Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his Piano Concerto No. 3 in 1909 as part of the tour of the United States he had planned for the fall of that year. He had
Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his Piano Concerto No. 3 in 1909 as part of the tour of the United States he had planned for the fall of that year. He had
In November 1994, I went with some friends to Stanford Hospital to visit an acquaintance who had just gotten out of back surgery. We saw her, and on the way
Debussy makes a second entry in the Top 50 with his inestimable Images, Book 1. He composed these not long after completing the Pour le piano suite. They are gorgeous
Claude Debussy comes in on my list of Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical at #34 with his amazing suite literally called For the Piano. It is a suite of three pieces,
Cécile Chaminade has her second entry here in my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical with this lovely little piece for piano entitled Guitare, Op. 32. What I love about this piece
Coming in at #36 in this beautiful piece from Frédéric Chopin’s late compositional period, the Berceuse in Db major, Op. 57. Frédéric Chopin composed this gorgeous little lullaby in 1844,
Lili Boulanger was a French composer on par with Debussy, Fauré and Ravel, but she had the misfortune to get sick when she was 2 years old. The bronchial pneumonia
Sergei Rachmaninoff is an amazing composer who created a number of rich, beautiful, melodic pieces that touch deeply into your heart. Growing up, I’ve always loved his famous Prelude in
Coming in at #44 on my list is the Mephisto Waltzes by Franz Liszt, a truly amazing composer. He was the rock star of the 1800s. He saw Niccolò Paganini,
In any case, the recording I’m linking to below for this piece is Cécile Chaminade playing her piece in an old recording from some time in the first quarter of