Ten of the world’s greatest pianists of the 20th century - Sviatoslav Richter, Maurizio Pollini, Artur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Van Cliburn, Geza Anda, Clara Haskil, Leon Fleisher, Julius Katchen and Byron Janis - are featured in this special 10-CD box set of some of their best albums.

Collectively the hands of these outstanding artists brought to life, often in exceptional ways, the major works of the piano literature, both concertos and solo piano music. Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Chopin are represented, as are Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Schumann, Scriabin and Prokofiev. The result is a portrait of an epoch unique in its pianistic versatility.

The original artwork, both European and American, is printed on the sleeves of these exemplary albums recorded by ten giants of the keyboard.

Contents:
CD 1: SVIATOSLAV RICHTER
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, op.57 ‘Appassionata’
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.12 in flat major, op.26 (with the Funeral March)
PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No.7 in B major, op.83

CD 2: VAN CLIBURN
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, op.23
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30

CD 3: ARTUR RUBINSTEIN
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21
CHOPIN: Polonaise in A flat major, op.53

CD 4: VLADIMIR HOROWITZ
LISZT:
1. Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses No.7)
2. Au bord d'une source (from Années de pèlerinage)
3. Valse oubliée No.1 in F sharp major
4. Rakóczy-Marsch (after the Hungarian Rhapsody No.15, arr. Horowitz)
5. Sonetto del Petrarca No.104 (from Années de pélerinage)
6. Hungarian Rhapsody No.6
7. Hungrian Rhapsody No.2 (arr.: Horowitz)
SCRIABIN:
8. Prelude in D major, op.11 No.5
9. Prelude in G sharp minor

CD 5: GEZA ANDA
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
RACHMANINOV: Prélude in G major, op.32 No.5
RACHMANINOV: Prélude in G minor, op.23 No.5

CD 6: CLARA HASKIL
SCHUBERT: Sonata in B flat major, op.posth.
MOZART: Sonata No.10 in C major, KV 330
MOZART: Piano Concerto in A major, KV 488

CD 7: MAURIZIO POLLINI
CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, op 28
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11

CD 8: LEON FLEISHER
BRAHMS: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, op.24
BRAHMS: Waltzes, op.39 Nos 1-6

CD 9: JULIUS KATCHEN
SCHUMANN: Carnaval, op.9
SCHUBERT: Wanderer Fantasy, in C major, op.15

CD 10: BYRON JANIS
LISZT: Totentanz (Dance of Death)
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.1