In celebration of "Play Me, I'm Yours" and Jeffrey Kahane's anniversary with LACO, KUSC presented a week of piano-rich music April 9-13th. Click below to see the playlist for each day.
Monday, April 9th
8:15 amOn
A Few Words at 8:15, Pianist Artur Rubinstein talks technique. Listen to it
here.
8:20 amEnrique Granados: Spanish Dance #5, Andaluza
Artur Rubinstein, piano
RCA 63085
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8:45 am
Frederic Chopin: Preludes Op.28
Jorge Bolet, piano
Philips 456 724
BUY: 
11:24 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2 in c Op 18
Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Claudio Abbado
Yuja Wang, piano
DG 15338
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3:30 pm
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto #2 in Bb Op 19
Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell
Leon Fleisher, piano
Sony 42445
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5:01 pm
Sergei Taneyev: Andantino Semplice
Todd Crow, piano
Musician's Showcase 042899
BUY: MSR Classics
6:19 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita #4 in D BWV 828
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Nonesuch 79121
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7:22 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No.14 in c K 457
Andras Schiff, piano
London 417149
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Tuesday, April 10th
8:15 am On
A Few Words at 8:15, the great and eccentric pianist Glenn Gould talks about his pre-recording routine and decisions. Listen to it
here.
10:00 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux: #4 in b Op 39
Yuja Wang, piano
DG 16606
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10:02 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux: #5 in eb Op 39
Yuja Wang, piano
DG 16606
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10:07 am
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux: #6 in a Op 39
Yuja Wang, piano
DG 16606
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11:20 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto #5 in f BWV 1056
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia, piano
Sony 89690
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1:26 pm
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in G K 455
Yuja Wang, piano
DG 16606
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1:28 pm
Christoph Gluck: Orfeo & Euridice: Orpheus' Lament
Yuja Wang, piano
DG 16606
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5:36 pm
Frederic Chopin: Waltz in c# Op 64/2
Yuja Wang, piano
DG 16606
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5:40 pm
Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Op 214
Yuja Wang, piano
DG 16606
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6:20 pm
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata #41 in Bb
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Hyperion 67554
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Wednesday, April 11th
8:15 amOn
A Few Words at 8:15 Simone Dinnerstein, the Brookyln-born, soon-to-be-40, pianist whose career was launched by her self-financed recording of the Goldberg Variations talks about her art and why she makes it. Listen to it
here.
8:18 amFranz Schubert: Impromptus #1-3 Op.90 D. 899
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Sony 87655
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9:10 amFranz Schubert: Sonata "Arpeggione" in a D 821
Joseph Swensen, violin
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
RCA 7962
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10:12 amLudwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #30 in E Op 109
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Philips 456949
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1:01 pmEdvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in a Op 16
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Kitayenko
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Virgin Classics 61745
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2:30 pmNed Rorem: Praise Ye The Lord
Marvis Martin, soprano
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
MusicMasters 60189
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2:32 pmSpiritual: Witness
Marvis Martin, soprano
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
MusicMasters 60189
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3:18 pmJohannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in f Op 34
Takacs Quartet
Stephen Hough, piano
Hyperion 67551
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5:01 pmClaude Debussy: Arabesque #1 in E
Simon Trpceski, piano
EMI Classics 272
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Thursday, April 12th
8:15 amOn
A Few Words at 8:15 Jeffrey Kahane, The Play Me, I'm Yours honoree, talks about the deceptions of the piano. Listen to it
here.
9:36 am
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Gilbert Varga
Anna Vinnitskaya, piano
Naive 5238
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11:00 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Invention #1 in C BWV 787
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Nonesuch 79121
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11:01 am
Johann Sebastian Bach: Invention #5 in Eb BWV 791
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Nonesuch 79121
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11:03 amJohann Sebastian Bach: Invention #7 in e BWV 793
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Nonesuch 79121
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11:05 amJohann Sebastian Bach: Invention #14 in Bb BWV 800
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Nonesuch 79121
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2:24 pmRobert Schumann: Fantasie in C Op 17
Artur Rubinstein, piano
RCA 63052
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4:12 pm
George Gershwin: 3 Preludes
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Sony 53126
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4:27 pmJoseph Haydn: Piano Trio #35 in C HOB XV:21
Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
Phoenix 166
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6:08 pmDomenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas
Ivo Pogorelich, piano
DG 435855
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Friday, April 13th
8:15 amOn
A Few Words at 8:15 Garrick Ohlsson, the great pianist, and first American to win the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, talks about and illustrates why he will play Beethoven only on a modern piano, not a fortepiano. Listen to it
here.
8:20 amLudwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #8, "Pathetique" in c Op.13
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Arabesque 6677
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11:23 amJohannes Brahms: Piano Quartet #3 in c Op 60
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Joshua Bell, violin
Scott Nickrenz, viola
Carter Brey, cello
MusicMasters 60189
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2:00 pmSergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3 in d Op 30
Los Angeles Philharmonic / Lionel Bringuier
Yuja Wang, piano
Recorded in concert at the Hollywood Bowl on August 2nd, 2011
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4:07 pmJohann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in d BWV 903
Angela Hewitt, piano
Hyperion 66746
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5:01 pmDario Marianelli: Atonement: Atonement
English Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Wallfisch
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Caroline Dale, cello
Decca 9828
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6:38 pmFelix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto #1 in g Op 25
London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley
Howard Shelley, piano
Chandos 9215
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