Leopold Godowsky
Leopold Mordkhelovich Godowsky Sr. (13 February 1870 – 21 November 1938) was a virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher, born in what is now Lithuania to Jewish parents, who became an American citizen in 1891. He was one of the most highly regarded performers of his time, known for his theories concerning the application of relaxed weight and economy of motion within pianistic technique – principles later propagated by his pupils, such as Heinrich Neuhaus.
He was heralded among musical giants as the "Buddha of the Piano". Ferruccio Busoni claimed that he and Godowsky were "the only composers to have added anything of significance to keyboard writing since Franz Liszt."
As a composer, Godowsky is best known for his Java Suite, Triakontameron, Passacaglia and Walzermasken, alongside his transcriptions of works by other composers; the best-known of these works are the 53 Studies on Chopin's Études (1894–1914).
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Pärt: Darf ich... - Musica baltica -
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Plakidis: 2 Grasshopper Dances for Solo Violin: No. 1, Sad Dance - Musica baltica -
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Plakidis: 2 Grasshopper Dances for Solo Violin: No. 2, Happy Dance - Musica baltica -
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Cui: Kaléidoscope, Op. 50: No. 9, Orientale - Musica baltica -
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Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 1, The Narrow Swing - Musica baltica -
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Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 2, The Sea Under the Swing - Musica baltica -
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Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 3, A Pretty Girl on the Swing - Musica baltica -
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Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 4, The Swing Asks for Gifts - Musica baltica -
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Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 5, A Timid Girl on the Swing - Musica baltica -
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Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 6, The Apple Tree - Musica baltica -
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Pärt: 7 Magnificat-Antiphonen: No. 1, O Weisheit (1991 Version) - Musica baltica -
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Pärt: 7 Magnificat-Antiphonen: No. 2, O Adonai (1991 Version) - Musica baltica -
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Pärt: 7 Magnificat-Antiphonen: No. 3, O Sproß aus Isais Wurzel (1991 Version) - Musica baltica -
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Pärt: 7 Magnificat-Antiphonen: No. 4, O Schlüssel Davids (1991 Version) - Musica baltica -
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Pärt: 7 Magnificat-Antiphonen: No. 5, O Morgenstern (1991 Version) - Musica baltica -
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Pärt: 7 Magnificat-Antiphonen: No. 6, O König aller Volker (1991 Version) - Musica baltica -
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Pärt: 7 Magnificat-Antiphonen: No. 7, O Immanuel (1991 Version) - Musica baltica -
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Godowsky: Triakontameron, Vol. 3: No. 11, Alt Wien - Musica baltica -
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Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten - Musica baltica -
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Vasks: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra "Tālā gaisma": I. Andante - Musica baltica -
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Vasks: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra "Tālā gaisma": II. Cadenza I - Musica baltica -
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Vasks: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra "Tālā gaisma": III. Cantabile - Musica baltica -
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Vasks: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra "Tālā gaisma": IV. Mosso - Musica baltica -
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Vasks: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra "Tālā gaisma": V. Cadenza II - Musica baltica -
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Vasks: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra "Tālā gaisma": VI. Cantabile - Musica baltica -
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Vasks: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra "Tālā gaisma": VII. Candenza III - Musica baltica -
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Vasks: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra "Tālā gaisma": VIII. Andante - Musica baltica -
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Barkauskas: Partita for Solo Violin, Op. 12: I. Präludium - Musica baltica -
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Barkauskas: Partita for Solo Violin, Op. 12: II. Scherzo - Musica baltica -
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Barkauskas: Partita for Solo Violin, Op. 12: III. Grave - Musica baltica -
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Barkauskas: Partita for Solo Violin, Op. 12: IV. Toccata - Musica baltica -
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Barkauskas: Partita for Solo Violin, Op. 12: V. Epilog - Musica baltica -
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Pärt: The Beatitudes - Musica baltica -
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Pärt: Estländler - Musica baltica -
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Godowsky: Java Suite "Phonoramas", Book III: The Gardens of Buitenzorg - Musica baltica -
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Godowsky: Triakontameron "30 Moods and Scenes": No. 25, Memories - Musica baltica -
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Tüür: Igavik - Musica baltica -
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Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel - Musica baltica -
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Cui: 2 Pieces for Cello and Orchestra Op. 36: No. 2, Cantabile - Musica baltica -
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Dvarionas: Élégie for Violin and String Orchestra - Musica baltica -
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Tüür: Action - Passion - Illusion: I. Action - Musica baltica -
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Tüür: Action - Passion - Illusion: II. Passion - Musica baltica -
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Tüür: Action - Passion - Illusion: III. Illusion - Musica baltica -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 3, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 10 No. 2 - Musica baltica -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 5, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 10 No. 3 "Tristesse" - Musica baltica -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 13, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 10 No. 6 - Musica baltica -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 22, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 10 No. 12 - Musica baltica -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 23, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 25 No. 1 - Musica baltica -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 41, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 25 No. 10 - Musica baltica -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 43, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 25 No. 12 - Musica baltica -
