PianoCurio
I tell stories from classical music history and sometimes create recordings of rare and exceptional piano music.
When Grieg met Liszt, then challenged him to sight-read his Piano Concerto
Debussy Hated the Word "Impressionism." So Why Do We Use It Anyway?
This Once-Famous Beethoven Piece is Fake – How Did Anyone Fall for This?
How Beethoven Humbled His Rivals in Piano Duels
A Suite of Musical Pranks from 1899: Are They Still Funny?
Explaining the Most Bizarre Piano Etude of the 19th Century
Czerny's "La campanella" – a stunning, pioneering work nobody knows
Did Kalkbrenner Influence Chopin's Final Major Masterwork?
The worst piano duel in history
When popular 1820s piano music is surprisingly well-crafted
Godowsky’s Magical “Concert Version” of Albéniz’s Tango
What Happened to the Turkish March After Mozart?
The most unserious piano piece
The Wanderer Decade: piano sonatas from every year of the 1810s
2 pianos 8 hands: Toccata from Suite gothique by Boëllmann (scrolling score)
1894 Piano Exam: Men's & Women's Sight-reading Pieces, Composed by Widor
Lyadov Starter Pack – 5 Essential Preludes by a Late-Romantic Perfectionist
Playing a sonata from every year of the 1800s: The first decade
Koechlin's spectral pianism – A unique voice
If only he had lived past age 36...
I found the Anti-Minute Waltz
The radiant poetry of Mel Bonis' Mélisande for piano
Carnaval: 12 pieces for piano by C.-M. Widor (1891)
Hear Liszt revise ‘Au bord d'une source’ in real time (side-by-side versions)
Playing Beethoven on 7 pianos from his lifetime
Rameau's Gavotte but each variation is played on a newer piano
Alex. Voormolen - Suite de clavecin pour piano
Anton Rubinstein - Fantasy for two pianos in F minor, Op. 73
Theodor Kullak - Nachtgesang (Night-Song) for piano, Op. 93 no. 2
Alfred Grünfeld - Spanish Serenade, Op. 37