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Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Selections from the definitive collection [Sampler] | ![Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Selections from the definitive collection [Sampler]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZR2WKN1ML._SL160_.jpg) | Artists: Andrei Gavrilov, Walter Gieseking, Emil Grigoryevich Gilels, Friedrich Gulda
Creators: Fryderyk Chopin, Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, Anton Rubinstein, Franz Joseph Haydn, Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Claude Debussy, Franz Schubert
Label: Polygram Records Philips
Category: Music
Buy New: $31.90
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 61790
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.5
UPC: 028946269923
EAN: 0028946269923
ASIN: B00000DI3I
Release Date: December 28, 1998
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Waltz for piano No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70/1, CT. 217 | | • | Prelude for piano No. 16 in B flat minor, Op. 28/16, CT. 181 | | • | Variations (28) on a Theme of Paganini, for piano, in A minor, Op. 35: Variation No.13 | | • | Variations (28) on a Theme of Paganini, for piano, in A minor, Op. 35: Variation No.14 | | • | Feux-follets, etude for piano in B flat major (Transcendental Etude No. 5), S. 139/5 (LW A172/5): Excerpt | | • | Etude for piano No. 14 in F minor, Op. 25/2, CT. 27 | | • | Sonetto del Petrarca No. 47 (Benedetto sia'l giorno; II), for piano (Années II/4), S. 161/4 (LW A55/4) | | • | Etude for piano in C major ('Staccato'), Op. 23/2: Excerpt | | • | Keyboard Sonata in D major, H. 16/42: Finale | | • | Suite for 2 pianos No. 2 ('Silhouettes'), Op. 23: Coquette | | • | Le Rappel des oiseaux, for harpsichord in E minor (Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode) | | • | Mazurka for piano No. 23 in D major, Op. 33/2, CT. 73 | | • | The Seasons, for piano, Op. 37: Song of the Lark | | • | La fille aux cheveux de lin, prelude for piano, L. 117/8 | | • | Impromptu for piano in F minor, D. 935/4 (Op. posth. 142/4): Excerpt | | • | Etude for piano No. 21 in G flat major, Op. 25/9, C. 34 | | • | Intermezzi (6) for piano (Pièces phantastiques), Op. 4: No.6 | | • | Ich ruf' zu dir, transcription for piano (after J.S. Bach, BWV 639; Ten Chorale Preludes No. 5), KiV B27/5 | | • | Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330 (K. 300h): Finale (Excerpt) | | • | Waltz for piano No. 13 in D flat major, Op. 70/3, CT. 219 | | • | Standchen for piano (Richard Strauss) | | • | Nocturne for piano No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55/2, CT. 123 | | • | Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 for orchestra, Op. 64 ter: Dance of the Girls with Lilies | | • | Minstrels, prelude for piano, L. 117/12 | | • | Transcription of J.S. Bach Prelude BWV 855 for piano in B minor | | • | La chasse, etude for piano (Transcendental Paganini Etude No. 5), S. 140/5 (LW A52/2) | | • | Carnaval for piano, Op. 9: Chopin | | • | Carnaval for piano, Op. 9: Estrella | | • | Passepied, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 4), L. 75/4 | | • | French Suite, for keyboard No. 6 in E major, BWV 817 (BC L24): Bourrée | | • | Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D. 960: Scherzo | | • | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, for solo piano (transcription from Bach's BWV 147) | | • | Work(s): La jongleuse |
Disc 2
| • | Valse oubliée, for piano No. 1, S. 215/1 (LW A311/1) | | • | Etude for piano No. 8 in F major, Op. 10/8, CT. 21 | | • | Iberia Suite for piano, B. 47, Book 1: Excerpt) | | • | Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1 | | • | Intermezzo for piano in E major, Op. 116/6 | | • | Etudes (4) for piano, Op. 2 | | • | An den Frühling (To Spring), lyric piece for piano, Op. 43/6 | | • | Intermezzo for piano in C major, Op.119/3 | | • | El pelele, for piano (also arr. for 2 pianos by Llongás), H. 106, DLR 2:5: Excerpt | | • | Etude for piano No. 18 in G sharp minor, Op. 25/6, CT. 31 | | • | Waltz for piano, 4 hands in C sharp major, Op. 39/6 | | • | Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Glückes genug | | • | Tarantelle for piano in A flat major, Op. 43, CT. 205 | | • | Général Lavine, eccentric, prelude for piano, L. 123/6 | | • | La Leggierezza, for piano in F minor (Grandes études de concert No. 2) , S. 144/2 (LW A118/2): Excerpt | | • | Mazurka for piano No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63/2, CT. 90 | | • | La Campanella I, etude for piano in B minor (Transcendental Paganini Etude No. 3), S. 140/3 (LW A52/3): Excerpt | | • | Minuet(s): Minuet in G major (Excerpt) | | • | Sonata for keyboard in A major, K. 212 (L. 135) | | • | French Suite, for keyboard No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813 (BC L20): Courante | | • | Concert-suite for piano from Tchaikovsky's 'Sleeping Beauty': Gavotte | | • | Concert-suite for piano from Tchaikovsky's 'Sleeping Beauty': Le canari qui chante | | • | Berceuse for piano in D flat major, Op. 57, CT. 7 | | • | The Man I Love, song (from Strike Up the Band, 1st version; orig. composed for Lady, Be Good!): Excerpt | | • | Etudes-Tableaux, for piano, Op. 33 | | • | Prelude for piano No.23 in G sharp minor, Op. 