Favorite Piano Pieces

On this CD:

1. Suite bergamasque, for piano, L. 75 Clair de Lune
Composed by Claude Debussy
with Walter Klien

2. Song without Words for piano No. 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
with Walter Klien

3. Work(s) Waltz
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin
with Walter Klien

4. Etude for piano in E major, Op. 10/3, CT 16
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin
with Walter Klien

5. Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15 No 07, Traumerei
Composed by Robert Schumann
with Walter Klien

6. Liebesträume, notturno for piano in A-flat major No. 3 (O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3)
Composed by Franz Liszt
with Walter Klien

7. Work(s) Waltz
Composed by Johannes Brahms
with Walter Klien

8. Chant sans paroles ("Song without words", from "Souvenir de Hapsal"), for piano, Op. 2/3 No 03, Chant sans paroles (Song without Words)
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
with Walter Klien

9. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
with Walter Klien

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My Favorite Brahms
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  • I can't critique it
  • An extraordinary piano recording.
  • =)
  • A must have for all Brahms fans!
  • A Mixture of Light & Darkness
My Favorite Brahms

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ASIN: B00002JXEL
Release Date: 1999-11-09

Tracks:

  1. Rhapsody In B Minor, Op. 79 No. 1
  2. Rhapsody In G Minor, Op. 79 No. 2
  3. Intermezzo In B-Flat Minor, Op. 117 No. 2
  4. Intermezzo In C, Op. 119 No. 3
  5. Waltz In A-Flat, Op. 39 No. 15
  6. Intermezzo In A Minor, Op. 118 No. 1
  7. Intermezzo In A, Op. 118 No. 2
  8. Ballade In G Minor, Op. 118 No. 3
  9. Intermezzo In E-Flat Minor, Op. 118 No. 6
  10. Intermezzo In E, Op. 116 No. 6
  11. Capriccio In G Minor, Op. 116 No. 3
  12. Intermezzo In E-Flat, Op. 117 No. 1
  13. Intermezzo In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 117 No. 3
  14. Intermezzo In B Minor, Op. 119 No. 1
  15. Intermezzo In E Minor, Op. 119 No. 2
  16. Rhapsody In E-Flat, Op. 119 No. 4

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I can't critique it.......2006-09-22

but I can tell you I love it. Brahms--maybe my favorite composer. Van Cliburn--easily my favorite pianist. It doesn't get much better than this in my book. Beautiful music beautifully performed. What more can you ask for?

5 out of 5 stars An extraordinary piano recording........2006-09-01

One really is at first simply stunned by the sound of the piano. These recordings are 30 years old and sound as good or better than a lot of what gets released today.

And then there is the artist himself. I had never taken Cliburn for a Brahmsian. But there are so many wonderful performances on this CD. Take Op. 118 #6 for example. At first hearing, I thought Cliburn was being interpretive. Then I got out my piano edition of Brahms. And it was marked staccato just as Cliburn played it.

More than just being straight with the music, is the beautiful piano tone and lyrical concentration that Van Cliburn brings to his Brahms.

5 out of 5 stars =).......2006-01-11

good stuff. gotta love the brahms.. and van cliburn. <3

5 out of 5 stars A must have for all Brahms fans!.......2001-12-04

I myself am a HUGE Brahms fan. This recording brings us perhaps some of the most beautiful music ever written for piano.
Van Cliburn's interpretation is simply amazing. He can be as soft and subtle as any, while at the same time can play with vigor and fury. I frequently consult this disk for new ideas or perhaps different views.
The quality of the recording is spectacular - crisp, clear, and beautiful.

5 out of 5 stars A Mixture of Light & Darkness.......2001-02-03

Resting...now moving forward...then curling in on itself like a wave. Lightness...darkness...flowing...falling, then stopping to look down into the depths where it will finally rest, yet defiantly turning upward toward the light again.

I have tried to capture, in a few feeble words, what this music sounds like. One could not find a better musical interpretation of the Greek God Prometheus; who slowly dies from having his liver eaten, while chained to the rocks of the Caucasus Mountains,(Brahms died from a damaged liver as Prometheus did). This music shines forth a penetrating consciousness, only to be consumed by the quiet tranquility of an endless sleep. One hears this in the Capriccio in G Minor as well as many other pieces that begin assertively, but then suddenly grow into a deep yearning for rest.

I can't say enough good things about this CD. If this had been a complete collection of the late piano pieces, I would have to consider this a National Treasure. As I write these words I am listening to the Intermezzo in A, Op. 118 on track 7. What a wonderful way to say goodbye to the piano. What a wonderful way to say goodbye to life itself; since he was to give his life back to the universe from whence it came shortly after these pieces were composed.

