Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883 (Book 2 of The Well-Tempered Clavier) by Johann Sebastian Bach. Evelyn Crochet, piano.

“When Your Lover Has Gone.” Erroll Garner, piano. Eddie Calhoun, bass. Kelly Martin, drum set.

“Lullaby” from The Consul by Gian Carlo Menotti. Kristyn Christman-McCarty, mezzo-soprano. Allison Peden, piano. Recorded at SUNY Fredonia, April 2012.

“Carmen Cubana” from Classic Meets Cuba by Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion.

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“Alborada del Gracioso” (“The Comedian’s Aubade”), the fourth movement of Maurice Ravel’s piano suite Miroirs. Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano.

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“Gretchen am spinnrade” by Franz Schubert. This song, with text from Goethe’s Faust, is sung by Gretchen at her spinning wheel, thinking of Faust. Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano. Richard Amner, piano.

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Leif ove Andsnes, Piano Trio No. 3 in G Minor: “I. Bewegt, doch nicht zu rasch” from Schumann: Complete Works for Piano Trio [2011]

Trio Caravaggio performs their own arrangement of Ástor Piazzolla’s Oblivion. Francesco Cerrato, violin. Stefano Cerrato, cello. Paolo Gilardi, piano.

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“Toccatina,” Concert Etude No. 3 from Nikolai Kapustin’s Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40. Nikolai Kapustin, piano.

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John Perry performs Ravel’s “Ondine” from Gaspard de la Nuit. Live from USC, April 21, 2003.

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