The Grand Piano Podcast
Parnassus Records / Leslie Gerber
Categories: Music
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Sometimes composers' easy music for students represents some of their best efforts. This program is made up of music that may be easy to play but obviously wasn't easy to write, played by first-class pianists. JS Bach - 2 Part Inventions (3/4/5) - Glenn Gould D. Shostakovich - 3 Fantastic Dances - Dmitri Shostakovich (1956 broadcast) F. Mendelssohn - 6 Children's Pieces, Op. 72 - Daniel Barenboim B. Bartok - For Children (Volume 1) - Lili Kraus S. Prokofiev - 6 pieces from "Children's Music" - Igor Zhukov Why would a great pianist perform music written for beginners? Because sometimes it's some of the composer's best music. In this program, five major pianists (including a major composer-pianist, Shostakovich) play music that was written for students, but despite the technical simplicity of the works their musical content is still first-rate. Download The Grand Piano Podcast 005 - "Music for Students" here (128 kbps mp3 , 49.2 Mb, 53 min 44 sec) Subscribeto The Grand Piano podcast here
Previous episodes
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5 - Grand Piano 005 - Music for Students Mon, 08 Oct 2007
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4 - Grand Piano 004 - Sviatoslav Richter in Recital Tue, 02 Oct 2007
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3 - Grand Piano Podcast 003 - Artur Schnabel Mon, 24 Sep 2007
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2 - Grand Piano Podcast 002 - Composers at the Piano Mon, 17 Sep 2007
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1 - The Grand Piano Podcast 001 - History of Piano in Sound Sun, 09 Sep 2007