When everything has been said and done. When your hopes and dreams of finding the perfect love have been laid to rest, as his must have, time becomes meaningless; and all that you have become and hope to be rests in perfect stillness and repose. This is the feeling one gets when listening to these works. It is so wonderful to see that Van Cliburn, like a true Romantic, understands this and makes no effort to crash around in these pieces in order to create a needless and unnecessary sense of excitement. All of the music here is handled with the utmost sensitivity and delicacy. And as the previous reviewer has stated, the recording quality is very pleasing, Since it was originally recorded in analog and then remastered in digital. The original analog (tape) master gives the music a warmth that is fitting for what I consider some of the most important spiritual statements by a composer that have ever been made on the Piano. I can't listen to this CD without getting a lump in my throat. This music is sure to stir up long forgotten emotions within you to!
Favorite Violin Encores
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  • Delightful collection
Favorite Violin Encores

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ASIN: B0000041D4
Release Date: 1995-10-17

Tracks:

  1. Sicilienne
  2. Rondo, K. 250
  3. Mdie
  4. Danza espanola No. 5: Danza espanola No. 5 'Andaluza'
  5. Schosmarin
  6. Liebesleid
  7. Liebesfreud
  8. Allegro
  9. Siciliano, Op. 3, No. 11: Siciliano, Op. 3, No. 11, RV 565
  10. Tambourin
  11. Minuet In G, WoO 10 No. 2
  12. Ava Maria, Op. 52, No. 6
  13. Humoresque In G Flat, Op. 101 No. 7
  14. Mtation de Tha
  15. Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6
  16. Largo
  17. Rondino On A Theme Of Beethoven
  18. Andantino In The Style Of Padre Martini
  19. La Capricieuse
  20. Apres un reve, Op. 7 No. 1
  21. Tango, Op. 165 No. 2
  22. Valse triste
  23. Estrellita
  24. Nocturne, Op. 51 No. 3

Tracks:

  1. Andantino
  2. Standchen, D. 957, No. 4: Serenade
  3. Divertimento In D, K. 334: Menuet
  4. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Scenes d'enfants, No. 7 Traumerei
  5. Sonatine In G, Op. 100: Larghetto
  6. Ave Maria: Meditation sur le 1er prelude de J.S. Bach
  7. Sonata No. 12 In E Minor: Sonata No. 12 In E Minor, Op. 3, No. 6
  8. Songs My Mother Taught Me: Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 3, No. 6
  9. Souvenir de Moscou: Souvenir de Moscou, Op. 6
  10. Piece en forme de habanera
  11. Zigeunerseisen, Op. 20, No. 1: Airs bohemiens
  12. Allegro
  13. Les berceaux: Les berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1
  14. Tzigane
  15. Baal shem: Nigun
  16. Adagio

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Delightful collection.......2001-03-25

A delightful collection of shorter works for violin with piano accompaniment, some of them extremely familiar, others less so, but with Grumiaux's lyrical style (not flamboyant like Perlman's, but graceful and beautiful in an understated way), and fine accompaniment, the music on these 2 CDs is consistently excellent and can be listened to either consecutively or just a few pieces at a time. Well worth having.
Humoresque: Favorite Violin Encores
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    ASIN: B0002J5900
    Release Date: 2004-08-03
    Nocturnes / Waltzes / Preludes & Favorite Pieces
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    • The best for the price or for any price.
    Nocturnes / Waltzes / Preludes & Favorite Pieces
    Chopin
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    ASIN: B00007FDYU
    Release Date: 2002-10-02

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    5 out of 5 stars The best for the price or for any price........2006-09-28

    This is a generic 2 cd set called 'Chopin'. It contains over 155 minutes of pure bliss with Abbey Simon being the primary pianist (by a longshot).
    The price is $5.98 for a mixture of Nocturnes, Waltzes, Preludes, Etudes and other favorite pieces. There is no historical or analytical documentation except for the standard list of contents. The sound is perfect. The emotions seem toward the middle, not too much and not too little. An excellent album for just about anyone who wants to hear Chopin on a shoestring budget.



































