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88 Minutes of Piano Excellence for World Piano Day 2024

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Since 2016, artists and music aficionados all over the world have celebrated World Piano Day on the 88th day of the year, an homage to the piano's endlessly adaptable 88 keys. To mark the occasion in 2024, we've curated a special medici.tv video compilation for all you piano lovers out there: 88 incredible minutes in the company of history's most celebrated pianists! Revisit timeless works by the likes of Chopin, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Liszt, Bach, Beethoven, performed by legendary names: Vladimir Horowitz, Martha Argerich, Glenn Gould, Yefim Bronfman, Yuja Wang, Igor Levit, Maria João Pires, Yunchan Lim, and dozens more…

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Program

  • Jean Sibelius, 13 Pieces for Piano, Op. 76
    • 2. Etude
  • Sergei Rachmaninov, Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3
    • No. 2: Prelude in C-sharp minor
  • Franz Liszt, Liebestraum in A flat, S. 541 No. 3 "Love Dream"
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310
    • 1. Allegro maestoso
  • Clara Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7
    • 1. Allegro maestoso
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415
    • Allegro
  • Franz Schubert, Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664
    • 3. Allegro
  • Camille Saint-Saëns, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in F Major, Op. 103 "The Egyptian"
    • 2. Andante
  • Frédéric Chopin, Three Nocturnes, Op. 9
    • No. 2 in E flat major
  • Frédéric Chopin, Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
  • Igor Stravinsky / Guido Agosti, The Firebird Suite (Piano Transcription)
    • I. Infernal Dance
  • Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
    • 2. Adagio sostenuto
  • Johannes Brahms, Variations on a theme by Haendel, Op. 24
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan, Concerto for Solo Piano, Op. 39
    • 1. Allegro assai - Allegro con brio
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
    • 3. Allegro assai
  • Sergei Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
  • Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
  • Frédéric Chopin, Fantaisie-impromptu in C-sharp Minor, Op. 66
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826
    • VI. Capriccio
  • Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
    • 3. Finale: Alla breve
  • Franz Liszt, Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este (The Fountains of the Villa d'Este)
  • Sergei Rachmaninov, Prelude No. 5, Op. 23
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Nicolas Economou, Suite from "The Nutcracker", Op. 71a: III. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (Arr. for Two Pianos)
  • Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55
    • I. Ondine
  • Franz Liszt, Grandes Études de Paganini, S. 141
    • No. 3 in G-sharp Minor: La Campanella (Allegretto)
  • Fazıl Say, Sonata for piano, Op. 52 – "Gezi Park 2"
    • İstanbul Sokaklarında Direniş Geceleri – Nights of resistance on the streets of Istanbul
  • Franz Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, S. 124
    • 1. Allegro maestoso
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101
    • 2. Vivace alla Marcia
    • 3. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto
  • Alexander Scriabin, Twelve Etudes, Op. 8
    • No. 12 in D-sharp minor – Patetico
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
    • 3. Rondo : Allegro
  • Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21
    • 2. Larghetto
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23
    • 2. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo
  • Johannes Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
    • 1. Allegro non troppo
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
    • Variation 14

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  • Production date: 2024
  • Duration: 1 h 28 min
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