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  1. Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545: Allegro
  2. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major ("Alla Turca") K. 331 (K. 300i): Alla Turca (Allegretto)
  3. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2: Adagio sostenuto
  4. Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59
  5. Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109
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  1. Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545: Allegro
  2. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major ("Alla Turca") K. 331 (K. 300i): Alla Turca (Allegretto)
  3. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2: Adagio sostenuto
  4. Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59
  5. Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109
  6. Mazurka for piano No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33/4, CT. 75
  7. Waltz for piano No. 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212
  8. Polonaise for piano No. 6 in A flat major ("Héroique"), Op. 53, CT. 155
  9. Moment musical for piano in F minor ("Air russe"), D. 780/3 (Op. 94/3)
  10. Impromptu for piano in A flat major, D. 935/2 (Op. posth. 142/2)
  11. Kinderszenen No. 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7
  12. Romance for piano in F sharp major (Einfach), Op. 28/2
  13. Rondo capriccioso, for piano in E major, Op. 14
  14. Song Without Words for piano No. 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6
  15. Liebesträum, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3)
  16. Hungarian Rhapsody, for piano No. 12 in C sharp minor, S. 244/12 (LW A132/12) (aka "No. 2")
  17. Nocturne, lyric piece for piano, Op. 54/4
  18. Islamey, Oriental fantasy for piano
  19. Rhapsody for piano in G minor, Op. 79/2
  20. Etude for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 42/5
  21. Prelude for piano No. 1 in C sharp minor ("The Bells of Moscow"), Op. 3/2
  22. Prelude for piano No. 6 in G minor, Op. 23/5
  23. Prelude for piano No. 16 in G major, Op. 32/5
  24. Goyescas (Dandies in Love), pieces (6) in 2 books for piano, H. 64, DLR 2:4: Quejas o La maja y el ruiseñor
  25. Gymnopédie for piano No. 1
  26. Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), CD. 82/3 (L. 75/3)
  27. La fille aux cheveux de lin, prelude for piano, CD 125/8 (L. 117/8)
  28. Pour les arpèges composés, etude for piano, CD 143/11 (L. 136/11)
  29. Jeux d'eau, for piano, M. 30
  30. Pavane pour une infante défunte, for piano (or orchestra), M. 19
  31. Le tombeau de Couperin, for piano, M. 68: Toccata
  32. Allegro barbaro, for piano, Sz. 49, BB 63
  33. Toccata for piano in D minor, Op. 11
  34. Preludes (3) for piano: Prelude No. 2
  35. Prelude for piano in F major, Op. 34/23
  36. Prelude for piano in D minor, Op. 34/24
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As if the title -- The #1 Piano Album -- wasn't enough of a claim, the subtitle goes even further: "The best-loved piano works of all time." Of course it seems impossible to deliver on that statement even with two 75-minute-plus compact discs. But as the discs go rolling by -- as Uchida's elegantly turned interpretation of the opening Allegro of Mozart's famous Sonata in C major, K. 545 is followed by Haebler's gracefully witty interpretation of Mozart's "Alla Turca" finale is followed by Arrau's sensually despairing ...

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