Favorite pianos of Great Composers

The program presented on modern copies of five pianos made after favorite instruments of Great composers, new, with all their colors as effects, as they were at the time when they inspired young composers to write their masterpieces. The program features works by C.P.E. Bach, W.A.Mozart, L.van Beethoven, F.Schubert, F.Chopin and F.Liszt. The piano “clones” used in the performance made by renowned modern fortepiano maker, Paul McNulty.

Fortepiano J.A.Stein, ca.1788:
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)

Sonata g minor W.65/17 Allegro; Adagio, Allegro assai

Fortepiano A.Walter ca.1792:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Fantasia c minor K.475
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata quasi una Fantasia c sharp minor op.27 Nr.2
(Moonlight) Adagio sostenuto, Allegretto, Presto agitato

Fortepiano C.Graf ca. 1819:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Impromtus B flat major opus posth.142 Nr.3

Fortepiano J.Pleyel 1830:
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)

Nocturne c minor op.48

Fortepiano Boisselot 1846:
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Funerailles (1849)

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