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1. Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467: 2nd movement, Andante
Composer   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Conductor   Bryden Thomson
Performer   Stephen Hough (Piano)
Date Written   1785
Ensemble   Halle Orchestra

2. Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 no 2 "Moonlight": 1st movement, Adagio sostenuto
Composer        Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Performer       Moura Lympany (Piano)
Date Written    1801

3. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesu bleibet meine Freude "Jesu, joy of man's desiring"
Composer   Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Performer  Moura Lympany (Piano)
Date Written   1723
Notes ArrangeMyra Hess.

4. Nocturnes (3) for Piano, B 54/Op. 9: no 2 in E flat major
Composer    Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Performer   John Ogdon (Piano)
Date Written   1830-1831

5. Suite bergamasque: 3rd movement, Clair de Lune
Composer   Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Performer  Moura Lympany (Piano)
Date Written   1890/1905

6. Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16: 2nd movement, Adagio
Composer   Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Conductor   Sir Neville Marriner
Performer   Cecile Ousset (Piano)
Date Written   1868/1907
Ensemble   London Symphony Orchestra

7. Hojas de album (6), Op. 165 "Espana": no 2, Tango
Composer   Isaac Albeniz (1860 - 1909)
Performer   Moura Lympany (Piano)
Date Written   1890
Notes ArrangerLeopold Godowsky.

8. Liebestraume for Piano, S 541: no 3, O Lieb, so lang
Composer   Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Performer   John Ogdon (Piano)
Date Written   circa 1850

9. Waltzes (2) for Piano, Op. 69: no 1 in A flat major, B 95 "L'adieu"
Composer   Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Performer   Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
Date Written   1835

10. Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18
Composer   Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Conductor   Simon Rattle
Performer   Cecile Ousset (Piano)
Date Written   1934
Ensemble   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

11. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 7, Traumerei
Composer        Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Performer       Moura Lympany (Piano)
Date Written    1838

12. Goyescas: La Maja y el Ruisenor
Composer         Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916)
Performer        Magda Tagliaferro (Piano)
Date Written     1914-1916
Notes            This selection is a Mono recording.

13. Nocturnes (3) for Piano, Op. 15: no 2 in F sharp major
Composer   Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Performer   Maurizio Pollini (Piano)
Date Written   1830-1831

14. Gymnopedies (3) for Piano: no 1, Lent et douloureux
Composer  Erik Satie (1866 - 1925)
Performer   Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
Date Written   1888

15. Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 "Fur Elise"
Composer  Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Performer   Moura Lympany (Piano)
Date Written   1808

16. Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 3 in E major, B 74 "Tristesse"
Composer   Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Performer   John Ogdon (Piano)
Date Written   1832

17. Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 62: no 6, Andante grazioso in A major "Spring Song"
Composer   Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Performer   Daniel Adni (Piano)
Date Written   1842

18. Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102: Andante
Composer   Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
Conductor   Jerzy Maksymiuk
Performer   Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
Date Written   1957
Ensemble   English Chamber Orchestra

1. Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique": 2nd movement, Adagio cantabile
Composer  Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Performer   Walter Gieseking (Piano)
Date Written   1797-1798

2. Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466: 2nd movement, Romanze
Composer   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Conductor   Sir Adrian Boult
Performer   Annie Fischer (Piano)
Date Written   1785
Ensemble   Philharmonia Orchestra

3. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Theme "Aria"
Composer   Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Performer  Maria Tipo (Piano)
Date Written   1741-1742

4. Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11: 2nd movement, Romanze
Composer   Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Conductor  Jerzy Maksymiuk
Performer   Garrick Ohlsson (Piano)
Date Written   1830
Ensemble   Polish National Symphony Orchestra
Notes   This selection is presented here in excerpted form.

5. Suite espanola, Op. 47: no 1, Granada
Composer   Isaac Albeniz (1860 - 1909)
Performer   Gonzalo Soriano (Piano)
Date Written   1886
Notes          This selection is a Mono recording.

6. Waltzes (16) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 39: no 15 in A flat major
Composer   Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Performer  Moura Lympany (Piano)
Date Written   1865

7. Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056: 2nd movement, Largo - Arioso
Composer   Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Conductor   Sir Neville Marriner
Performer   Andrei Gavrilov (Piano)
Date Written   circa 1738-1739
Ensemble   Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

8. Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43: no 6, In Springtime
Composer  Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Performer  Daniel Adni (Piano)
Date Written   1886

9. Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 106/Op. 32: no 2 in A flat major
Composer   Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Performer   Daniel Adni (Piano)
Date Written   1836-1837

10. Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor": 2nd movement, Adagio un poco mosso
Composer  Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Conductor  Alceo Galliera
Performer   Walter Gieseking (Piano)
Date Written   1809
Ensemble  Philharmonia Orchestra

11. Preludes, Book 1: no 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
Composer   Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Performer   Moura Lympany (Piano)
Date Written   1910

12. Cancons i dansas (14): no 1, Petiteta l'han casada/La dansa de Castelltersol
Composer  Federico Mompou (1893 - 1987)
Performer   Gonzalo Soriano (Piano)
Date Written   1921

13. Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18: 2nd movement, Adagio
Composer   Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Conductor   Simon Rattle
Performer   Cecile Ousset (Piano)
Date Written   1900-1901
Ensemble   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Notes   This selection is presented here in excerpted form.

14. Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28: no 15 in D flat major "Raindrop"
Composer   Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Performer   Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
Date Written   1836-1839

15. Gnossiennes (6) for Piano: no 1
Composer   Erik Satie (1866 - 1925)
Performer   Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
Date Written   1890

16. Dolly, Op. 56: no 1, Berceuse
Composer   Gabriel Faur'e (1845 - 1924)
Performer   Jean-Phillipe Collard (Piano)
Bruno Rigutto (Piano)
Date Written   1894

17. Minuets (6) for Piano, WoO 10: no 2 in G major
Composer  Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Performer   Moura Lympany (Piano)
Date Written   1795

18. Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57
Composer  Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Performer   Peter Donohoe (Piano)
Date Written   1843-1844