Home   >   Music   >   Ultimate Classical Piano
Ultimate Classical Piano
Click photo to enlarge

Ultimate Classical Piano

Facts

Ultimate Classical Piano
Music Price: $18.98 $13.97
You save 26%!
As of Jul 6 4:21 EDT (details)

Buy from Amazon.co.ukBuy from Amazon.co.uk
StudioDecca
Release DateSeptember 24, 2007
UPC Code028947580911
Buy this item$13.97 at Amazon.com
As of Jul 6 4:21 EDT (details)
5 Audio CD, Usually ships in 24 hours, Box set
 

About Ultimate Classical Piano

The most popular composers of all-time now offered at an incredible price. FIVE CDs for the price of ONE--who could resist! Collections of the essential works of the most popular composers and their greatest hits! Outstanding artists and recordings from the Decca and Philips Classic's catalogues. Each package is a slipcase loaded with FIVE jewel boxes. That's over 5 HOURS of great music in each boxed set. VARIOUS/ULTIMATE PIANO CLASSICS Five discs of the greatest piano classics of all time.

Includes: Beethoven: "Pathétique" Sonata, Moonlight" Sonata, "Für Elise", Brahms: Lullaby, Hungarian Dance No. 5, Chopin: "Minute" Waltz, Grande valse brillante, "Raindrop" Prelude, Funeral March, "Heroic" Polonaise, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Debussy: Clair de lune, Arabesque No. 1, Golliwogg's Cakewalk, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Dvorák: Humoresque, Grainger: Country Gardens, Grieg: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Liszt: Liebestraum No.3, MacDowell: To a Wild Rose, Mendelssohn: "Spinning Song", Mozart: "Sonata facile" (allegro), Rachmaninov: Prelude in G minor, op. 23 no. 5, Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee, Rubinstein: Melody in F, Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1, Schubert: Moments musicaux No. 3 , Schumann: Träumerei and much more!

Featuring Vladimir Ashkenazy, András Schiff, Alicia de Larrocha, Julius Katchen, Pascal Rogé Joseph Cooper, Radu Lupu, Ivan Davis, Shura Cherkassky and Jorge Bolet . Album Description

