Ronald Brautigam, internationally respected musician, remarkable not only for his virtuosity and musicality but also for the eclectic nature of his musical interests, presents a history of piano music. Brautigam discusses and performs a specific piano piece from composers including Scarlatti, JS Bach, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin.
In each film he demonstrates not only his skill as a pianist but his insightful and humorous knowledge of musical history.
Featuring the following pieces:
Part 1
Robert Schumann
From ‘Waldszenen’ Op.82 - Eintritt - Einsame Blumen - Vogel als Prophet
Joseph Haydn
Andante con Variazioni in F minor (Hob.XVII:6)
04 Haydn Sonata no.62 in E-flat major (Hob. XVI:52)
“Allegro” 05 Mozart Sonata in A minor (KV310)
“Andante cantabile”
Wolfgang Mozart
12 Variations in C on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman’ (KV265)
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in B minor (L33 / K87)
Sonata in C major (L104 / K159)
Part 2
Frederic Chopin
Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23
Berceuse in D-flat major Op.57
Nocturne in D-flat major Op.27 no.2
J.S. Bach
Prelude & Fugue no.6 in D minor (BWV 851)
French Suite no.5 in G major, Sarabande & Gavotte (Schmieder-Verz 816)
Felix Mendelssohn
3 Songs without Words: Op.19b/1 in E major Op.38/6 in A-flat major Op.53/3 in G minor
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata no.14 in C-sharp minor Op.27/2
“Adagio sostenuto” (Moonlight sonata)
Sonata no.25 in G major (Op.79)
“Vivace” Sonata no.30 in E major (Op.109)
“Vivace, ma non troppo”
Franz Schubert
2 Scherzi (D593