Piano Collection: Performances of the World's Most Popular Short Piano Pieces

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Tracklist

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1Tambourin
piano:
Georges Cziffra (pianist)
Rameau?:??
2Sicilienne
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
recording of:
Sonata no. 1 in G minor for Violin Solo, BWV 1001: III. Siciliana (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Sonata no. 1 in G minor for Violin Solo, BWV 1001: III. Siciliana
part of:
Sonata no. 1 in G minor for Violin Solo, BWV 1001 (catch all for arrangements)
Bach?:??
3Le Coucou
piano:
Danielle Laval (pianist)
recording of:
Premier livre de clavecin: Troisième suite: I. Le coucou. Rondeau. Vif (The Cuckoo)
composer:
Louis‐Claude Daquin
part of:
Premier livre de clavecin: Troisième suite
Daquin?:??
4Au printemps, op. 53
piano:
Aldo Ciccolini (pianist)
recording of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte III, op. 43: No. 6: Til våren (Lyric Pieces, Book III, op. 43: no. 6: To the Spring)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
part of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte III, op. 43 (Lyric pieces, book III, op. 43)
Grieg?:??
5Clair de Lune
piano:
Cécile Ousset (French pianist)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 3)
part of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 (for piano)
Debussy?:??
6Golliwog's Cake-Walk
piano:
Michel Béroff (French pianist)
recording of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113: VI. Golliwogg’s Cake‐Walk (original piano version)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1906 until 1908-07)
part of:
Children’s Corner, L. 113, CD 119 (original piano version)
Debussy?:??
7La Fille aux cheveux de lin
piano:
Jean‐Bernard Pommier (pianist and conductor)
recording of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin. Très calme et doucement expressif (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1909-12 until 1910-02)
premiered at:
[concert] (1910-06-02)
part of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125
Debussy?:??
83 Mouvements perpétuels
piano:
Gabriel Tacchino (pianist)
recording of:
Trois mouvements perpétuels, FP 14a
composer:
Francis Poulenc (French composer and pianist) (in 1918)
part of:
Francis Poulenc’s works (FP) (number: FP 14a)
Poulenc?:??
9Gymnopédie no. 1
piano:
Aldo Ciccolini (pianist)
recording of:
Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux (Gymnopédie no. 1)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (from 1888-02 until 1888-04)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 4)
part of:
Gymnopédies
Satie?:??
10Gnossienne no. 3
piano:
Aldo Ciccolini (pianist)
recording of:
Gnossienne no. 3
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (in 1890)
part of:
Trois Gnossiennes
Satie?:??
11Berceuse
piano:
Jean‐Philippe Collard (French classical pianist) and Bruno Rigutto (pianist)
recording of:
Dolly, op. 56 : I. Berceuse (for piano four hands)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1894 until 1897)
part of:
Dolly, op. 56 (for piano four hands)
Fauré?:??
12Scarbo
piano:
Samson François (pianist)
recording of:
Gaspard de la nuit (Trois poèmes pour piano d'après Aloysius Bertrand): III. Scarbo
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1908)
is based on:
Scarbo
part of:
Gaspard de la nuit (Trois poèmes pour piano d'après Aloysius Bertrand)
Ravel?:??
13Pavanne pour une infante défunte
piano:
Mikhail Rudy (pianist)
recording of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (original version for solo piano)
premiered in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1902-04-05)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1899)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 13), Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 19) and Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 59)
Ravel?:??
14Brazileira
piano:
Christian Ivaldi (French pianist) and Noël Lee (American pianist and composer)
recording of:
Scaramouche, op. 165b: III. Brazileira (Mouvement de samba) (for two pianos)
composer:
Darius Milhaud (composer)
part of:
Scaramouche, op. 165b (for two pianos)
Milhaud?:??
15Ritual Fire Dance
piano:
Gabriel Tacchino (pianist)
recording of:
El amor brujo, G. 69: IV. Danza ritual del fuego (for piano solo)
composer and arranger:
Manuel de Falla (Spanish composer)
arrangement of:
El amor brujo: VIII. Danza ritual del fuego
part of:
El amor brujo, G. 69 (piano suite)
Falla?:??
16Andaluza
piano:
Teresa Llacuna
recording of:
12 danzas españolas, op. 37, nº 5: Andaluza (Playera)
composer:
Enrique Granados (composer)
part of:
12 danzas españolas, op. 37 (original for piano)
Granados?:??
17Tango
piano:
Dame Moura Lympany (British pianist)
recording of:
España, seis hojas de álbum, op. 165: II. Tango
composer:
Isaac Albéniz (Spanish composer) (in 1890)
part of:
España, seis hojas de álbum, op. 165
Albeniz?:??
18Prélude en ut dièse mineur, op. 3 no. 2
piano:
Jean‐Philippe Collard (French classical pianist)
recording of:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C‐sharp minor (The Bells of Moscow)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer)
part of:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3
Rachmaninoff?:??
19Great Gate of Kiev
piano:
Michel Béroff (French pianist)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10 “Богатырскія ворота” (Въ стольномъ городѣ Кіевѣ) (Pictures at an Exhibition: The great gate at Kiev, original piano version)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Moussorgsky?:??
20The Entertainer
piano:
Katia Labèque (pianist) and Marielle Labèque (pianist)
recording of:
The Entertainer
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist) (in 1902)
publisher:
Chappell, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Multimood Music (publisher)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 25)
Joplin?:??