A deep dip into piano literature, featuring past masters (Claudio Arrau, John Ogdon, Marcelle Meyer), current luminaries (Marc-André Hamelin, Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Piotr Anderszewski) and two rising stars, Benjamin Grosvenor and Lucas Debargue.
Nov. 2
10 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT
1400-1700 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org
Chopin: Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
Krystian Zimmerman, piano
(Deutsche Grammophon)
Past Masters:
Stravinsky: Capriccio
for piano and orchestra
John Ogdon, piano
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/
Neville Marriner
(recorded 1970)
(Decca)
Past Masters:
Ravel:
“Gaspard de la nuit”
Marcelle Meyer, piano
(recorded 1954)
(EMI Classics)
Janáček: “In the Mists”
Piotr Anderszewski, piano
(Virgin Classics)
Schumann: Piano Quintet
in E flat major, Op. 44
Martha Argerich, piano
Dora Schwarzberg & Renaud Capuçon, violins
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg, viola
Mark Dobrinsky, cello
(EMI Classics)
Haydn: Andante and Variations in F minor
(“Un piccolo divertimento”)
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
(Hyperion)
Mendelssohn:
Prelude and Fugue
in E minor, Op. 35, No. 1
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
(Decca)
Beethoven:
Piano Concerto
No. 4 in G major
Claudio Arrau, piano
Staatskapelle Dresden/
Colin Davis
(Philips)
J.S. Bach: Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
Lucas Debargue, piano
(Sony Classical)