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Frédéric Chopin, Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp Minor, Op. Posth.

Franz Schubert, Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

3. Allegro

Sergei Rachmaninov, Preludes, Op. 23

No. 5 in G minor: Alla marcia

Johannes Brahms, Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5

1. Allegro maestoso

Frédéric Chopin, Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2

Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

2. Adagio sostenuto

Johann Sebastian Bach, Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971

3. Allegro vivace

Franz Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125

5. Marziale un poco meno allegro

Frédéric Chopin, Études, Op. 25

No. 1 in A-flat Major

Sergei Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26

3. Allegro, ma non troppo

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15

1. Allegro con brio

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23

1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito

Sergei Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26

2. Tema con variazioni

Sergei Rachmaninov, Preludes, Op. 23

No. 5 in G minor: Alla marcia

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488

3. Allegro assai

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Mikhail Pletnev, Concert Suite from "The Nutcracker" for solo piano

2. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Fazıl Say, Sonata for piano, Op. 52 – "Gezi Park 2"

Johannes Brahms, 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118

Johannes Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15

3. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo - Piu animato - Tempo I

Frédéric Chopin, Études, Op. 10

No. 4 in C-sharp Minor

Béla Bartók, Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Sz. 95

3. Allegro molto - Più allegro

Franz Liszt, Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este (The Fountains of the Villa d'Este)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271 "Jenamy" (a.k.a "Jeunehomme")

1. Allegro

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25

3. Presto—Molto allegro e vivace

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37

3. Rondo : Allegro

Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21

2. Larghetto

George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue (for piano solo)

Sergei Rachmaninov, Preludes, Op. 32

No. 5 in G major, Moderato

Frédéric Chopin, Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

X. Bogatyrskiye vorota: V stolnom gorode vo Kiyeve (The Great Gate of Kiev)

Alexander Scriabin, Twelve Etudes, Op. 8

No. 12 in D-sharp minor – Patetico

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23

3. Allegro con fuoco

Franz Liszt, Liebestraum in A flat, S. 541 No. 3 "Love Dream"

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"

3. Rondo: Allegro

88 Minutes of Piano Excellence for World Piano Day 2023

A medici.tv greatest-hits compilation

Cast

Mao Fujita — Pianist

Maria João Pires — Pianist

Yuja Wang — Pianist

Alexandre Kantorow — Pianist

Evgeny Kissin — Pianist

Van Cliburn — Pianist

Lucas Debargue — Pianist

Daniel Barenboim — Pianist

Program notes

In honor of World Piano Day, held on the 88th day of the year to honor the instrument's 88 keys, join us in an 88-minute celebration of legendary pianists and the pieces we love to hear them play! Curated specially for you, this compilation brings together works by Chopin, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Brahms, and other favorite composers in the hands of some of the finest interpreters of every recorded era: Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein to Van Cliburn and Emil Gilels, Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim to Maria João Pires and Grigory Sokolov, Yuja Wang and Daniil Trifonov to Alexandra Dovgan and Yunchan Lim… and that's just for starters. Sit back and enjoy this pianistic pantheon!

A closer look: featured composers

Further listening: featured works

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