classical music: Panorama: Passion for Piano | Isaac Albeniz, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

classical music: Panorama: Passion for Piano | Isaac Albeniz, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

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	• Panorama: Passion for Piano Isaac Albeniz, Johann Sebastian Bach, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2001 average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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Great Classical Piano

I picked up this CD because it had some of my favorite piano pieces of Bach, Brahms and Bartok on it.

The renditions on these discs are terrific. And every single selection is really worth listening to- this is some of the best classical piano out there. If you're like me and aren't really concerned about owning the complete Bach, Brahms, Chopin, etc, this is the disc to pick up for a good sampling of it all.

And it's a good value too. Two discs for the price of one!

Anything that starts off with Shura Cherkassky's delicious account of a Tango by Albéniz has got to have something going for it, and this set seems to score over and over again. It's an interesting piece of programming, since having got off to a Spanish start, we are led through Bach (traditionally the starter), Balakirev (his famously unplayable Islamey thrown off coolly by Julius Katchen), Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Gershwin, Gottschalk, Granados, Grieg, and Handel. One thing they certainly all have in common is the passion of the title, and they are well served by our guides, who include Tureck, Kempff, Kocsis, Lill, Barenboim, Argerich, Michelangeli, De Larrocha, Gilels, and Gavrilov. It is worth mentioning so many, since these are top names in their respective fields and it gives an indication of what you can expect from this set. And while you would rightly expect veteran Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha to give us the full treatment in Albéniz and Granados, listen to her delightful piece of Handel, which concludes the set. Recordings range in time from 1955 to 1998, and the freshness of the playing transcends changes in recording technology during those years. --Keith Clarke

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Tracks
España, album leaves (6) for piano, Op. 165, B. 37: Tango | Iberia Suite for piano, B. 47, Book 1: El Corpus Christi en Sevilla | Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9): Aria | Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major (WTC I/1), BWV 846 (BC L80): Prelude | Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major (WTC I/1), BWV 846 (BC L80): Fugue | Islamey, Oriental fantasy for piano | Romanian Folk Dances (7) for violin & piano (arranged by Zoltán Szekely from piano version), Sz. 56, BB 68: Stick Dance | Romanian Folk Dances (7) for violin & piano (arranged by Zoltán Szekely from piano version), Sz. 56, BB 68: Sash Dance | Romanian Folk Dances (7) for violin & piano (arranged by Zoltán Szekely from piano version), Sz. 56, BB 68: Stamping Dance | Romanian Folk Dances (7) for violin & piano (arranged by Zoltán Szekely from piano version), Sz. 56, BB 68: Horn Dance | Romanian Folk Dances (7) for violin & piano (arranged by Zoltán Szekely from piano version), Sz. 56, BB 68: Romanian Polka | Romanian Folk Dances (7) for violin & piano (arranged by Zoltán Szekely from piano version), Sz. 56, BB 68: Fast Dance | Rondo for piano in G major, Op. 51/2 | Bagatelle for piano in A minor ('Für Elise'), WoO 59 | Capriccio for piano in B minor, Op. 76/2 | Intermezzo for piano in E flat major, Op. 117/1 | Intermezzo for piano in C major, Op.119/3 | Waltz for piano in A flat major, Op. 39/15 | Etude for piano No. 5 in G flat major, Op. 10/5, CT. 18 | Etude for piano No. 21 in G flat major, Op. 25/9, C. 34 | Etude for piano No. 12 in C minor ('Revolutionary'), Op. 10/12, CT. 25 | Etude for piano No. 13 in A flat major, Op. 25/1, CT. 26 | Etude for piano No. 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16 | Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 66, CT. 46 | Waltz for piano No. 6 in D flat major ('Minute'), Op. 64/1, CT. 212 | Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109 | Polonaise for piano No. 6 in A flat major ('Héroique'), Op. 53, CT. 155 | Prelude for piano No. 7 in A major, Op. 28/7, CT. 172 | Prelude for piano No. 15 in D flat major, Op. 28/15, CT. 180 | Waltz for piano No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42, CT. 211 | Waltz for piano No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213 | Waltz for piano No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 18, CT. 207 | Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 75/3 | Children's Corner, suite for piano (or orchestra), L. 113: Golliwog's Cake-walk | Estampes, for piano, L. 100: Jardins sous la pluie | La cathédrale engloutie, prelude for piano, L. 117/10 | La fille aux cheveux de lin, prelude for piano, L. 117/8 | Preludes (3) for piano: No. 1, in B flat major | Preludes (3) for piano: No. 2, in C sharp minor | Preludes (3) for piano: No. 3, in E flat minor | Souvenir de Porto Rico, marche des gibaros for piano, Op. 31, D. 147 (RO 250) | Goyescas (Dandies in Love), pieces (6) in 2 books for piano, H. 64, DLR 2:4: Quejas o La maja y el ruiseñor | Schmetterling (Butterfly), lyric piece for piano, Op. 43/1 | Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen), lyric piece for piano, Op. 65/6 | Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, No.5 in E major ('The Harmonious Blacksmith'), HWV 430: Air con variazioni 'The Harmoniou

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