The golden age of the piano

The golden age of the piano

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Describes the piano's invention, explains how it differs from a harpsichord, names important composers and pianists, shows how the industrial revolution affected the origin of the piano, and points out how the work of certain pianists influenced the following generations of pianists. Followed b...

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Corporate Authors: Peter Rosen Productions, Philips Classics Productions, PolyGram Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Arrau, Claudio, 1903-1991 (Performer), Brailowsky, Alexander, 1896-1976 (Performer), Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013 (Performer), Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962 (Performer), Dubal, David, Gould, Glenn (Performer), Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 (Performer), Hess, Myra, Dame, 1890-1965 (Performer), Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957 (Performer), Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989 (Performer), Landowska, Wanda (Performer), Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941 (Performer), Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982 (Performer), Serkin, Rudolf, 1903-1991 (Performer)
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: [The Netherlands] : New York, NY : Philips ; Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Video, c1993
Series:Philips video classics
Subjects:
Piano music
Piano > History
Piano
History
Table of Contents:
  • Les jeux d'eau à la villa d'este / Franz Liszt (Claudio Arrau)
  • Sonata in E flat, op. 81a "Les adieux" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Rudolf Serkin)
  • Etude in D sharp minor / Alexander Scriabin (Vladimir Horowitz)
  • Partita in E minor, BWV 830 / Johann Sebastian Bach (Glenn Gould)
  • Ballade no. 2 in B minor / Franz Liszt (Claudio Arrau)
  • Etude in D sharp minor / Alexander Scriabin (Vladimir Horowitz)
  • Piano concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23 / Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Van Cliburn)
  • Sonata in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Van Cliburn)
  • Folk dance / (Wanda Landowska)
  • Sonata in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Myra Hess)
  • Song without words, op. 67, no. 4 "Spinning song" / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Arthur Rubinstein)
  • Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2 / Serge Rachmaninoff (Josef Hofmann)
  • Maguire's kick / (Percy Grainger)
  • Children's corner / Claude Debussy (Alfred Cortot)
  • Sonata in B flat, D. 960 / Franz Schubert (Rudolf Serkin)
  • Rondo capriccioso in E, op. 14 / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Claudio Arrau)
  • Widmung / Robert Shumann, Franz Liszt (Van Cliburn)
  • Children's corner: Serenade for the doll ; Golliwug's cake-walk / Claude Debussy (Alfred Cortot)
  • Sonata in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Myra Hess)
  • Valse brillante in A flat, op. 34 no. 1 / Frédéric Chopin (Alexander Brailowsky)
  • Gnomenreigen / Franz Liszt (Claudio Arrau)
  • Minuet in G / Ignacy Jan Paderewski (Ignacy Jan Paderewski)
  • Polonaise in A flat / Frédéric Chopin (Ignacy Jan Paderewski)

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