Today we look at Keyboard music of the Piano in the twentieth century.
Many people think that this music is unlistenable, but I would like to surprise you with some truly interesting music.
I will highlight these –ism genres: Impressionism, Expressionism, Nationalism, Neoclassicism, Experimentalism (also called Aleatoric or Avante Garde, or Chance Music), and Minimalism.
Even if this is something you already know, join me anyway for music by Debussy, Ravel, Schoenberg, Bartok, Prokofiev, John Cage, Philip Glass, and Stravinsky. Claude Debussy: L’Isle joyeuse L106 Performed by Vladimir Horowitz · Maurice Ravel: Sonatine M40 Performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet · Maurice Ravel: Sonatine M40 Performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet · Maurice Ravel: Sonatine M40 Performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet · Arnold Schoenberg: Piano Piece Op33a - Mässig Performed by Maurizio Pollini · Bela Bartók: Three Rondos on Folk Melodies Sz84: No 1 Andante Performed by Bela Bartók · Bela Bartók: Allegro barbaro Performed by Dezsö Ránki · Sergei Prokoviev: Piano Sonata 7, the second movement Performed by Maurizio Pollini · John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata Number 2 Performed by Joanna MacGregor · Philip Glass: Metmorphosis: One Performed by Philip Glass · Igor Stravinsky: Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka Performed by Maurizio Pollini Danse russe (Russian Dance) · Igor Stravinsky: Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka Performed by Maurizio Pollini- Chez Pétrouchka (Petrushka's Room) · Igor Stravinsky: Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka Performed by Maurizio Pollini-La semaine grasse (The Shrovetide Fair)