Discover gems of the piano repertoire and listen to the pianists who are able to cast a spell over the music
Frank Bridge: Rosemary
A wonderful performance by John Thwaites (note: this piece appears inside the next issue of Pianist magazine!)
Robert Schumann: ‘Träumerei’
Nobody does it better than Vladimir Horowitz in this Scene from Childhood
Claude Debussy: La Fille aux cheveux de lin
A glossy performance by superstar Lang Lang
Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une Infante Défunte
Sheer magic, with a tinge of sadness, from Seong-Jin Cho
Cécile Chaminade: Méditation Op 76 No 6
Simon Callaghan pulls as the heartstrings in this breathtaking piece by the French composer
Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky: Song of the Lark
Yunchan Lim lets this lark really speak to us
Mykoloa Lysenko: Angoisse
Chenyin Li offers up as much 'anguish' as she can in this unknown gem
Felix Mendelssohn: Song without Words Op 53 No 4 ‘Dawn’
Luxuriously performed by poet of the keyboard Benno Moiseiwitsch
Franz Liszt: Gnomenreigen
György Cziffra and Liszt go hand in hand, so hang on to your seats!
Edvard Grieg: Butterfly Op 43 No 1
Ivana Gavric in a mercurial performance
Robert Schumann (again!): The Prophet Bird
Martin Helmchen plays to the crowds in this magical encore
Sergei Rachmaninov: Little Red Riding Hood
Valentina Lisitsa gives a much-needed 'terrifying' account of this Rachmaninov Etude-Tableu