Piano Superstars
Pianist Keelan Carew explores the history of piano playing. This episode features some of the great piano superstars, from Chopin and Rachmaninov, to Busoni and Art Tatum.
Pianist Keelan Carew explores the invention of the pianoforte and the innovation that changed everything, giving the player the ability to vary the dynamics in the way you strike the keys.
This episode looks at the explosion of the piano as the main event at sold out concerts and celebrity pianists as the new divas. Keelan delves into how the then new breed of famous composer-performers – such as Chopin, Rachmaninov and Liszt - took the technical possibilities of the piano to dizzying new heights, making huge demands on both the instrument and players.
He also explores the diverse range of sounds and colours from pianists at turn of the 20th century, from Debussy and Lili Boulanger to the great jazz virtuosos of the Roaring Twenties, such as Art Tatum and Fats Waller.
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Frédéric Chopin
Study in C major, Op 10 No 1
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- DG.
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Frédéric Chopin
Etude No 1: C major - 1st version from Etude in C major, Op 10 No 1
Composer: Leopold Godowsky. Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.- HYPERION.
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Franz Liszt
Grand galop chromatique
Performer: Georges Cziffra.- Cziffra: Hungaroton Recordings.
- Hungaroton / Appiano.
- 005.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No 2 (1st mvt)
Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Simón BolÃvar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- DG.
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Claude Debussy
Preludes, Book 2: No 1; Brouillards; No 12 Feux d'artifice
Performer: Krystian Zimerman. -
Lili Boulanger
Sous bois
Choir: Orpheus Vokalensemble. Performer: Antonii Baryshevskyi. Conductor: Michael Alber.- CARUS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E flat Major 'St Anne's Fugue', BWV 552
Composer: Ferruccio Busoni.- Ferruccio Busoni: Transcriptions for Piano after J.S. Bach.
- Altarus Records.
- 9.
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Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
Opus Clavicembalisticum: Coda-Stretta
Performer: Geoffrey Douglas Madge.- BIS.
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Vincent Youmans
Tea for Two
Music Arranger: Art Tatum. Performer: Art Tatum.- Black Lion Records.
Broadcast
- Sun 11 Dec 2022 23:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3