The Great Courses No.7320: The 23 Greatest Solo Piano Works

24 lectures | 48 minutes each | Year Released: 2013
MPEG-3 | 128 Kbps, 44.1 KHz, 2 channels | English | 1.04 Gb

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Synopsis: As a solo concert instrument, the piano enjoys an unrivaled popularity in Western music. Capable of a vast sonic range, from ethereal softness to thundering grandeur, its appeal is global and seemingly eternal. For nearly 200 years, audiences have packed concert halls and opera houses to hear performers play this single, phenomenal instrument.

Content:

01.Piano Starts Here!
02.J. S. Bach—The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One
03.J. S. Bach—Goldberg Variations
04.Mozart—Piano Sonata in C Minor, K. 457
05.Beethoven—The Appassionata Sonata
06.Beethoven—Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
07.Schubert—Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major
08.Chopin—Préludes, Op. 28
09.Chopin—Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23
10.Schumann—Kreisleriana
11.Liszt—Years of Pilgrimage
12.Liszt—Sonata in B Minor
13.Brahms—Handel Variations, Op. 24
14.Brahms—Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
15.Mussorgsky—Pictures at an Exhibition
16.Debussy—“The Sunken Cathedral”
17.Debussy—Préludes, Book One
18.Albéniz—Iberia
19.Ravel—Valses nobles et sentimentales
20.Scriabin—Piano Sonata No. 5
21.Rachmaninoff—Études-tableaux
22.Prokofiev—Piano Sonata No. 7
23.Copland—Piano Variations
24.The A-List