ABRSM Piano Grade 8 Materials | Repertoire Recordings 2023-2024

ABRSM Grade 8 - Repertoire Recordings 2023-2024

Listen to some recordings of the 2023-2024 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

A1: J. S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in Bb, BWV 866

Kenneth Gilbert, harpsichord:

Sviatoslav Richter, piano:

Tatyana Nikolayeva, piano:

Edwin Fischer, piano:

Andreas Schiff, piano:

A2: Mozart Allegro, 1st movement from Sonata in F Major, KV332

Masterclass with Andras Schiff at Uni Mozarteum, Salzburg, Su Eon Kim, piano

Masterclass with Arie Vardi at Aspen Music Festival and School, Hung-Kuang Chen, piano

Andreas Schiff, piano

Daniel Barenboim, piano

Robert Levin, fortepiano

Ingrid Haebler, piano

Wilhelm Kempff, piano

Christoph Eschenbach, piano

Alfred Brendel, piano

Claudio Arrau, piano

Wanda Landowska, Pleyel piano

Nelson Freire, piano

Lili Kraus, piano

Walter Gieseking, piano

Friedrich Gulda, piano

Wilhelm Backhaus, piano

Cécile Ousset, piano

Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano 

Eileen Joyce, piano

Carl Reinecke (born in 1824), piano roll

Joh Borowning, piano

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