Classical Music Listening List #1

Suggested pianists: Evgeny Kissin, Vladimir Horowitz, Van Cliburn, Nikolai Lugansky, Sviatoslav Richter, Christian Zimmerman, Andras Schiff, Martha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Anna Fedorova, Emil Gilels, Grigory Sokolov, Lang Lang, Helene Grimaud, Arthur Rubinstein, Daniil Trifonov, Ivo Pogorelich, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Suggested violinists: Maxim Vengerov, Itzhak Perlman, Vadim Repin, Isaak Stern, David Garrett, Sophie Mutter, David Oistrakh

Suggested cellists: Mstislav Rostrapovich, Yo yo ma, Jacqueline du Pre, Misha Maisky

Suggested conductors: Herbert Von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Yuri Temirkanov, Claudio Abbado, Zubin Metha, Vladimir Jurowksi, Valery Gergiev

1. Tchaikovsky (1840—1893), Russia

---Piano Concerto #1 (Vladimir Horowitz)

---Trio (performed by Stern, Rostrapovich and HOrowitz)

--The Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and orchestra

--Melodie ( for violin and orchestra)

---Seasons (set of twelve character pieces for piano)

--Violin Concertos

---piano album “SEASONS”—August, June (Barcarola), January and other months of the

year.

Selected piano works—“Lark”, “Mediation”, “Valse Sentimentale”

Ballets—Swan Lake, Nutcracker.

Operas---Iolanta, Eugene Onegin,

2. Robert Schumann (1810—1856), Germany

---Piano concerto in A minor (Evgeny Kissin, Helene Grimaud)

---Kreisleriana (Vladimir Horowitz, Helene Grimaud)

---Kinderszenen –(scenes d’enfants), Vladimir Horowitz

--Sonata Fantasia for piano (y Evgeny Kissin)

--Piano concerto in A minor

--Cello concerto in A minor ( by Jacqueline du Pre)

3. Sergey Rachmaninov (1873—1943), Russia

--Piano concertos #1, 2, 3 (by Vladimir Horowitz or Evgeny Kissin)

--Variations on the theme of Paganini (piano and orchestra)

--Vocalise (orchestra)

---Symphony #2

Selected piano works:

--Etudes Tableaux, op.33 Vladimir Horowitz, Evgeny Kissin

-- Preludes for Piano opus #5, Vladimir Horowitz , Evgeny Kissin

--Piano Sonata # 2, op.36 (played by Vladimir Horowitz or by Ivo Pogorelich

Polichinelle op.3, #4,

Prelude #1 in C sharp minor, op.3 #2

Melodie

Lilacs

Barcarolle (op.10, #3)

4. Nicolai Medtner (1800—1951) (Russia) Fairy Tale in A major, op.51 #3

5. Johannes Sebastian Bach (1685—1750), Germany

-- Piano Concerto in D minor (Marie Joao Pires, Emil Gilels

--Branderburg Concerto #4 in G major

--Violin concerto #1 in A minor

--Violin concerto #2 in E major

--The Art of Fugue BWV1080 (Grigory SOkolov)

--Ich Ruf Zu Dir Herr Jesu Christ

--The French suites for piano

6. Frederic Chopin (1810—1849), Poland

--Piano Concertos #1, #2, #3

--Piano Sonata #32 in C minor

-- Piano Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 35( Ivo Pogorelich, Chirstian Zimmerman)

-- Ballades for Piano #1, #2, # 3 and #4 ( Evgeny Kissin, Christian Zimmerman)

--Waltzes (piano), Evgeny Kissin

--Etudes (Bunin, Kissin, Horowitz)

---Preludes for piano

---Waltzes for piano

--Nocturnes for piano (Kissin, Maurizzio Pollini)

--Mazurkas for piano

--Etudes (Revolutionary, ocean and more

7. Franz Liszt (1811—1886) ,Hungary

--Piano Concerto #1, #2 ( played by Van Cliburn)

--Consolation in E major 2 ( Vladimir Horowitz

--Consolation in D flat major # 3 (Van Cliburn, Vladimir Horowitz)

--Liebensraum (piano) (Yundi Li, Kissin),

8. Antonio Vivaldi (1678—1741) (Italy, Venice, died in Vienna)

Concerto in B flat Major for violin, cello and orchestra

The Four seasons—Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn

Concerto in B minor for four violins, cello and orchestra, op. 3 #10

9. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Germany

Piano concerto in D major

Cello Concerto #2 in D major ( Misha Maisky)

Surprise Symphony

Farewell Symphony

Symphony #104 (“London”)

Symphony # 49 ( “La Passione”)

10. Johannes Brahms (1833—1897), Germany

Piano concerto In D Minor (Helene Grimaud)

Piano concerto #2 in Bflat major)

Piano concerto #3 ( Martha Argerich)

Selected piano works:

