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classical piano

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Classical piano encompasses solo keyboard works from the Baroque era through modern compositions, featuring pieces that range from technically demanding études to emotionally expressive sonatas. Rooted in European concert traditions, the genre emphasizes precise technique, dynamic control, and interpretive artistry to convey composers' intricate musical ideas. Performances showcase the piano's full expressive range through works that have become foundational to Western art music.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
12		1951	Béla Bartók	Auf Der Insel Bali: Mikrokosmos - Jeno Jando	classical classical piano contemporary classical
89		1951	Vladimir Horowitz	Horowitz: A Horowitz Recital	classical classical piano piano
4		1952	Artur Schnabel	Schubert: Impromptus D899 & 935	classical piano
58		1956	Daniel Barenboim	Felix Mendelssohn - Passion For Piano	classical
65		1961	Jorge Bolet	Chopin's Greatest Hits	classical piano
1		1963	Béla Bartók	Harmonien: Mikrokosmos - Jeno Jando	classical classical piano contemporary classical solo piano	solo piano # 2
14		1964	Various	100 Best Relaxing Classics	beethoven classical classical piano piano piano sonata	beethoven # 44 piano sonata # 87
46		1964	Friedrich Gulda	Recital Friedrich Gulda	classical piano piano
54		1964	Sviatoslav Richter	Sviatoslav Richter Plays Schumann and Scriabin	classical classical piano
75		1966	Ludwig van Beethoven	Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas	classical piano piano sonata	piano sonata # 96
30		1966	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Grand Piano Masters - Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 21 & No. 26 "Coronation"	classical classical piano
66		1967	Maurice Ravel	FAURE / RAVEL: String Quartets	classical piano string quartet	string quartet # 74
68		1968	Johann Sebastian Bach	Bach, J.S.: Musical Offering, Bwv 1079		harpsichord # 93
20		1968	Béla Bartók	Kinderlied: Mikrokosmos - Jeno Jando	classical classical piano contemporary classical
37		1969	Various	50 Piano Classics	beethoven classical classical piano piano piano sonata	beethoven # 56 piano sonata # 92
59		1974	Martha Argerich	Martha Argerich - Chopin	classical classical piano
73		1975	Krystian Zimerman	Schumann / Grieg: Piano Concertos	classical piano
42		1977	Alexis Weissenberg	Nocturnes Etc.	classical piano waltz	waltz # 84
97		1977	Robert Schumann	Dreams of Classics	classical piano
79		1978	Bach	Musical Offering	classical piano harpsichord piano	harpsichord # 95
49		1979	Claude Debussy	Images(1894) Estampes Images Series I & II	classical
61		1979	Johannes Brahms	BRAHMS: Complete Works for Piano	classical piano
16		1981	Bohuslav Martinů	Sonata No.1 for piano, Études and Polkas Book I-III, Sonata No.1 for flute and piano (Radoslav Kvapil, Gunilla von Bahr, Kerstin Hindart)		piano sonata # 18 sonata # 57 czech classical # 64 classical composer # 73
34		1981	Ivo Pogorelich	Scarlatti, D.: Sonatas		piano sonata # 90
86		1987	Alicia de Larrocha	Spanish Encores	classical piano
2		1988	Mitsuko Uchida	Mitsuko Uchida Plays Chopin: Sonata No. 2 - Scherzos - Etudes - Ballade No. 2	piano classical
17		1988	Claude Debussy	DEBUSSY: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune / Nocturnes	classical piano
77		1988	Robert Schumann	BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 / SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen (Schnabel) (1935, 1947)
5		1989	Claude Debussy	16 Préludes	classical piano
82		1989	Mikhail Pletnev	Beethoven Piano Sonatas 14, 21 & 23
98		1991	Johann Sebastian Bach	The Ultimate Most Relaxing Classical Piano in the Universe	classical classical piano
84		1991	Robert Schumann	Schumann, R.: Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 / Brahms: Klavierstucke, Op. 118
15		1992	Various Artists	Rarities of Piano Music 1998 - Live Recordings from the Husum Festival	classical piano contemporary piano
50		1995	Johannes Brahms	Classics Explained: BRAHMS - Piano Concerto No. 2 (Siepmann)	classical classical piano piano
35		1996	Aaron Copland	COPLAND: Piano Sonata / Piano Fantasy / Piano Variations	chamber classical piano piano sonata	chamber # 88 sonata # 95
90		1997	Arcadi Volodos	Piano Transcriptions	classical piano piano
91		1997	Claude Debussy	Piano Works (Pascal Roge)	classical piano
92		1997	Arcadi Volodos	Transcriptions	classical piano piano
67		1998	Orquesta Aragon	Homenaje	afro-cuban classical piano latin jazz	afro-cuban # 88
93		1998-01-01	Erik Satie	Satie: Gnossiennes; Gymnopédies; Ogives; Trois Sarabandes; Petite ouverture à danser.	classical piano
27		1999	Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli	Preludes - Volume 1	impressionism piano	impressionism # 93
36		1999	Various	100 Best Chopin	classical classical piano piano
51		1999	César Franck	Piano Recital: Ashley Wass	piano
74		2000	BACH	Musical Offering	classical piano harpsichord piano	harpsichord # 94
60		2000	Josef Hofmann	Grand Piano: Chopin & Encores	classical piano classical
10		2000	Glenn Gould	Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (The 1955 & 1981 Recordings)
