A rich treasury of pianism styles on display from 10 legendary performers, sampled here for collectors and chosen from the giants of the keyboard.

Contents:

CD 1: Marta Argerich Debut album plus live Chopin
Chopin -
1. Grand Valse Brillante, op.34 no.1
2. Nocturne no.16, op.55 no.2
3. Etude, op.10 no.1
4. Etude, op.10 no.10
5. Mazurka no.38, op.59 no.3
6. Scherzo, op.39
7. Barcarolle, op.60
8-9. Brahms - 2 Rhapsodies, op.79
10. Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody no.6
11. Ravel - Jeux d’eau
12. Prokoviev - Toccata

CD 2: Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Chopin (ALC1281)
1-4. Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58
5. Barcarolle, op.60
6. Valse no.2 in A flat, op.34 no.1
7. Valse no.6 in D flat, op.64 no.1 (‘Minute Waltz’)
8. Mazurka no.35 in C minor, op.56 no.3
9. Mazurka no.36 in A minor op.59 no.1
10-21. 12 Etudes, op.10

CD 3: Alfred Brendel plays Schubert Impromptus (ALC1109)
1-4. 4 Impromptus, D899
5-8. 4 Impromptus, D935
Moments musicaux, op.94:
9. no.3 in F minor
10. no.4 in C sharp minor
11. no.5 in F minor
12. no.6 in A flat major

CD 4: Emil Gilels: Live in Russia (ALC1300 amended)
1-4. Schumann - Piano Sonata in F sharp minor, op.11
5-8. Chopin - Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor ‘Funeral March’, op.35
9-12. Tchaikovsky - Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, op.80

CD 5: Glenn Gould plays J.S. Bach (ALC1418)
1-32. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria & 30 Variations)
33-39. Partita no.5 in G major, BWV 829
40-46. Partita No.6 in E minor, BWV 830
47. Fugue in F sharp minor, BWV 883 (Well-Tempered Clavier Book II)
48. Fugue in E major, BWV 878 (Well-Tempered Clavier Book II)

CD 6: Vladimir Horowitz: ‘Last of the Romantics’ (ALC1357)
1. Mozart - Rondo alla Turca
2. Chopin - Waltz no.3 in A minor, op.34 no.2
3. Chopin - Barcarolle, op.60
4. Mendelssohn - Songs without Words: Elégie & Spring Song
5. Mendelssohn/Horowitz - Wedding March and Variations after Liszt
6. Schumann - Arabesque, op.18
7. Liszt/Horowitz - Hungarian Rhapsody no.2
8. Liszt/Horowitz - Hungarian Rhapsody no.19
9. Scriabin - Sonata no.9 in one movement ‘Black Mass’, op.68
10. Moszkowski - Étincelles
11. Debussy - Children’s Corner: Serenade for the Doll
12. Bizet/Horowitz - Variations on Themes from ‘Carmen’
13. Sousa/Horowitz - Stars and Stripes Forever

CD 7: Wilhelm Kempff plays Mozart Concertos (ALC1323)
1-3. Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K488
4-6. Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K491
- Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
7-9. Piano Concerto no. 8 in C major, K246 ‘Lutzow’
- Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner

CD 8: Sviatoslav Richter plays Schubert Sonatas (ALC1074)
1-4. Piano Sonata no.19 in C minor, D958
5-8. Piano Sonata no.21 in B flat major, D960

CD 9: Artur Rubinstein plays Chopin (ALC1419)
1. Polonaise in A major, op.40 no.1 (“Military”)
2. Nocturne in E flat major, op.9 no.2
3. Waltz in A flat major, op.34 no.1 (“Valse Brillante”)
4. Waltz in C sharp minor, op.64 no.2
5. Waltz in D flat major, op.64 no.1 (“Minute” Waltz)
6. Polonaise in A flat major, op.53 (“Heroic”)
7. Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
8. Mazurka in D major, op.33 no.2
9. Fantasie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, op.66
10. Mazurka in B flat major, op.7 no.1
11. Nocturne in G minor, op.37 no.1
12. Barcarolle, op.60
13. Nocturne in F sharp major, op.15 no.2
14. Nocturne in D flat major, op.27 no.2
15. Ballade in G minor, op.23

CD 10: Artur Schnabel plays Beethoven (MC3201/1)
1-3. Piano Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor ‘Moonlight’, op.27 no.2
4-7. Piano Sonata no.15 in D major ‘Pastorale’, op.28
8-9. Piano Sonata no.21 in C major ‘Waldstein’, op.53
10-13. Piano Sonata no.26 in E flat major ‘Les Adieux’, op.81a