    Couperin: 45 Pieces for Piano
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Melodious, Charming, Fascinating
    Couperin: 45 Pieces for Piano

    Manufacturer: Palatine Recordings
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    ASIN: B00005NZ4S
    Release Date: 2000-11-01

    Tracks:

    1. Pastorale
    2. Mille De Charolais's Piece
    3. The Bees
    4. The Birth Of The Lilies
    5. The Birth Of The Lilies
    6. The Jest
    7. The Trifle
    8. The Little Windmills
    9. Gavotte
    10. Sister Monique
    11. Minuet
    12. Sheepfolds
    13. Canary
    14. Mimi
    15. March Of The Grey-Clad
    16. The Little Dairy-Maids Of Bagnolet
    17. Harlequin
    18. Diana
    19. Lord Bersan's Piece
    20. Wandering Shades
    21. Cupid's Fatal Arrows
    22. Reveille
    23. Distraught
    24. The Florentine
    25. Princess Marie
    26. Baubles
    27. Bells
    28. Scintillating Bontemps/Natural Graces
    29. Tender Fanchon
    30. The Flatterer

    Tracks:

    1. Second Courante
    2. Pretty Madelon/Sweet Janneton
    3. The Nightingale in Love (harpsichord)
    4. The Nightingale in Love (variation, piano)
    5. The Exquisite Allemande
    6. The Carillon at Cythera
    7. The Favorite (A Chaconne In Duple Meter)
    8. Couperin's Piece
    9. The Convalescent
    10. The Artist
    11. The French Follies or Masquerades
    12. The Old Lords, A Solemn Sarabande
    13. The God of Marriage and of Love
    14. Atalanta
    15. Raphael
    16. Triumph

    Album Description

    Ray McIntyre has been playing the 216 pieces of Couperin on harpsichord and piano for over fifty years, but in all that time, little effort has been made to render them on the modern piano. In teaching at the Vienna Conservatory for fourteen years and availing himself of Europe's plentiful libraries and archives, Mr. McIntyre offers an unique perspective on 18th century performance practice. He demonstrates that Couperin's Pièces de Clavecin become universal keyboard works when the elements of style, touch, articulation, note inequality, the treatment of silences and ornaments are understood.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Melodious, Charming, Fascinating.......2006-06-24

    I know next to nothing about the keyboard music of François Couperin. When I was a kid pianist I ran across some pieces by him, tried them, got my fingers snagged on the ever-present ornaments and never went back to them. Over the years I have heard bits and bobs of his keyboard works but never really put much effort into knowing more about them. When this 2CD collection came my way I was ready, apparently, to learn more. Fortunately, Ray McIntyre, the pianist/harpsichordist here, wrote very informative booklet notes. Indeed, he indicates that one of his purposes with this set was 'to introduce the intermediate student of the piano or of the harpsichord ... to the challenge of learning fundamental techniques of keyboard performance from the works of a poorly understood master who stood at the beginning of our modern era, systemized an aesthetic method, introduced the concept of studying etudes, revolutionized the appearance of engraved folios of music and founded the genre of the composer-pianist ... [but] the general music lover need not absorb the didactic detail presented in these notes in order to revel in the passion and tenderness of these pieces.'

    McIntyre arranged these forty-five short pieces, taken from the more than 200 Couperin wrote, in order of increasing difficulty. All of them present technical difficulties if only because of those ornaments I mentioned. But as we traverse the collection it is clear that textures become denser, tempi quicker and the necessity for differentiation of touch more insistent. McIntyre's playing demonstrates how it should be done.

    But more important to the casual listener is the impact of the music itself. These are brief pieces -- interestingly no timings are listed -- that charm with their melodies, their almost conversational impact; it is as if each piece is describing a scene. The titles of the individual pieces help with that -- 'The Bees'; 'Cupid's Fatal Arrows'; 'The Little Windmills'; 'The Convalescent'; 'The Carillon at Cythera'; 'The Nightingale in Love,' etc. The final piece, the longest of the collection, called 'Triumph' is in the form ABACADA and depicts preparing for battle, a fanfare, combat, 'joy of the victors.'

    Most of the pieces are played on a Blüthner piano whose treble has special tuning: a fourth string for each note in the treble is set to vibrate sympathetically at either 4' or 8' pitch, similar to the tuning of a harpsichord. The result is an exceedingly sweet-toned piano sound that is somewhere between a modern piano and a harpsichord. A couple of pieces are played on piano and then on harpsichord, showing interesting contrast.

    McIntyre is a sensitive player. At first I felt his performance suffered from tempo instability until I realized that he was responding to the emotional needs of each piece as well as the necessity of giving the often extraordinarily complex ornaments their due. As I became used to this the music took on a more deeply-felt tone that made listening to them more pleasurable. As McIntyre says in his notes, the complexity of the music itself is not immediately perceived by the casual listener because they are beguiled by the charm of Couperin's melodic skill, and that certainly is true. So, this is music the repays both casual and more attentive listening, one of the hallmarks of greatness.

