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In this recording from 1990 Andras Schiff plays Schubert's Moments Musicaux, a set of short, emotionally evocative piano pieces. Under Schiff’s masterful fingers, these pieces are brought to life with a delicate blend of lyricism and precision.
Length
32 mins
Prog. No.
4445
This selection of some of Bach’s most perennially popular keyboard music admirably demonstrates the many varied facets of the composer’s fertile imagination. Deep pathos is contrasted with witty humour, serenity is paired with fleetness of foot, and…
Length
54 mins
Prog. No.
6676
Hungarian pianist Zoltán Kocsis performs various child scenes and pieces for children composed by Robert Schumann, Claude Debussy, and Bela Bartok. The intimate atmosphere of the recording allows to admire the artist closely while playing.
Length
55 mins
Prog. No.
6685
Hungarian pianist András Schiff plays Schubert’s four Impromptus D.925. Once more he convinces with technical sovereignty and great musicality.
Length
37 mins
Prog. No.
4461
In this recording, 97-year-old Mieczyslaw Horszowski plays pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach and Frédéric Chopin, both composers that belonged to his standard repertoire.
Length
59 mins
Prog. No.
4448
Yefim Bronfman plays Brahms Händel Variations op. 24 and Four Piano Pieces op. 119.
Length
45 mins
Prog. No.
6644
31 July is the anniversary of Franz Liszt's death. A series of programmes produced by Bavarian Television with Daniel Barenboim sheds light on the much wrinkled activity of the piano virtuoso, composer, music teacher and theorist, conductor and…
Length
58 mins
Prog. No.
6663
Daniel Barenboim plays Franz Liszt: Wagner and Verdi Opera transcriptions.
Length
58 mins
Prog. No.
6661
In 1741 Johann Sebastian Bach published the fourth and last volume of his most extensive keyboard publication, the Clavier-Übung: an aria and thirty variations known universally as the ‘Goldberg’ Variations. This monumental work, which is about…
Length
90 mins
Prog. No.
6677
“… it goes without saying that Franz Liszt cannot be a quiet piano player for quiet state burghers and cosy sleepyheads". This is how Heinrich Heine assesses Franz Liszt's public position. The Sonata in B minor, written in 1852/53 and considered one…
Length
34 mins
Prog. No.
6662