The 50 Most Essential Piano Pieces

Franz Liszt & VARIOUS ARTISTS

50 SONGS • 5 HOURS AND 10 MINUTES • SEP 28 2010

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846

Johann Sebastian Bach & Kveta Novotná

01:32

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: Rondo: Alla turca

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Finghin Collins

03:25

Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, G 541, Op. 62: "O lieb so lang' du lieben kannst"

Franz Liszt & Jerome Rose

04:19

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27:2, "Moonlight Sonata": Adagio sostenuto

Ludwig van Beethoven & Finghin Collins

05:37

Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop"

Frédéric Chopin & Ketevan Badridze

05:49

Gymnopédie No. 1

Erik Satie & Finghin Collins

03:41

Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 1, L 366: Allegro

Domenico Scarlatti & Dubravka Tomsic

01:57

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria

Johann Sebastian Bach & Tatiana Nikolaeva

03:59

Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise"

Ludwig van Beethoven & Finghin Collins

03:16

Sonata in B Minor, S. 178

Franz Liszt & Dag Achatz

29:53

Suite Bergamasque, L 75: Clair de lune

Claude Debussy & Finghin Collins

05:14

Sonata for Piano No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310: III. Presto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Carmen Piazzini

03:16

Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9

Frédéric Chopin & Finghin Collins

04:53

Sonata No. 23 in F Minor for Piano, Op. 57, "Appassionata": I. Allegro assai

Ludwig van Beethoven & Sylvia Cápová

10:21

Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op. 53, "Heroic": Maestoso

Frédéric Chopin & Peter Schmalfuss

06:24

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Maurice Ravel, Juni'chi Hirokami, Yukie Nagai & Malmö Symphony Orchestra

07:44

Morceaux de Fantasie, Op. 3: II. Prélude in C-Sharp Minor: Lento

Sergei Rachmaninoff & Tomislav Bavnov

04:14

Sonata No. 8 in C Minor for Piano, Op. 13, "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile

Ludwig van Beethoven & Dubravka Tomsic

05:37

Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23

Frédéric Chopin & Staffan Scheja

09:25

Préludes, Book 2: Lent (La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune)

Claude Debussy & Yukie Nagai

05:06

Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato

Ludwig van Beethoven & Freddy Kempf

08:50

Songs Without Words, Op. 30: Song of the Venetian Gondolier

Felix Mendelssohn & Jenö Jando

02:40

Deux Arabesques (Two Arabesques), L 66: No. 1

Claude Debussy & Peter Schmalfuss

03:55

Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile

Ludwig van Beethoven & Freddy Kempf

16:45

Sonata No. 2 in B Minor for Piano, Op. 35: IV. Funeral March: Lento

Frédéric Chopin & Vitaly Margulis

08:15

Pictures at an Exhibition (piano): Promenade 1

Modest Mussorgsky & Sergei Oskolkov

01:23

Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major: Andante

Franz Schubert & Sylvia Cápová

06:38

Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor

Frédéric Chopin & Ketevan Badridze

02:21

Gaspard de la Nuit for Piano, M. 55: I. Ondine

Maurice Ravel & Jana Brovkina

06:38

Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein": I. Allegro con brio

Ludwig van Beethoven & Ronald Brautigam

10:05

Fantaisie Impromptu in C-Sharp Major, Op. 66: Allegro agitato

Frédéric Chopin & Peter Schmalfuss

04:35

Impromptus, Op. 142, No. 1 in F Minor, D 935: Allegro moderato

Franz Schubert & Sylvia Cápová

10:10

Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei

Robert Schumann & Roland Pöntinen

03:15

Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47: Allegretto

Frédéric Chopin & Peter Schmalfuss

06:39

Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: I. Vivace, ma non troppo

Ludwig van Beethoven & Freddy Kempf

04:05

Le tombeau de Couperin: Prélude

Maurice Ravel & Yukie Nagai

03:11

Sonata No. 3 in B Minor for Piano, Op. 58: I. Allegro maestoso

Frédéric Chopin & Sergio Tiempo

09:05

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, S. 244

Franz Liszt & Dieter Goldmann

09:23

Sonata No. 7 in B Major, Op. 83: Precipitato

Sergei Prokofiev & Anthree Nikolsky

04:32

Carnaval, Op. 9, "Scenes mignonnes sur quatre notes": XII. Chopin

Robert Schumann & Tamara Sanikidze

01:23

Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49

Frédéric Chopin & Peter Schmalfuss

12:09

Estampes, L 100 (1913): I. Pagodes

Claude Debussy & Alexander Botalov-Mironovich

04:45

12 Etudes d´exécution transcendante: Paysage

Franz Liszt & László Simon

05:06

Children's Corner, L 113: VI. Golliwogg's Cake-walk

Claude Debussy & Peter Schmalfuss

02:43

Sonata No. 5, Op. 53

Alexandr Scriabin & Yevgeny Sudbin

11:14

From Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op.65: VI. Bryllopsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding-day at Troldhaugen)

Edvard Grieg & Eva Knardahl

07:10

Préludes, Op. 32: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor: Allegro

Sergei Rachmaninoff & Andrei Ivanovich

02:34

Sonata for Piano No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310: II. Andante cantabile, con espressione

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Carmen Piazzini

07:58

Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major, S. 172: Lento placido

Franz Liszt & Dubravka Tomsic

04:57

Für Alina

Arvo Pärt & Alexei Lubimov

02:22