The Great Courses No.7320: The 23 Greatest Solo Piano Works24 lectures 48 minutes each Year Released: 2013MPEG-3 128 Kbps, 44.1 KHz, 2 channels English 1.04 GBSynopsis: As a solo concert instrument, the piano enjoys an unrivaled popularity in Western music. Capable of a vast sonic range, from ethereal softness to thundering grandeur, its appeal is global and seemingly eternal. For nearly 200 years, audiences have packed concert halls and opera houses to hear performers play this single, phenomenal instrument.Content:01.Piano Starts Here!02.J. S. Bach—The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book One03.J. S. Bach—Goldberg Variations04.Mozart—Piano Sonata in C Minor, K. 45705.Beethoven—The Appassionata Sonata06.Beethoven—Diabelli Variations, Op. 12007.Schubert—Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major08.Chopin—Préludes, Op. 2809.Chopin—Ballade in G Minor, Op. 2310.Schumann—Kreisleriana11.Liszt—Years of Pilgrimage12.Liszt—Sonata in B Minor13.Brahms—Handel Variations, Op. 2414.Brahms—Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 11815.Mussorgsky—Pictures at an Exhibition16.Debussy—“The Sunken Cathedral”17.Debussy—Préludes, Book One18.Albéniz—Iberia19.Ravel—Valses nobles et sentimentales20.Scriabin—Piano Sonata No. 521.Rachmaninoff—Études-tableaux22.Prokofiev—Piano Sonata No. 723.Copland—Piano Variations24.The A-List