--Rhapsodies #1 (B minor) and #2 (G minor)

--Intermezzi op.116 (#2in A minor), #3 in G minor and # 4 in E major

--Intermezzi op.117 (#2 in Bflat minor), #3 in Csharp minor (played by Artur Rubinstein,

Sviatoslav Richter, Evgeny Kissin)

--Intermezzi op.118 (#1 in A minor), #2 in A major

--Intermezzo op.119 (#3 in C Major) played by Artur Rubinstein

Intermezzo op.119 ( #1 ) by Sviatoslav Richter

Cello Sonata # 1 in E Minor ( by Jacqueline du Pre) (AMAZING)

Cello Sonata #2 , op. 99 (Jacqueline du Pre and Daniel Barenboim)

Violin concertos #1 in D major (especially Adagio—2 nd movement)

11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756—1791), Austria

Clarinet Concerto #1 (especially movement 2, Adagio)

Piano Sonatas (all twenty piano sonatas) ( Andras Schiff)

My favorite ones are : Sonata in C major (K309/284b) and Sonata in F major (K533)

Requiem

Piano Concertos ( ALL!) especially #23, #14, #20, all Adagios (Second movements)

Piano Concerto #23 by Vladimir Horowitz

Orchestral works:

Symphony: #40 in G minor

Divertimento #1 in D major K136

Mozart, Sinfonia concentrante in E flat major K364

Mozart, Rondo in C major K373

Mozart, Symphony #29 in A major, K201

12. Sergey Prokofiev (1891—1953) (Russia)

Legendary piano concertos #1, #2 and #3

Peter and Wolf (symphonic fairy tale for children) (1936)

Piano Sonata #7 in B flat

13. Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770—1828) (Germany)

Piano concertos #1, #2,

Piano Concerto #3

Piano concerto #4

Piano Concerto #5 (Emperor) by Horowitz, Kissin Christian Zimmerman

Helene Grimaud

Selected piano sonatas:

Sonata Apassionata (#23, F moll) ( by Emile Gilels, Evgeny Kissin, Vladimir Horowitz)

Sonata “Les Audieux” (#26, Es-dur)

Moonlight sonata (#14) (Clair de Lune)

Sonata #17 (the “Tempest”) Evgeny Kissin

Sonata # 8 (c moll) Pathetique

Sonata #15 (Pastorale, D-dur)

14. Franz Schubert (1797—1828) (Germany)

Impromptu in E flat major # 3( Vladimir Horowitz)

Symphony #5 in B flat Major

Serenade (Schubert-Liszt), played by Vladimir Horowitz

15. Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), (France)

Piano quartet #1 (op.15) by emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan, Mstislav Rostrapovich

16. Ian Sibelius (1865-1957, Finland)

Violin concerto in D minor (1903)

Symphony #2 (Conducted by Herbert von Karajan)

17. Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921, France)

Piano concerto # 2 ( Arthur Rubinstein)

Piano Concerto # 5 ( A. Kantorow)

Swan

Danse Macabre

18. Edward Grieg (Norway) (1843—1907)

Piano concerto #1 in A minor

Peer Gynt

Selected piano works:

To Spring from Lyric pieces

Holberg Suite for piano

19. Astor Piazzola (1921—1992)

Libertango

20. Mendhelsson (1860—1911)

Violin Concerto in E minor

Piano Concerto in G minor

21. Gustave Mahler—Life Changing experience; Austria, (1860---1911)

Conductors—Sir Georg Solti, Zubin Metha, Leonard Bernstein

Symphony #1

Symphony #2

Symphony 3

Symphony #4

Symphony #5 ( Adagietto, especially) Herbert von Karajan

Symphony #6 ( tragic)

22. Claude Debussy (1862—1918) (France)

Selected piano works:

Les Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the rain)

la Reverie,

Reflets dans l’eau

La mer (Poeme symphonique)

L’apres midi d’un faune

Deux Arabesques

--Sonata for flute, viola and harp (Preludes, Book 1)

--La fille au cheveux de lin

---En bateau

23. Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) (France)

Piano concerto, part 2. Helene Grimaud and Vladimir Jurowski)

Selected piano works:

Jeux d’eau

Pavane pour une infant morte (pavane for a Dead Princess)

Gaspard de la Nuit (!!!) Ivo Pogorelich

24. Dvorjak Cello Concerto ( Jacqueline du Pre) 1841—1894, Czech Republic

25. Alfred Shnittke (1914—1975) (USSR and Germany)

---Story of an unknown artist

---Declaration of love

26. Rimsky Korsakov (1844-1908, Russia)

SCHEHEREZADE

27. Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) Georgia (USSR)

Spartacus (Suite #4)

28. Alexander Scriabin (1871—1915)

Piano sonatas #3 and #4

Piano concerto in F sharp minor

Preludes for piano, op. 11