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Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye, M. 60: V. Le jardin féerique - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Debussy: Estampes, CD 108, L. 100: No. 3, Jardins sous la pluie - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Roussel: Le festin de l'araignée, Op. 17, Fragments symphoniques: VII. La nuit tombe sur le jardin solitaire - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Troisième entrée "Les fleurs": Ballet des fleurs - Premier air pour les fleurs - Deuxième air pour les fleurs - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Bartók: For Children, Sz. 42, Book IV "Slovakian Folk Songs": No. 78, Roses for My Sweetheart. Largo - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Rachmaninov: 6 Romances, Op. 38: No. 3, Daisies - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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MacDowell: New England Idyls, Op. 62: No. 1, An Old Garden - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Satie: 3 Autres mélodies: No. 3, Les fleurs - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Ireland: Songs Sacred and Profane: No. 4, The Salley Gardens - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Lloyd Webber: The Gardens at Eastwell "A Late Summer Impression" (Arr. Soudoplatoff for Violin and Strings) - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Lutosławski: Chantefleurs et chantefables: No. 8, L'angélique - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Albinoni: Il nascimento dell'aurora: Aria. "La rosa per regnar cresce nel suolo" (Flora) - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Korngold: Incidental Music to "Much Ado About Nothing", Op. 11: Garden Scene - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Scarlatti, A: Il Pirro e Demetrio, Act 1: Canzone delle violette. "Ruggiadose, odorose" (Marius) - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Saint-Saëns: 2 Chœurs, Op. 68: No. 2, Les fleurs et les arbres - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Franck: Psyché, FWV 47, Pt. 2: Les jardins d’Éros - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: Duo des fleurs. "Viens, Mallika" (Lakmé, Mallika) - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Grainger: Country Gardens (Orch. Artok) - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Meyerbeer: Der Garten des Herzens - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers (Transcr. Parent for Cello Ensemble) - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Sullivan: Ruddigore, Act 1: "To a Garden Full of Posies" (Margaret) - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Dove: Figures in the Garden: VII. Nocturne. Figaro and Susanna - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Messager: Monsieur Beaucaire, Prologue: Chanson de la rose rouge. "Au jardin où les fleurs sont écloses" (Beaucaire) - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Sauguet: Tableaux de Paris: II. Matin aux Tuileries - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Poulenc: 2 Poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, FP 94: No. 1, Dans le jardin d'Anna - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 1, The Salley Gardens - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Godowsky: Java Suite "Phonoramas", Book III: The Gardens of Buitenzorg - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Takemitsu: Garden Rain - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Vaughan Williams: 10 Blake Songs: No. 7, Ah! Sun-flower - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Fauré: Mirages, Op. 113: No. 3, Jardin nocturne - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Mompou: Scènes d'enfants: No. 5, Jeunes filles au jardin - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Strauss, R: 4 Letzte Lieder: No. 2, September - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Zemlinsky: Der alte Garten - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 1: No. 1, Szene im Garten. "Du kanntest mich, o kleiner Engel" - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Straus: Ein Walzertraum, Act 1: "Da draußen im duftigen Garten" - "Leise, ganz leise" - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Brahms: 4 Gesänge, Op. 70: No. 1, Im Garten am Seegestade - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K. 196: Overture - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Mussorgsky: A Garden Blooms by the Don - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Couperin, F: Troisième Livre de pièces de clavecin, Quinzième ordre: VII. Les vergers fleuris - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Elgar: Falstaff, Op. 68: Interlude. Shallow's Orchard - The New King - The Hurried Ride to London - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale, Act 3: "Com' è gentil la notte a mezzo" (Ernesto, Coro) - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns, Act 1: Lied. "Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz" - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Pierné: Paysages franciscains, Op. 43: I. Au jardin de sainte Claire. Couvent de saint Damien - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Borodin: The Magic Garden - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, Act 4: Ballet. Valse des fleurs - Entrée des jeunes filles - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Charpentier: Charmantes fleurs, naissez, H. 449 - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19: IV. Le temps des lilas - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Purcell: How Pleasant Is This Flowery Plain, Z. 543: Symphony for Two Flutes - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet: Interlude. The Walk to the Paradise Garden - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Rimsky-Korsakov: 5 Romances, Op. 51: No. 3, A Pressed Flower - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Handel: Quel fior che all'alba ride, HWV 192: I. Quel fior che all'alba ride - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Beethoven: 8 Lieder, Op. 52: No. 8, Das Blümchen Wunderhold - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Goldmark: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26 "Rustic Wedding": IV. Im Garten. Andante - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act 1: Balcony Scene - A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances -
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Saint-Saëns: 6 Études pour la main gauche seule, Op. 135: No. 1, Prélude - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Saint-Saëns: 6 Études pour la main gauche seule, Op. 135: No. 2, Alla fuga - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Saint-Saëns: 6 Études pour la main gauche seule, Op. 135: No. 3, Molto perpetuo - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Saint-Saëns: 6 Études pour la main gauche seule, Op. 135: No. 4, Bourrée - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Saint-Saëns: 6 Études pour la main gauche seule, Op. 135: No. 5, Élégie - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Saint-Saëns: 6 Études pour la main gauche seule, Op. 135: No. 6, Gigue - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Bartók: 4 Pieces, Sz. 22: No. 1, Study for the Left Hand - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Scriabin: Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9: I. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Scriabin: Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9: II. Nocturne in D-Flat Major - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 3, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 10 No. 2 - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 5, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 10 No. 3 "Tristesse" - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 13, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 10 No. 6 - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 22, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 10 No. 12 - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 23, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 25 No. 1 - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 41, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 25 No. 10 - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Godowsky: Studies on Chopin's Études: No. 43, Study for the Left Hand After Op. 25 No. 12 - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Bach, JS: Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (Transcr. Brahms for Piano Left Hand) - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 53: I. Vivace - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 53: II. Andante - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 53: III. Moderato - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 53: IV. Vivace - Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev -
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