PianoCurio
A tour guide for rare piano music and forgotten composers. Original commentary and recordings of rare and exceptional piano music, plus performances on historical pianos using Pianoteq.
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?
"Americans are unmusical" – The Unlikely Triumph of a US Pianist
I can't get this tune out of my head
The worst piano duel in history
When popular 1820s piano music is surprisingly well-crafted
Forgotten Christmas March that delighted French audiences in 1905
Godowsky’s Magical “Concert Version” of Albéniz’s Tango
What Happened to the Turkish March After Mozart? Its Evolution from 1783–1941 (on historical pianos)
Chopthoven - 'Appassionata Harp' Etude (pastiche by Heller, op. 133, var. 7)
Grieg’s Modernist Twilight: revelatory piano miniatures from his final years (Slåtter, Op. 72)
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
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
Eduard Schütt - Andante Cantabile and Scherzino for two pianos, Op. 79
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. 92 no. 2