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The Composer-Pianists: Hamelin and The Eight
Robert Rimm
Amadeus Press, 2003
A fascinating book
+ A very fine book...
+ A wonderful exploration of the composer-pianist tradition
At first, I wondered why Chopin and Liszt weren't included in a book called "The Composer-Pianists," but these eight form a closely interrelated league all their own. By extensively quoting their letters, diaries and writings as they relate both to themselves and to each other (including intriguing ...
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Easiest Book of Piano Classics
Amsco Music
Amsco Publications, 1998
Beautiful Music on the Fly
+ Total satisfaction
+ Great for the price
+ Good beginner book
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Mazurka (Music Scores)
Frederic Chopin
Konemann, 1998
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Masters of the Keyboard: Individual Style Elements in the Piano Music of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, ...
Konrad Wolff
Indiana University Press, 1990
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The Music Box: The Story of Cristofori
Suzanne Guy, Donna Lacy
Brunswick Publishing Corporation, 1998
Educational and entertaining!
+ The Music Box
+ STORY OF CHRISTOFORI/PIANO
"The Music Box - The Story of Cristofori" is a unique educational story about the invention of the piano. In a wonderful and clear fashion, children (and adults) learn about music before the piano existed and discover the mechanical-musical genius of Cristofori's invention. Additional pages at ...
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Panorama: Passion for Piano
Isaac Albeniz, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...
Deutsche Grammophon, 2001
Great Classical Piano
I picked up this CD because it had some of my favorite piano pieces of Bach, Brahms and Bartok on it.
The renditions on these discs are terrific. And every single selection is really worth listening to- this is some of the best classical piano out there. If you're like me and aren't really ...
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Variations (Music Scores)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Konemann, 1998
This Urtext edition of Mozart's variations for piano is drawn from the first editions of the works as well as the contemporary handwritten copies of the works. The term Variationen was given as a title to all pieces. Information concerning the origin of the theme of the given work can be found in the index. Notes on the sources are also included.
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Mompou: Piano Music: Cants Magics; Charmes; Trois Variations; Dialogues I, II; Paisages; Cancion y Danzas 1, ...
Federico Mompou, Stephen Hough
Hyperion, 1997
charming enigmas
+ Not quite so curious
+ More Monpou, please!
+ Out of Nowhere
+ overlooked gems...
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Great Pianists on Piano Playing: Godowsky, Hofmann, Lhevinne, Paderewski and 24 Other Legendary Performers ...
James Francis Cooke
Dover Publications, 1999
An Inspiring Kaleidoscope Of Musical Insight!
+ insightful
Accomplished pianists and those aspiring to become one all dream about how wonderful it would have been to study with or to have heard the legendary composers perform their own music. Unfortunately this can only be a dream, however, we do have access to performances given by the greatest virtuosos ...
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Albeniz: Obras Para Piano
Isaac Albeniz, Alicia de Larrocha
EMI Classics, 1993
Terrific performances, distorted sound quality
I recommend this CD, but be aware that loud passages are distorted. Alicia de Larrocha performs some well-known, and some lesser known works sensitively, but it is a great pity that loud passages are distorted throughout this recording. The very first track, Asturias, is one of Albeniz' best known ...
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The Piano
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel
Live / Artisan, 1997
A graceful escape into a world more human than ourselves...
+ THE PIANO (MIRAMAX FILMS/1993)
+ Love and romance with class
+ Beautiful and Dark
+ The Piano
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Cristofori's Dream
David Lanz
Narada, 1999
Balm to the soul
+ I love this CD.
+ Extremely happy with quality
+ tribute to the piano...
+ I loved it then and I love it now
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Great Contemporary Pianists Speak for Themselves (Dover Books on Music, Music History)
Elyse Mach
Dover Publications, 1991
Almost a Must for any Serious Pianist
+ The masters speak for themselves
It gives us a cross section of the views of the great ( some not so great ) artists as to how they see the piano, pianist(s) and piano music. So Gilels never quite recognised Neuhaus as his teacher; Bolet had high esteem for Moiseiwitsch other than Rachmaninoff; Arrau was an admirer of Edwin ...
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Basic Principles in Pianoforte Playing
Josef Lhevinne
Dover Publications, 1972
Worth every page
+ A Gem from a Giant
+ basic principles of pianoforte playing
Perhaps the previous reviewer did not take note of the title - "Basic Principles in Piano Forte Playing", which is just what it is - nothing more, nothing less. Josef Lehvinne is of the old school of thinking, namely, he believes that only meisters should be teaching how to play music, although he ...
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Arrau on Music and Performance (Great Pianists: In Their Own Words)
Joseph Horowitz
Dover Publications, 1999
Arrau on Music and Performance a winner!
+ A look into the unique and insularly life of a musical giant.
+ Arrau is God
+ A must-have for piano lovers
+ One of the greatest books about one of the greatest pianists
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