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the essential piano

40 POPULAR CLASSICS

No other acoustic instrument can match the pianos expressive range, and no electric instrument can match its mystery.
KENNETH MILLER

2CD

The Essential Piano

The piano is by far the most popular instrument in the world, with hundreds of millions of them in homes around the globe. It transcends all cultural and geographical boundaries, knowing only the notes accompanying its 88 black and white keys. Keys that have, at some time or another, enthralled, frustrated, challenged and delighted with their multitude of possibility and arrangement. What is universally agreed upon is that the music written for this marvellous feat of acoustical engineering is sublime and exhilarating. What child has not thrilled to the sound of first conquering the

The piano is the social instrument par excellence...

JACQUES BARZUN

one finger picking out of Twinkle, twinkle little star? Tunes simple and complex have been written for the piano and played with equal passion by professionals and amateurs alike. For many people, a piano evokes deeply fond memories of family and friends together, listening to favourite pieces being played, singing along with timeless classics. No other instrument is so widely loved and cherished. From Bach to Beethoven to Brahms to Chopin to Debussy to Gershwin to Joplin, the melodies that have captivated audiences for centuries are included here on this double CD of unforgettable gems. This collection of some of the worlds most beloved piano music aims to recapture these memories, as well as create new ones to share for generations to come.

The pianoforte is the most important of all musical instruments: its invention was to music what the invention of printing was to poetry.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

CD1 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Adagio sostenuto
from Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, Moonlight Gerard Willems FRDRIC CHOPIN 641

Prelude in C major, BWV846

from The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV846-893 Michael Kieran Harvey WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791 219

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Prelude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15, Raindrop

John Champ PETER SCULTHORPE b. 1929

437

Minuet in G major, KV1

Roger Woodward LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827

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Left Bank Waltz

David Stanhope ERIK SATIE 1866-1925

133

Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59, Fr Elise

Stephanie McCallum ROBERT SCHUMANN 1810-1856

Gymnopdie No. 1
from Trois Gymnopdies 336 Stephanie McCallum EDVARD GRIEG 1843-1907

Trumerei (Reverie)
from Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15 David Stanhope FRDRIC CHOPIN 1810-1849 317

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Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

from Lyric Pieces, Op. 65 David Stanhope SERGE RACHMANINOFF 1873-1943 520

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

Roger Woodward FRANZ LISZT 1811-1886

Liebestraum in A-flat major, S541 No. 3

Stephanie McCallum

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Prelude No. 1 in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2

David Stanhope

412

CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862-1918

FRDRIC CHOPIN

Clair de lune (Moonlight)

from Suite bergamasque Stephanie McCallum MICHAEL NYMAN b. 1948 510

Prelude in G major, Op. 28 No. 3

Roberto Cominati JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833-1897

104

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The Heart Asks Pleasure First

from The Piano Sally Whitwell ELENA KATS-CHERNIN b. 1957

Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2

Antony Gray

601

[7616] BRUCE ROWLAND b. 1942

Russian Rag
Donna Coleman GEORGE GERSHWIN 1898-1937

504

Jessicas Theme
from The Man from Snowy River Roger Woodward JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (arr. Myra Hess) 317

I Got Rhythm
from George Gershwins Song Book Stephanie McCallum WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 116

Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring, BWV147

David Stanhope JOSEPH HAYDN 1732-1809

358

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Allegro
from Piano Sonata in C major, KV545 Gerard Willems LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 424

Allegro
from Sonata No. 60 in C major, Hob. XVI:50 Chu-Fang Huang WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 516

Adagio cantabile
from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathtique Gerard Willems 538

Rondo alla turca

from Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, KV331 Roger Woodward 249

JOHANNES BRAHMS

ARVO PRT b. 1935

Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
from Five Songs, Op. 49 No. 4 Roger Woodward MAURICE RAVEL 1875-1937 201

Fr Alina
Tamara Anna Cislowska MODEST MUSSORGSKY 1839-1881

200

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Pavane pour une infante dfunte

Stephanie McCallum HOWARD BLAKE b. 1938

Promenade
from Pictures from an Exhibition Scott Davie CHRISTIAN SINDING 1856-1941 117

Walking in the Air

from Lifecycle William Chen KEITH JARRETT b. 1945 320

Frhlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring)

from Six Pieces, Op. 32 David Stanhope TRADITIONAL (arr. Percy Grainger) 217

Part IIc
from The Kln Concert Sally Whitwell 519 SCOTT JOPLIN 1868-1917

Irish Tune from County Derry, Danny Boy

Leslie Howard CLAUDE DEBUSSY

313

The Entertainer
Donna Coleman CLAUDE DEBUSSY

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La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
from Prludes, Book I Duncan Gifford FRDRIC CHOPIN 242

LIsle joyeuse (The Joyous Isle)

Kathryn Selby

553

Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4

John Champ

204

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Impromptu in G-flat major, D899 No. 3

Roger Woodward FELIX MENDELSSOHN 1809-1847

627

Song without Words, Op. 19 No. 4

Roger Woodward FRANZ LISZT

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Consolation No. 1, S172

Roger Woodward FRDRIC CHOPIN

121

Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60

Slawomir Wilk

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