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The Essential Piano: 40 Popular Classics

David Stanhope · Roger Woodward · Stephanie McCallum · Gerard Willems · Duncan Gifford · Kathryn Selby · Leslie Howard · Michael Kieran Harvey · Sally Whitwell · Tamara Anna Cislowska

ABC Classics2009Cat. 476 33831h 31m24 tracks

The Essential Piano: 40 Popular Classics (2009), CD, on ABC Classics. Music by Claude Debussy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by David Stanhope, Roger Woodward, Stephanie McCallum, Gerard Willems; 24 tracks.

Composers

Claude Debussy3 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3 Johann Sebastian Bach2 Ludwig van Beethoven2 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, BWV846

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

Michael Kieran Harvey

2:23

02

Minuet in G major, KV1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Minuet

1:10

03

Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

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

Stephanie McCallum

2:55

04

Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei (Reverie)

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

3:21

05

Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1, 'Military'

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

4:55

07

Moonlight Sonata, Op. 27 No. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto

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

Gymnopédue 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, Op. 3 No. 2

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

4:18

13

Clair de lune (Moonlight)

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

Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545 "Sonata semplice": I. Allegro

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

4:29

18

Pathétique Sonata in C minor, Op. 13: II. Adagio cantabile

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

4:29

Disc 2

02

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV147

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

4:02

04

Rondo alla turca

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

2:51

06

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

Stephanie McCallum

6:22

10

L'Isle joyeuse (The Joyous Isle)

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

5:57

11

Arvo Pärt - Für Alina

Tamara Anna Cislowska

2:01

13

Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring)

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

2:21

14

Irish Tune from Country Derry, 'Danny Boy'

Percy Grainger - Irish Tune from County Derry

3:17

15

La fille aux cheveux din line (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

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

2:46

17

Inpromptu in G-flat major, D899 No. 3

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

6:32

19

Consolation No. 1, S172

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

1:26