Paderewski Chopin Waltz 1917 Paderewski Chopin Waltz 1917
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Video duration: 205 seconds

Paderewski recorded this Chopin Waltz in c# minor op.64 no.2, for Victor in New York City on May 23,1917. Matrix C 19923-2

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Paderewski Plays his Minuet in G,Op. 14, No 1 Rec.1937 Paderewski Plays his Minuet in G,Op. 14, No 1 Rec.1937
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Video duration: 268 seconds

Paderewski's performance of his Minuet in G has two elements that nearly all others lack. Those elements are charm and subtlety.Paderewski, the composer, plays this composition as he conceived it. In other words, as a delightful,charming minuet.This is not a piece that is well served by the "anything you can do, I can play faster," type of pianist.

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Myra Hess Plays Jesu,Joy of Man\ Myra Hess Plays Jesu,Joy of Man's Desiring and Scarlatti
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Video duration: 387 seconds

Recorded 1958. The great English pianist plays her famous transcription of Jesu,Joy of Man's Desiring from Bach's Cantata No. 147 and the Scarlatti Sonata in G K14.

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Schubert Sonata D 850 First Movement Schnabel Rec. 1939 Schubert Sonata D 850 First Movement Schnabel Rec. 1939
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Video duration: 510 seconds

Artur Schnabel was the first pianist to bring Schubert's Sonatas before the public. He plays this sonata as if the ink had not yet quite dried on the manuscript.How fresh and new it sounds! By comparison, most other pianist's performances sound dull, un-spontaneous and amateurish.

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Bach Toccata in G minor BMV912 Hewitt Rec.2002 Bach Toccata in G minor BMV912 Hewitt Rec.2002
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Video duration: 541 seconds

Andras Schiff and Angela Hewitt are concidered by many to be two of the premier Bach interpreters before the public today. Here,Hewitt plays Bach's Toccata in G minor BMV912. I heard Hewitt play the entire WTC last season in two recitals seperated by one day. Much of what I heard,I liked. Performing all of the "48" by memory is no small accomplishment.

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Mozart Sonata For Two Pianos 3rd Mov. J & R Lhevinne 1939 Mozart Sonata For Two Pianos 3rd Mov. J & R Lhevinne 1939
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Video duration: 326 seconds

Sonata for Two Pianos in D K448 3rd Movement. Rec.May 23,1939. Josef and Rosina Lhevinne.
This is a magnificnt performance of a great work by two great pianists.

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Schubert Impromptu Op.142 No. 3 Fischer Rec. 1938 Schubert Impromptu Op.142 No. 3 Fischer Rec. 1938
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Video duration: 575 seconds

During the 1940's and 50's, Edwin Fischer's recordings of the complete Schubert Impromptus were not only legendary but were considered to be collectors items. I remember that when in the late 1940's, the local classical music station aired them on their nightly Evening Concert program, nearly every pianist and classical music lover in Los Angeles was tuned in.

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Beethoven Appassionata 3rd Mov. Gilels Rec. 1974 Beethoven Appassionata 3rd Mov. Gilels Rec. 1974
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Video duration: 474 seconds

Beethoven Sonata No.23 f minor "Appassionata" Op. 57 Third movement Allegro ma non troppo.
Emil Gilels, pianist

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Chopin Polonaise F# minor Op.44 Rubinstein Rec.1951 Chopin Polonaise F# minor Op.44 Rubinstein Rec.1951
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Video duration: 637 seconds

Here is the Rubinstein who would dare to take chances while performing. Far better than his later,cautious recordings of Chopin. I know of no other recording of this polonaise that surpasses this performance.

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Beethoven Pathetique Sonata 2nd Movement Schnabel Rec. 1934 Beethoven Pathetique Sonata 2nd Movement Schnabel Rec. 1934
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Video duration: 353 seconds

Schnabel's performances of the slow movements of Beethoven's Sonatas were without peer. In this recording, there is no moonstruck sentimentality. The mood is is one of somber reflection.

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Bach Goldberg Variations Aria Var. 1,2,&3 Schiff Bach Goldberg Variations Aria Var. 1,2,&3 Schiff
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Video duration: 553 seconds

Andras Schiff and Angela Hewitt are concidered by many to be two of the premier Bach interpreters before the public today. Here Schiff plays the aria and the first three variations from Bach's Goldberg Variations.

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Chopin Fantasie Impromptu Final Version (1835) Rubinstein Chopin Fantasie Impromptu Final Version (1835) Rubinstein
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Video duration: 320 seconds

This 1964 recording of Rubinstein's performance of Chopin's final version of the "Fantasie Impromptu," is a jewel. I have placed Rubinstein's 1951 recording of Chopin's first draft of this composition,which everyone plays despite the fact that it was not Chopin's final finished work,on YouTube.

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La Campanella Liszt-Busoni Performed by Lhevinne La Campanella Liszt-Busoni Performed by Lhevinne
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Video duration: 286 seconds

Ampico roll.I do not usually like or trust reproducing rolls.However, this particular series included several compositions that Josef Lhevinne actually recorded. After comparing his recordings to the rolls,I was convinced that this performance of the Liszt-Busoni La Campanella(which he never recorded)was authentic.Of course,this is not Liszt's conception.

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