Beethoven Piano Your resource for the piano music of Ludwig van Beethoven

asin: B000TGVHXO binding: Sheet music

12 pieces chosen to give the user a source of essential core literature from the composer.

asin: B00000GV4A binding: Audio CD list price: $7.99 USD amazon price: $31.25 USD

As a preteen, Kissin had a technique most pianists would envy. His solo recordings since have revealed a predilection for Schumann's music, each showing signs of greater interpretive maturity. Now, he uses a combination of great abandon and even greater control to produce a stunning performance of Kreisleriana. The piece is one of the last of Schumann's quixotically titled piano works consisting of generously scaled, poetic movements (eight, in this case) in which technical prowess is absolutely necessary in order to clarify the textures but hardly sufficient to deliver the full expressiveness of this lovely music. Busoni's virtuosic Bach transcription is played with great imagination, and Beethoven's delightful Op. 129 is as wittily performed as it is written. --Paul Turok