19 in E minor, op. 72 no. 1: Andante
Bagatelle no. 25 in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”
Ludwig van Beethoven - Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto
Nocturne no. 5 in F‐sharp major, op. 15 no. 2
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne no. 5 in F‐sharp major, op. 15 no. 2: Larghetto
Pictures at an Exhibition: II. The Old Castle
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 2 “Il vecchio castello”
Children’s Corner, CD 119, L. 113: no. 3, Serenade for the Doll
10 Pieces from Romeo & Juliet, op. 75: VI. Montagues and Capulets
Sergei Prokofiev - 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, op. 75: No. 6. Montagues and Capulets
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation 18 (Andante cantabile)
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII
Sakari Oramo, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Nikolai Lugansky
10 Preludes, op. 23: no. 5 in G minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff - 10 Preludes, op. 23: No. 5 in G minor: Alla marcia
Children’s Corner, CD 119, L. 113: no. 1, Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum