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20th-CENTURY MUSIC


Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No 3 in C Major - Argerich, Piano
20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev) – Martha Argerich

Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op 26, was completed in 1921. Sergei Prokofiev began his work on the concerto as early as 1913 when he wrote a theme with variations which he then set aside.

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No 2 in G Minor - Wang, Piano
20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 2 – Yuja Wang

Sergei Prokofiev set to work on his Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1912 and completed it in 1913. But that version of the concerto is lost; the score was destroyed in a fire following the Russian Revolution.


Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No 3 in C Major - Wang, Piano
20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3 – Yuja Wang

Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, Op 26, was completed in 1921. Sergei Prokofiev began his work on the concerto as early as 1913 when he wrote a theme with variations which he then set aside.

The Chinese pianist Yuja Wang performs George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
20th-CENTURY MUSIC / JAZZ / Piano / Rhapsody

George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue – Wang, Piano

Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition by the American composer George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. The composition was commissioned by the bandleader Paul Whiteman.

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bartok) – Yuja Wang

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, (1930–31) is the second of three piano concerti written by Béla Bartók, and is notorious for being one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire. In approaching the composition, Bartók wanted the music to be more contrapuntal.

Stravinsky - Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka - Buniatishvili, Piano
20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Piano / Transcription

Stravinsky – Trois Mouvements de Petrushka – Buniatishvili, Piano

Trois mouvements de Petrushka is an arrangement for piano of music from the ballet Petrushka by the composer Igor Stravinsky for the pianist Arthur Rubinstein.

Shostakovich - Concerto No 1 for Piano and Trumpet - Argerich, Piano
20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Piano / Trumpet

Shostakovich – Piano and Trumpet Concerto No. 1 – Argerich

The Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 35, was completed by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1933. The concerto was an experimentation with a neo-baroque combination of instruments.


Ligeti - Etude 10, Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) - Wang, Piano
20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Etude / Piano

Ligeti – Etude No. 10, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Wang, Piano

4th piece from Book II, Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) is Ligeti’s Etude No 10 for piano and is dedicated to the French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard. György Ligeti composed a cycle of 18 études for solo piano between 1985 and 2001.

Lutoslawski - Paganini Variations for 2 Pianos - Wang, Kozhukhin
20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Piano / Variation

Lutoslawski – Paganini Variations – Wang, Kozhukhin

Lutosławski left Warsaw in July 1944 with his mother, merely a few days before the Warsaw Uprising, salvaging only a few scores and sketches—the rest of his music was lost during the complete destruction of the city by Germans after the fall of uprising.

Ligeti - Etude 9, Vertige - Wang, Piano
20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Etude / Piano

Ligeti – Vertige, Etude No. 9 – Yuja Wang, Piano

Vertige, Etude No 9, dedicated to composer Mauricio Kagel, is Ligeti’s third etude from Book 2. Widely-separated hands use chromatic scales to create the effect of endless, falling movement.

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