80		2001	Robin Alciatore	Moonlight	beethoven classical classical piano piano	beethoven # 82
18		2001	John Rand	Piano Concertos	classical piano
53		2001	Emil Gilels	Gilels: Schumann - Piano Sonata No. 1, Liszt & Chopin - Piano Works
62		2002	Frédéric Chopin	Life and Works: CHOPIN (Siepmann)	classical piano
85		2002	Jean-Yves Thibaudet	Satie the magic of Satie	classical classical piano piano
95		2002	Martha Argerich	Schumann: Piano Concerto, Fantasiestück Op.12, etc
94		2003	Nikolai Petrov	Piano Fantasies	classical piano
96		2003	Lang Lang	Live At Carnegie Hall	classical piano
3		2003	Evgeni Koroliov	MOZART: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 11, and 14
13		2004	Various Artists	11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Silver Medalists	classical piano
32		2005	Albert Mamriev	2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Preliminary Round	classical classical piano piano russian
39		2005	Frédéric Chopin	Nocturnes; Elisabeth Leonskaja	classical
78		2005	Franz Schubert	December	classical classical piano
64		2006	Shirley Horn	The Swingin' Shirley Horn (Jazz Club)	classical piano female vocalists horn	horn # 90
24		2006	Various Artists	Rarities Of Piano Music 2005: Live Recordings From the Husum Festival	classical piano piano
83		2007-02-12	Francesco Tristano	Not for Piano	classical piano minimalism piano
11		2007-10-02	The 5 Browns	Browns In Blue	classical piano
26		2008	Simon Trpceski	Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 35 & 4 Scherzos	classical classical piano piano sonata	sonata # 91
28		2008	Lilya Zilberstein	Grand Piano Masters - Appassionata	classical classical piano
23		2008	Lilya Zilberstein	Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
31		2009	Douwe Eisenga	The Piano Files	ambient classical crossover classical piano instrumental meditation minimalism neoclassical piano soundscape
63		2009	Various Artists	BARTOK: Piano Transcriptions	classical classical piano piano
21		2009-03	Christian Naujoks	Untitled	classical piano
19		2009-07-22	Frozen Silence	Homecoming	classical piano contemporary classical contemporary piano finland finnish minimalism piano solo piano	solo piano # 17
52		2011	Jorge Bolet	Franz Liszt - Passion For Piano	classical piano piano
99		2011	Benjamin Grosvenor	Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin, Liszt, Ravel
43		2012	Glenn Gould	GOULD PLAYS THE PIANO IN STOCKHOLM, 1958
45		2012-10-05	Glenn Gould	Glenn Gould - The Acoustic Orchestrations - Works by Scriabin and Sibelius	classical piano
88		2013	Alexandre Tharaud	Autograph	classical piano
81		2013	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach	Bach, C.P.E.: Sonatas & Rondos
76		2014	Egor Grushin	Dominicano	acoustic alternative ambient classical classical crossover classical piano composer contemporary classical contemporary piano easy listening instrumental minimalism neoclassical new age piano ukraine ukrainian	ukrainian # 11 composer # 22 classical crossover # 44 ukraine # 62 contemporary piano # 93
100		2014-05-14	Khatia Buniatishvili	Motherland	classical piano
9		2015-04-06	Martha Argerich	Prokofiev: Cinderella for 2 pianos / Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye	classical classical piano
25		2016	Martha Argerich	Chopin: The Legendary 1965 Recording	classical
55		2016	Anne Queffélec	Satie: Piano Works	classical piano piano
70		2016	Mariam Batsashvili	Romantic Piano Masters	classical piano piano
44		2020	Johannes Brahms	BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 6
87		2021	Maurizio Pollini	Chopin:Piano Concerto No.1/Nocturnes etc	classical classical piano
33		2023	Various Artists	100 Best Piano	piano classical piano
40		2024	Billy Joel	Billy Joel Opus 1-10 Fantasies & Delusions Music for Solo Piano	classical classical piano solo piano	solo piano # 36
6			Andre Watts	Liszt : Piano Works	classical piano piano solo piano	solo piano # 10
22			John Baggaley	Triumph	classical classical piano piano piano solo piano sonata	piano solo # 44 piano sonata # 88
56			aralxela	Ricordo	ambient classical classical piano contemporary classical instrumental italian minimalism piano solo piano	solo piano # 49
7			John Baggaley	Beyond My Reach	piano
29			Patrick Rapold	La Campanella - Favourite Piano Encores	classical classical piano piano
38			Georges Cziffra	Chopin : Waltzes/Impromptus: Georges Cziffra	classical piano
41			Robin Alciatore	French Kiss	classical piano
47			Vivian Cheung	Beautiful Melodies by Vivian 1	classical classical piano easy listening piano
48			Evgeny Kissin	Kissin Plays Chopin - The Verbier Festival Recital	classical
57			Lilian Gern	Schubert Piano Sonatas D 958-960 (2)	classical piano classical piano
71			Lilian Gern	Schubert Piano Sonatas D 958-960 (3)	classical piano
72			Taeko Onuki	UTAU	classical piano jazz
			Glenn Gould	Bach: Goldberg Variations	classical
			Robert Schumann	Schumann	chamber classical quartet
8			Dorian Griner, Piano	Dorian Griner Plays Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt
69			Alexander Scriabin	SCRIABIN: Preludes, Vol 1

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