Suggested Listening
Piano teachers want their students to listen to piano music!
To that end, here is a long list of suggested albums and playlists featuring classical and jazz piano solo works, including a few concerti. I would recommend that students and families use these as household “background” music to familiarize students with a vast array of possible piano repertoire.
These links all go to Spotify; most of the individual albums should be available on other streaming services.
If you find a performer or composer that you enjoy, look for more similar albums and playlists and keep listening!
favorite pianists Playlists and Albums
Alfred Brendel - Great Pianists of the 20th Century Vol. 12
Bill Evans: The Solo Sessions, volume 1 and volume 2
composer-specific albums
András Schiff plays Bach & Mozart
Barber: The Complete Piano Music (John Browning)
Beethoven: Complete Sonatas & Concertos (Alfred Brendel)
Brahms Piano Concertos & Fantasias Op.116 (Emil Gilels)
Chopin: Piano Music and Concertos (Claudio Arrau)
Complete works of Debussy (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet)
Grieg: Lyric Pieces (Leif Ove Andsnes)
Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos (Murray Perahia)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos No.2 and 3 (Yuja Wang)
Complete works of Ravel (Abbey Simon)
Schumann/Grieg: Piano Concertos (Krystian Zimerman)
Scriabin: 24 Preludes - Sonatas Nos. 4 & 10 (Mikhail Pletnev)
If you aren’t already familiar with my
curated list of “Piano Pieces Every
Piano Student Should Know,” I have a
separate post featuring that here.
