Creating an environment of the best piano music brings the best results. Give CDs to your child for birthday and Christmas presents and any other special occasions. You can use them as incentives such as an extra good practicing week

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alicia de Larrocha II  (Philips 456 886-2); contains:  Bach's "Italian Concerto," Handel's "Harmonious Blacksmith," Mozart's "K. 330" and "K. 331," and Scarlatti's "Pastorale Sonata" among others.

Murray Perahia performs Mendelssohn_  (CBS Records 7464-37838-2); contains: "Sonata for Piano Op. 6," "Prelude & Fugue Op. 35/1," "Variations serieuses, Op. 54," and "Rondo capriccioso, Op. 14."

Martha Argerich -- "Live from the Concertgebouw 1978-1979," EMI Classics (compiled in 2000); CDC 7 2435-56975-2 3  Bach, Bartok, Chopin, Ginastera, Prokofiev, & Scarlatti.

Emanuel Ax & Yefim Bronfman -- "Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances and Suites for 2 Pianos," Sony 7464-61767-2 (or SK 61767).

Vladimir Horowitz, New York Philharmonic, Eugene Ormandy, Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3

Vladimir Horowitz, The Horowitz Collection, Concert Favorites - Czerny, Scarlatti, Mozart, Clementi, Mendelssohn, etc.

Vladimir Horowitz, The Horowitz Concert, 1978-79, Horowitz at Carnegie Hall, An Historic Return

Vladimir Horowitz, Horowitz in Moscow

Vladimir Horowitz, Favorite Beethoven Sonatas

Vladimir Horowitz, Favorite Encores

Vladimir Horowitz, Favorite Chopin

Alicia De Larrocha, Chopin, 24 Preludes, Berceuse

Alicia De Larrocha, Spanish Serenade

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Chopin Sonata No. 3, Preludes Op. 28

Glenn Gould, Bach, The Goldberg Variations

Glenn Gould, Bach, The French Suites

Seizo Azuma, Beethoven, Sonata Pathetique

Previn, Gershwin, London Symphony Orchestra

The Artistry of Arthur Rubinstein

The Art of Artur Schnakel, Beethoven Sonatas

Young Pianist's Guide to Bartok

Young Pianist's Guide to Kabalevsky

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