32/12 | | • | Waltz for piano No. 6 in D flat major ('Minute'), Op. 64/1, CT. 212 | | • | Moment musical for piano in F minor, D. 780/5 (Op. 94/5) | | • | Variations (33) on a waltz by Diabelli, for piano in C major ('Diabelli Variations'), Op. 120: No.8, Poco vivace | | • | Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor ('Etats d'âme'), Op. 23: 2nd movement | | • | Au bord d'une source (II & III), for piano (Années I/4), S. 160/4 & S. 160/4bis (LW A159/4) | | • | Partita for keyboard No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 (BC L1): Prelude | | • | Études (6) for piano, Book 1, L. 136/1-6: No. 6 | | • | Nobody but You, song (from La, La, Lucille, musical) | | • | Sonata for keyboard in F major, K. 107 (L. 474) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
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Philips' 100-volume Great Pianists of the 20th Century series is one of the most ambitious projects ever put together by a record company. For all the debate that will surely ensue over who was chosen and who was passed over, it's obvious that careful, loving attention has gone into the selection of content for the happy 72 to be admitted to this special pantheon (certain especially significant pianists are allotted two or even three volumes, such as Vladimir Horowitz). Each of the handsomely designed, sepia-tinted volumes--adorned with a black and white photo--contains two CDs and a thoughtful essay on the artist in question. Prospective buyers should be aware that this sampler volume offers only short vignettes (averaging between two and three minutes), along with a thumbnail sketch, for each pianist. Still, it's a smorgasbord of morsels that allow you to taste some of the major trends in philosophy and approach to the instrument throughout the century (and reaching well back into the 19th), and the overlap of repertory permits some fascinating quick comparisons as style and technique have evolved. Delve into some of the artists in the series--say Alfred Brendel or Martha Argerich--and trace in greater depth the piano's identity crisis. Is it, for example, a resonantly string-like instrument ideal for pastel shadings or a steely, percussive machine meant to express the hardness of the 20th century? There are countless discoveries to be made here, both for the connoisseur and for anyone taking the first step into getting acquainted with great keyboard artistry. --Thomas May
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 Tantalizing preview of good things to come January 7, 2003
Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is an introductory 2-CD set to introduce a very grand series of CD's featuring the 20th Century's greatest pianists.
As a sampler, there are some incredible jewels here, for example Nikita Magaloff's sparkling Chopin Tarantelle and Paganini Etude No.3: 'La Campanella' played excitingly by John Ogdon. There is even an early recording of Paderewski playing (predictably) Paderewski. This sampler seems a bit of a Euro-centric, but the editors wisely chose to include Earl Wild doing Gershwin and Roslyn Tureck doing Bach. I ended up purchasing the Andre Watts volume from this series, and wondered what it would be like to own the whole shootin' match. I saw the entire CD series on display in a top notch music store in Germany--it was overwhelming to see the line of brown covers stretching impressively across an entire wall. The sampler is a good way to have a taste of this ambitious series of the giants of piano in the 20th Century. I listen to it often with great enjoyment.
 RE: Glenn Gould May 23, 2001
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
RE: Those of you who complained/rejoiced about Gould's abscence: he is not on the sampler, true, I believe for... purposes or something along those lines. Rudolf Serkin is also not included, but both are among the "greatest pianists of the 20th Century" set.
Missing no one except Katia Skanavi April 19, 2001
3 out of 15 found this review helpful
I was pleased after reading the list of performers to see that Gould's machine-gun jiffy-pop piano "playing" is not included. I would like to hear more of Skanavi tho.
 Forget Somebody? September 20, 2000
Joe Cota (Petaluma, California United States)
8 out of 18 found this review helpful
Although I understand that it must have been very diffiult to decide which pianists got put in the collection, let alone a two-disc sampler, I still feel that any anthology of the piano (other than one highlighting the romantic era)should contain at least one piece by Gould, yet this one doesn't. Gould has been almost unanimously hailed as one of the most influential artist of the twentieth century, yet he is not included on this disc. Other than that, a great buy.
Unparalled Excellence (Mark G. Davis) August 1, 1999
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
If you only purchase one classical piano cd in your entire life, this one should be it. All the masters, at their very best on it.If you have piano cd's, this should be part of that collection. I purchased one, almost not believing what I read on the jacket. I'm telling my friends about this one, as I'm aware of no other CD having all those piano masters - - at any price?)...
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