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The Piano: The Carnival of the Fingers

BBC Radio 3
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A series in which Piers Lane gives an introduction to the world of the piano.
A look at how the study evolved from a simple technical exercise to one of the most exciting types of music in the pianist's repertoire.

Debussy Pour les Cinq Doigts - Mitsuko Uchida
Chopin Etude in E, Op 10 No 3 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Alkan Etude a Mouvement Semblable et Perpetuel, Op 76 No 3 - Marc-Andre Hamelin
Rachmaninov Etude-Tableau in E flat, Op 33 No 7 - The Composer
Liszt Mazeppa (Transcendental Studies) - Claudio Arrau
Liszt La Campanella (Grand Etudes de Paganini) - Gyorgy Cziffra
Rimsky-Korsakov, arr Cziffra The Flight of the Bumble-Bee - Arcadi Volodos
Saint-Saens Toccata, Op 72 No 3 - Cecile Ousset

(Repeated tomorrow 4pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Piers Lane
Producer:
Chris Wines
Source: Radio Times

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