Solo piano
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Werke für zwei Pianisten
Hindemith's works for piano four hands and two pianos, including his four-hand Mathis der Maler symphony, Rag Time (wohltemperiert), the Walzer op. 6 and the sonatas of 1938 and 1942, played by Andreas Grau and Götz Schumacher.
An John Field / Vier neue Klavierstücke / Klavieralbum mit Sphinxen
Piano works by Wilhelm Killmayer written 1975-1999: An John Field (five nocturnes), Vier neue Klavierstücke and Klavieralbum mit Sphinxen, played by his former pupil Siegfried Mauser.
Trois Etudes blanches / Douze Etudes transcendentales / Drei verstreute Klavierstücke: Canto melismatico / Albumblatt / Frühlingslied / Rundgesänge und Morgenlieder
Piano works by Wilhelm Killmayer, from the Trois Etudes blanches and Douze Etudes transcendentales to Rundgesänge und Morgenlieder and three pieces from 1957-1968, played by Siegfried Mauser.
Scharlachrote Buchstaben
Piano works by the German composer Barbara Heller (born 1936), including Scharlachrote Buchstaben, Currants - Johannisbeeren, Das Quintenbuch and Un Poco, played by Deborah Richards.
Triadic Memories
Marilyn Nonken plays Morton Feldman's Triadic Memories, a single-movement solo piano work of almost 90 minutes, recorded in 2003 and available on two CDs and on DVD-Audio.
Werke für Klavier
First recording of piano works by Johanna Senfter (1879-1961), Max Reger's pupil, from early character pieces to the late op. 129, played by Monica Gutman; recorded in Mainz in March and April 1994.
Une petite phrase / Lucy Escott Variations / Cherubino/ 6 Stücke für junge Pianisten / Variationen op. 13 / Sonata
Hans Werner Henze's solo piano music, including Une petite phrase, the Lucy Escott Variations, Cherubino, pieces from Pollicino, the Variations op. 13 and the Sonata per pianoforte, played by Homero Francesch.
Das Klavierwerk - Vol. III
Volume III of Siegfried Mauser's Hindemith piano series: the Third Sonata (1936), short pieces from 1920-22, the Kleine Klaviermusik op. 45 no. 4, Wir bauen eine Stadt (1930) and a sonata movement from 1941.
Piano Pieces
Charles Ives's shorter piano pieces, from Study No. 20 to the Three Quarter-tone Pieces for Two Pianos, played by Herbert Henck with Deborah Richards. Recorded July 1984 at the Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich.
Grete Sultan - Piano Seasons
Four CDs of the pianist Grete Sultan, recorded in New York 1969-2000: Bach's Goldberg Variations, Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, Schubert, Schumann, and twentieth-century works by Schoenberg, Copland, Weber, Wolpe, Hovhaness, Cage and Ichiyanagi.
The Piano Works 7 - Chess Serenade
First recording of John Cage's Chess Pieces (1944), rediscovered in a painting and transcribed by Margaret Leng Tan, with her recording of Sonatas and Interludes and the first recording of Vittorio Rieti's Chess Serenade.
The Piano Works 2 - Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano
John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano played by Philipp Vandré, the first recording on a Steinway “O”-type baby grand, the piano Cage composed on, with corrections to discrepancies in the printed score.
Complete Short Works for Prepared Piano
All of John Cage's short works for prepared piano on two CDs, everything except Sonatas and Interludes, played by Philipp Vandré.
The Works for Piano 4
Piano works by John Cage played by Margaret Leng Tan: 1940s pieces found at his publisher including Triple-Paced, Ad Lib and Jazz Study, the Works of Calder film score, and One2 for three pianos.
A Multitude Of Angels
Four complete solo piano concerts by Keith Jarrett, recorded by the pianist himself in October 1996 in Modena, Ferrara, Turin and Genoa, released in 2016 as a 4-CD box on ECM.
Das Wohltemperierte Clavier
András Schiff plays both books of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier (BWV 846-893) on piano, recorded in August 2011 at the Auditorio RSI, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher. Four CDs, ECM New Series 2270-73, 2012.
Piano Concertos
András Schiff plays and directs Brahms's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 on a Blüthner grand of about 1859, with the period-instrument Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, no conductor. Recorded December 2019 at Abbey Road Studios, London.
Die Acht Grossen Suiten
Lisa Smirnova plays Händel's eight Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin of 1720 (HWV 426-433) on modern piano. Recorded June 2007 to February 2009 at Schloss Goldegg, Austria.
Six Partitas
András Schiff plays Bach's six keyboard Partitas, BWV 825-830, on two CDs, in his own order (5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 6). Recorded live on 21 September 2007 at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt; produced by Manfred Eicher.
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I
Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (24 preludes and fugues, BWV 846-869) played by Austrian pianist Till Fellner on two CDs, his ECM debut. Recorded September-October 2002 at the Jugendstiltheater, Vienna; produced by Manfred Eicher.