Piano Grade 8 - Repertoire Recordings 2021-2022

ABRSM Grade 8 - Repertoire Recordings 2021-2022

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Listen to some recordings of the 2021-2022 repertoire. Please note that that the selection on this page includes very different types of versatile interpretations recorded over a long period of time. This is not for specific guidance for examination performances.

📖 "Do not aim for mere dexterity, or the so-called 'bravura'. Try to recreate the spirit intended by the composer, nothing more; anything else is a caricature. All mechanical brilliance fades over time; technical skill is of value only when it serves a higher purpose."
Robert Schumann

2021 - 2022 ABRSM Piano Syllabus Grade 8 - Alternative Recordings Etc.

A1: J. S. Bach Fantasia in C minor, BWV 906

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Evgeni Koroliov, piano

José Iturbi, piano

Wanda Landowska, harpsichord

Alicia de Larrocha, piano

Glenn Gould, piano

Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord

Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord

Jean Louis Steuermann, piano

Karl Richter, harpsichord

György Sandor, piano (1950)

Jacques Loussier, Jazz trio transcription

Luc Beauséjour, harpsichord

Harriet Cohen plays Bach's Fantasia in c minor BWV 906 transcribed by Egon Petri

Martin Stadtfeld, piano

Peter Watchhorn, harpsichord

A2: Joseph Haydn Allegro moderato (1st movt from Sonata in A-, Hob. XVI:46)

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

Ivo Pogorelich, piano

Lily Kraus, piano

Zoltán Kocsis, piano (1976)

Artur Balsam

Paul Badura-Skoda, fortepiano

Francesco Corti, harpsichord

A3: Clara Schumann Prelude and Fugue in B- (No. 2 from Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16) (1845)

Jozef de Beenhouwer, Piano

Susanne Grützmann, piano

A4: Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 884 (From Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)

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Glenn Gould, piano (1970)
Prelude:

Fugue:

Walter Gieseking (1971)

Ralph Kirkpatrick, harpsichord

Andreas Schiff, piano

Kenneth Gilbert, harpsichord

Jeno Jando, piano

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Tatyana Nikolayeva, piano

Wanda Landowska, harpsichord

Friedrich Fulda, piano (1973)

Rosalyn Tureck, piano (1976)

Mie Miki, Accordion arrangement

Christophe Rousset, harpsichord

Sébastien Guillot, harpsichord (recorded in 2011)

Helmut Walcha, harpsichord

Peter Watchorn

Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord

A5: Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1 (1st movement)

Dedicated to Joseph Haydn

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Artur Schnabel, piano

Sviatoslav Richter, piano (recorded live in 1963)

Murray Perahia, piano (2008)

Grigory Sokolov, piano (recorded live in 2003)

Annie Fischer, piano (studio recording in 1977-78)

Alfred Brendel, piano

Daniel Barenboim, piano

Yves Nat, piano

Walter Gieseking, piano

Maurizio Pollini, piano

Jeno Jando, piano

András Schiff - Beethoven Lecture-Recitals
Wigmore Hall (London, UK), 2004–06

A6: Georg Handel Prelude and Allegro (Fuga) (1st and 2nd movements from Suite No. 8 in F minor, HWV 433)

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Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord

Sviatoslav Richter (reference recording) - Handel - The Keyboard Suites and Presentation

Christopher Wood

A7: Martínez Allegro/Moderato (1st movement from Sonata No. 3 in A Major)

Leanne Rees, piano

A8: Mozart Andante grazioso and Vars. 1–6 (1st movement from Sonata in A, K. 331)

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Daniel Barenboim, piano

Ingrid Haebler, piano

Wilhelm Backhaus, piano

Walter Gieseking, piano

Alfred Brendel, piano

Zoltán Kocsis, piano

Alicia de Larrocha, piano

Petar Klasan, piano

Igor Kipnis on the 1793 fortepiano by Graebner

Ivo Pogorelich, piano

Friedrich Gulda, piano

Christoph Eschenbach, piano

Grigory Ginzburg, piano (Live recording, Moscow, 13/7/1954)

Wilhelm Kempff, piano

Aldo Ciccolini, piano

Edwin Fischer, piano

Sergei Rachmaninov, piano

Andrei Pisarev, piano

Andras Schiff, piano

Marcel Paul Maximin Ciampi, piano (recorded in 1956 in Paris for the anniversary of Mozart)

Yvonne Loriod, piano (recorded in 1959)

Walter Klien, piano

Elly Ney, piano (recorded in the 1930s)

Marcelle Meyer, piano (recorded in 1953)

Fazıl Say - Piano

Anatoly Vedernikov, piano (Studio recording, Moscow, 1969)

A9: Rameau Les cyclopes (from Pièces de clavecin)

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Grigory Sokolov, piano

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano

Marcelle Meyer, piano (recorded in 1954)

Cyprien Katsaris, piano

Virginia Black, harpsichord

Christophe Rousset, harpsichord

Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord

Scott Ross, harpsichord

Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord

Rameau: Complete Works for Harpsichord
Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord
Musica Amphion

B3: Francis Poulenc Novelette in E minor, sur un thème de Manuel de Falla

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From Paul Crossley Plays Poulenc - Complete Works for Piano, 1989

Gabriel Tacchino Poulenc: Piano Melodies

C6: Debussy Rêverie

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Claude Debussy plays Debussy (piano rolls 1904-1913)
Clair de Lune, Préludes, Images, Estampes, Arabesques, Rêverie

Samson Francois plays Debussy Rêverie

Debussy Rêverie, L. 68
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

Claude Debussy Rêverie, L.68
Pascal Rogé, piano

Django Reinhardt - Arrangement of Debussy's Reverie (1950)
Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France
André Ekyan (as, cl);
Raph Schécroun (p);
Django Reinhardt (g solo);
Alf. Masselier (b);
Roger Paraboschi (dm)

Claude Debussy Rêverie, L. 68 (1996)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Debussy Reverie (1939)
Harold Bauer, piano

ABRSM Piano Grade 8 Materials | Repertoire Recordings 2021-2022