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Piano Superstars

Pianist Keelan Carew explores the history of piano playing. This episode features some of the great piano superstars, from Chopin and Rachmaninov, to Busoni and Art Tatum.

Pianist Keelan Carew explores the invention of the pianoforte and the innovation that changed everything, giving the player the ability to vary the dynamics in the way you strike the keys.

This episode looks at the explosion of the piano as the main event at sold out concerts and celebrity pianists as the new divas. Keelan delves into how the then new breed of famous composer-performers 鈥� such as Chopin, Rachmaninov and Liszt - took the technical possibilities of the piano to dizzying new heights, making huge demands on both the instrument and players.

He also explores the diverse range of sounds and colours from pianists at turn of the 20th century, from Debussy and Lili Boulanger to the great jazz virtuosos of the Roaring Twenties, such as Art Tatum and Fats Waller.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 Dec 2022 23:00
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in C major, Op 10 No 1

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • DG.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Etude No 1: C major - 1st version from Etude in C major, Op 10 No 1

    Composer: Leopold Godowsky. Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.

  • Franz Liszt

    Grand galop chromatique

    Performer: Georges Cziffra.
    • Cziffra: Hungaroton Recordings.
    • Hungaroton / Appiano.
    • 005.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.

  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes, Book 2: No 1; Brouillards; No 12 Feux d'artifice

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Sous bois

    Choir: Orpheus Vokalensemble. Performer: Antonii Baryshevskyi. Conductor: Michael Alber.
    • CARUS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in E flat Major 'St Anne's Fugue', BWV 552

    Composer: Ferruccio Busoni.
    • Ferruccio Busoni: Transcriptions for Piano after J.S. Bach.
    • Altarus Records.
    • 9.

  • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

    Opus Clavicembalisticum: Coda-Stretta

    Performer: Geoffrey Douglas Madge.
    • BIS.

  • Vincent Youmans

    Tea for Two

    Music Arranger: Art Tatum. Performer: Art Tatum.
    • Black Lion Records.

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 Dec 2022 23:00
    成人快手 Radio 3