Poster Rudolf Buchbinder
Rudolf Buchbinder at a festival in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Performance Today®

Rudolf Buchbinder

Rudolf Buchbinder grew up in a house with a piano, despite the fact that no one in his family played music. But that piano became a source of inspiration for Buchbinder, who now has a tremendous career as a pianist. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear him play music by Beethoven.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol. 2: Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 57 in F Major, Hob. XVI/47
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Teldec
35794

Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor, FP 61
Martha Argerich, piano; Alexander Gurning, piano; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Erasmo Capilla, conductor
Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos
DG 477 9884

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante and Five Variations in G for piano four hands, K. 501
Martha Argerich, piano; Alexander Gurning, piano
Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos
DG 477 9884

Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo in A minor, Op. 81, No. 2
Pacifica Quartet: Simin Ganatra, violin; Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola: Brandon Vamos, cello
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Semperoper, Dresden, Germany
Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy
RCA 87510

Hour 2

Johannes Brahms: Seven Fantasies: Nos. 1 & 7
Richard Goode, piano
Richard Goode Plays Brahms
Nonesuch 79154

Camille Saint-Saens: Fantasie in A Major for Violin and Harp, Op. 124
Kristin Lee, violin; Bridget Kibbey, harp
Music@Menlo, Menlo School, Atherton, CA

Igor Stravinsky: First Scene from The Fairy's Kiss
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY

Tan Dun (arr. Bas Apswoude): 8 Memories in Watercolor: Nos. 5 & 8
Amstel Saxophone Quartet
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

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