Great Piano Works Explained

<p>Discover the magnificent works for solo piano in the classical tradition and deepen your understanding and enjoyment of these great creations.</p>

• By This Professor
• 01: J. S. Bach and The Well-Tempered Clavier
• 02: Bach’s French Suites
• 03: Joseph Haydn’s Early Classical Piano
• 04: Mozart’s High Classical Piano
• 05: Mozart’s Sonata in C Minor, K. 457
• 06: Beethoven’s Sonata in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
• 07: Beethoven’s Sonata No. 31, Op. 110, Movt. 1
• 08: Beethoven’s Sonata No. 31, Op. 110, Movts. 2–3
• 09: The Songs of Franz Schubert
• 10: Schubert’s Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960
• 11: Robert Schumann’s Romantic Dream World
• 12: Clara Schumann and the Plight of Women Composers
• 13: Frédéric Chopin: Piano’s Quintessential Romantic
• 14: Chopin’s Nocturnes and Ballades
• 15: Johannes Brahms: Piano’s Dark Poet
• 16: Franz Liszt: The Consummate Pianist
• 17: The Rise of the Russian Pianists
• 18: Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern
• 19: Claude Debussy’s “Clair de lune”
• 20: The Preludes of Debussy
• 21: French Piano in the Early 20th Century
• 22: Charles Ives, Sergei Prokofiev, and Béla Bartók
• 23: Marginalized Composers
• 24: New Sounds for a New Century