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 'Minute' Waltz - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  2. Consolation No.3 - Rhondda Gillespie
  3. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Julius Katchen
  4. Spinning Song - Andras Schiff
  5. 'Revolutionary' Etude - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  6. Souvenir De Porto Rico, Marche Des Gibaros - Ivan Davis
  7. Golliwogg's Cakewalk - Pascal Roge
  8. Rhapsody In G Minor, Op.79 No.2 - Julius Katchen
  9. An Die Musik, D547 - Joseph Cooper
  10. Tango (Espana) - Alicia De Larrocha
  11. Adagio Cantabile - Radu Lupu
  12. Humoresque, Op.101 No.7 - Joseph Cooper
  13. 'Military' Polonaise - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  14. The Swan (Carnival Of The Animals) - Varda Nishry
  15. Waltz (Suite For Two Pianos) - Bracha Eden
  16. Notturno (Lyric Pieces, Op.54) - Alicia De Larrocha
  17. Rondo Alla Turca - Andras Schiff
  18. The Maiden's Prayer - Joseph Cooper
  19. The Trout - Varda Nishry
  20. Grande Valse Brillante - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Disc 2
  1. 'Raindrop' Prelude - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  2. Le Coucou - Varda Nishry
  3. Sevilla - Alicia De Larrocha
  4. The Rustle Of Spring - Joseph Cooper
  5. 'Un Sospiro' Etude No.3 - Jorge Bolet
  6. 'Black Keys' Etude - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  7. Gymnopedie No.1 - Pascal Roge
  8. Hungarian Dance No.5 - Julius Katchen
  9. Nocturne No.2 In E Flat, Op.9 No.2 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  10. Spring Song - Andras Schiff
  11. Traumerei - Ilana Vered
  12. Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier - Alicia De Larrocha
  13. Prelude In G Minor, Op.23 No.5 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  14. Waltz No.3 In A Minor, Op.34 No.2 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  15. Intermezzo In A, Op.118 - Julius Katchen
  16. Puerta De Tierra: Bolero - Alicia De Larrocha
  17. Moments Musicaux No.3 - Radu Lupu
  18. Reflections In The Water - Pascal Roge
  19. Mazurka No.41 In C Sharp Minor, Op.63 No.3 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  20. Slavonic Dance No.1, Op.46 - Bracha Eden
Disc 3
  1. Liebestraum No.3 - Jorge Bolet
  2. Romance No.2, Op.28 - Alicia De Larrocha
  3. 'Winter Wind' Etude - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  4. Arabesque No.1 - Pascal Roge
  5. Melody In F - Shura Cherkassky
  6. La Maja Y El Ruisenor - Joseph Cooper
  7. Mazurka No.23 In D, Op.33 No.2 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  8. Hungarian Dance No.1 - Julius Katchen
  9. The Girl With The Flaxen Hair - Pascal Roge
  10. Menuet Celebre - Joseph Cooper
  11. Nocturne No.15 In F Minor, Op.55 No.1 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  12. Allegro - Julius Katchen
  13. On Wings Of Song - Julius Katchen
  14. To A Water Lily - Joseph Cooper
  15. Sanctify Us - Alicia De Larrocha
  16. Waltz No.11 In B Minor, Op.39 - Julius Katchen
  17. Wedding Day At Troldhaugen - Joseph Cooper
  18. Widmung - Joseph Cooper
  19. Hunting Song - Jorge Bolet
  20. Nocturne No.9 In B Op.32 No.1 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Disc 4
  1. Adagio Sostenuto - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  2. Prelude In C Sharp Minor, Op.3 No.2 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  3. Waltz No.7 In C Sharp Minor, Op.64 No.2 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  4. Vogel Als Prophet - Varda Nishry
  5. Butterfly - Joseph Cooper
  6. Mazurka No.5 In B Flat Major, Op.7 No.1 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  7. Hungarian Dance No.6 - Julius Katchen
  8. Le Petit Ane Blanc - Varda Nishry
  9. Country Gardens - Joseph Cooper
  10. 'Farewell' Waltz - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  11. Venetian Gondola Song - Andras Schiff
  12. Ritual Fire Dance - Julius Katchen
  13. Intermezzo No.2, Op.117 - Julius Katchen
  14. Impromptu No.3, Op.90 - Radu Lupu
  15. Waltz No.10 In B Minor, Op.69 No.2 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  16. The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee - Ivan Davis
  17. Funeral March - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  18. Waltz No.1 In B, Op.39 - Julius Katchen
  19. To A Wild Rose - Joseph Cooper
  20. 'Heroic' Polonaise - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Disc 5
  1. Fur Elise - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  2. La Campanella - Jorge Bolet
  3. Clair De Lune - Pascal Roge
  4. Andaluza - Alicia De Larrocha
  5. Fantaisie-Impromptu - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  6. Wiegenlied - Julius Katchen
  7. La Poule - Varda Nishry
  8. Valse Oubliee - Joseph Cooper
  9. 'Tristesse' Etude - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  10. May Breeze - Andras Schiff
  11. Slavonic Dance No.8, Op.46 - Bracha Eden
  12. Jeux D'eau - Pascal Roge
  13. La Jongleuse - Jorge Bolet
  14. Nocturne No.5 In F Sharp, Op.15 No.2 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  15. Poissons D'or - Pascal Roge
  16. Ballade In G Minor, Op.118 - Julius Katchen
  17. Mazurka In C, Op.67 No.3 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
  18. Waltz No.2 In E, Op.39 - Julius Katchen
  19. Hunting Song - Jorge Bolet
  20. Waltz No.11 In G Flat, Op.70 No.1 - Vladimir Ashkenazy

Similar CDs

Ultimate Violin Classics: The Essential MasterpiecesUltimate ClassicsUltimate Classical: Chill OutUltimate ChopinUltimate Baroque
Ultimate Violin Classics: The Essential MasterpiecesUltimate ClassicsUltimate Classical: Chill OutUltimate ChopinUltimate Baroque

 

User Reviews

Average user review: 5.0 (1 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteSheer Listening Pleasure at a Great PriceQuote
Where else can you find such excellent value offered by this 5 CD boxset which is packed with great piano classics and featuring outstanding artists such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alicia de Larrocha, Julius Katchen, Joseph Cooper, Radu Lupu, Ivan Davis, Shura Cherkassky, Jorge Bolet etc.

It's 5 hours of sheer listening pleasure which includes all time favourites such as Beethoven's Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, Chopin's Nocturne no 2 in E flat op 9, Heroic, Grande valse brillante, 12 Etudes, op 10 no 3 in E "Tristesse", Mozart's Piano Sonata no 11 in A K331 "Alla Turca", Brahms' Hungarian Dance, Dvorak's Humoresque, Debussy's Arabesque no 1 etc.

There are also the popular Thekla Bardarzewska's The Maiden's Prayer, Isaac Albeniz's Espana op 165-2 Tango, Enrique Granados' Spanish Dance, Camille Saint-Saens' Le Carnaval des Anemaux-Le Cygne and much much more. This is truly an Ultimate Classical Piano collection at a great price. December 4, 2007

More reviews at Amazon.com ...