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12 solo piano pieces which require an abundance of imagination


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

 

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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