    Recommended.

    2CDs: 147+mins

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    Chopin: Favorite Pieces
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      ASIN: B000021YHJ
      Release Date: 1998-04-07
      Favorite Piano Pieces
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        Manufacturer: Manchester Files
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B0002J9ZIM

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        BEETHOVEN. 1.To Elise 2.Sonata No.14 (Moonlight) 1st movement 3.Rondo a capriccio, op. 129. SCHUBERT. 4.Music moment in F minor. SCHUMANN. 5.Traumerei. CHOPIN. 6.Nocturne No.2 in E flat major 7.Waltz No.7 in C sharp minor. LISZT. 8.Liebestraum. TCHAIKOVSKY. 9.Troika (The Seasons) 10.Barcarole (The Seasons). MUSSORGSKY. 11.Promenade and the Gnom 12.Baba Yaga. DEBUSSY. 13.Moonlight. RAVEL. 14.Pavane to the infantes death. CHOPIN. 15.Study No.12, op. 10 in C minor (Revolutionary). Anna Mezhirova (1, 8, 13); Valery Vishnevsky (2, 7, 9-12, 14); Igor Lebedev (3); Pavel Egorov (4, 5, 15); Tatiana Zagorovskaya (6). Total time 61.52.
        World's Favorite Piano
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          Manufacturer: RCA
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          Release Date: 1992-06-23

          Tracks:

          1. Son in C, K.545: I. Allegro
          2. Fur Elise
          3. Anna Magdalena Book: March
          4. Anna Magdalena Book: Minuet in g
          5. Anna Magdalena Book: Musette
          6. Turkish March (Son No.11, K.331: III)
          7. Son in c#, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight': I. Adagio Sostenuo
          8. German Dances, WoO 42: No.1 in F
          9. German Dances, WoO 42: No.2 in D
          10. German Dances, WoO 42: No.3 in F
          11. German Dances, WoO 42: No.4 in A
          12. German Dances, WoO 42: No.5 in D
          13. German Dances, WoO 42: No.6 in G
          14. Moment Musical in f, Op.94 No.3
          15. Landler in G, Op.9 No.21
          16. Anna Magdalena Book: Minuet in G
          17. Son in C, L.104
          18. Album For The Young, Op.68: Happy Farmer
          19. Album For The Young, Op.68: Melody
          20. Album For The Young, Op.68: Wild Horseman
          21. Album For The Young, Op.68: Siciliana
          22. Album For The Young, Op.68: Knight Rupert
          23. Album For The Young, Op.68: Little Hunting Song
          24. Album For The Young, Op.68: Little Study
          25. Songs Without Words, Op.67 No.4: Spinning Song
          26. Waltz in A Flat, Op.39 No.15
          27. Album For The Young: German Song
          28. Album For The Young: Old French Song
          29. Album For The Young: Mazurka
          30. Album For The Young: Waltz
          31. Album For The Young: Neapolitan Dance
          32. Album For The Young: Polka
          33. Waltz in A Flat Op.42 'Two-Four Waltz'
          34. Waltz in D Flat Op.64 No.1 'Minute Waltz'
          35. Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1 No.1: Prld in C
          The Victorian Clarinet Tradition
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            Manufacturer: Clarinet Classics
            ProductGroup: Music
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            ASIN: B00000DFHJ
            Release Date: 1998-11-01
            Da Capo: Favorite Piano Pieces
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              Manufacturer: Arte Nova Records
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

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              Release Date: 1998-01-01

              Music Review:

              1. Favourite Mozart Arias [Import]
              2. French Songs And Arias
              3. George Frideric Handel: The Complete Water Music
              4. Gershwin: An American in Paris
              5. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; American in Paris; Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic Dances
              6. Gioacchino Rossini: 5 Overtures
              7. Grieg: Music for Piano
              8. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites I & II
              9. Handel: Concerto Grosso Nos. 1-4
              10. Handel: Concerto Grosso Nos. 9-12

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              Mastercuts: Classic Acid V.1 [Import]

              Segerstam: Concerto for violin No1; Patria

              Trudge

              The Man With the Horn

              The Go-Go Music Show

              The Movement

              They That Wait on the Lord

              Scott Ross - Frescobaldi: Partita No14

              The George Jones Collection

              Siguiendo la Tradicion

              The Den

              Starting Over [Limited Edition] [Import]

              Thank You Masked Man [Enhanced] [Import]

              Crying for My Baby

              Pay the Devil