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Ruth Laredo

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Ruth Laredo (November 20, 1937 – May 25, 2005) was an American classical pianist. She became known in the 1970s in particular for her premiere recordings of the 10 sonatas of Scriabin and the complete solo piano works of Rachmaninoff, for her Ravel recordings and in the last  16 1⁄2 years before her death for her series in the Metropolitan Museum of Art “Concerts with Commentary”. She was often referred to as “America's First Lady of the Piano”.

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  1. Chopin: Grand Valse Brillante in A, Op. 18
  2. Clair De Lune, For Piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 75/3: Clair De Lune
  3. Bagatelle For Piano In A Minor ("Für Elise"), Woo 59: No. 59 In A Minor "Für Elise"
  4. Debussy: Clair de Lune: Suite bergamasque
  5. Debussy: Clair de Lune: (Suite bergamasque)
  6. Beethoven: Fur Elise
  7. Khachaturian - Toccata
  8. Mozart - Rondo alla Turca
  9. Für Elise
  10. Sonata No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 23: III. Andante
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  1. Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5
  2. Clair de Lune from "Suite bergamasque"
  3. Clair de Lune
  4. Bach: Prelude No. 1 in C, BWV 846
  5. Mozart: Fantasia in d, K. 397
  6. Daisies, Op. 38, No. 3
  7. Prelude in G Minor (alla Marcia), Op. 23, No. 5
  8. Rachmaninov: Prelude #5 In G Minor, Op. 23/5
  9. Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  10. Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C, BWV 772
  11. Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 4 in d, BWV 775
  12. From Foreign Lands and People: Schumann:'Kinderscenen'
  13. Tchaikovsky - Barcarolle
  14. Prokofiev: March from Peter and the Wolf
  15. Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 1 (1887-9)
  16. Etude in c-sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 1
  17. Debussy - Sarabande
  18. Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 8 in F, BWV 779
  19. Allegro: Mozart: Sonata in C, K. 545;
  20. Vers la flamme, Op. 72
  21. Schumann - Arabesque
  22. Debussy: The Girl With the Flaxen Hair: Preludes, Book 1
  23. Eight Etudes, Op. 42 (1903): No. 6 in D-flat major (LP Version)
  24. Op. 11, No. 7 (Produced)
  25. Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30 (1903): Prestissimo volando
  26. Brahms - Waltz in A-Flat Major
  27. Rachmaninov: Songs, Op. 21 - Lilacs
  28. A Curious Story: Schumann:'Kinderscenen'
  29. Prelude in G minor (alla Marcia), Op. 23, No. 5 - Instrumental
  30. Rachmaninov: Songs, Op. 38 - Daisies
  31. Allegro ma non troppo: Beethoven:Sonata in G, Op. 49, No. 2;
  32. Andante: Mozart: Sonata in C, K. 545; I
  33. Allegro: Mozart: Sonata in C, K. 545; I
  34. Brahms - Waltz in E-Minor
  35. Chopin: Waltz in b, Op. 69, No. 1
  36. An Important Event: Schumann:'Kinderscenen'
  37. Brahms - Waltz in G-Sharp Minor
  38. Chopin - Mazurka in F-Sharp Minor
  39. Dreaming (Traumerei): Schumann:'Kinderscenen'
  40. Brahms - Waltz in E-Major
  41. Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 in g-sharp minor - I. Andante
  42. Chopin - Waltz in C-Sharp Minor
  43. Etude, Op. 42, No. 7 in f minor
  44. Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 53 (“Poem of Ecstasy”): Allegro. Impetuoso. Con stravaganza
  45. Temp di Menuetto: Beethoven:Sonata in G, Op. 49, No. 2;
  46. Op. 11, No. 18 (Produced)
  47. Beethoven - Sonata in F-Sharp Minor - Adagio Cantabile
  48. Chopin: Waltz in A, Op. 64, No. 1: Minute Waltz
  49. Rondo Alla Turca, K. 331
  50. Op. 11, No. 20 (Produced)
  51. Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 (1893): Allegro con fuoco
  52. Op. 11, No. 1 (Produced)
  53. Brahms - Waltz in Intermezzo in E-Flat Major
  54. Sonata No. 6, Op. 62: Modéré: mysterieux, concentré
  55. Eight Etudes, Op. 42 (1903): No. 7 in F minor
  56. Piano Sonata No. 11 In A Major ("Alla Turca") K. 331 (K. 300i): Rondo Alla Turca
  57. Sonata No. 8, Op. 66: Lento
  58. Sonata No. 1, Op. 6 in f minor - III. Presto
  59. Poem, Op. 32, No. 1
  60. Op. 74, No. 3 (Produced)
  61. Beethoven - Sonata in F-Sharp Minor - Allegro Vivace
  62. Etude, Op. 42, No. 5 in c-sharp minor
  63. Désir, Op. 57, No. 1
  64. Op. 11, No. 12 (Produced)
  65. Sonata No. 1, Op. 6 in f minor - I. Allegro con fuoco
  66. Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 in g-sharp minor - II. Presto
  67. Tchaikovsky - Natha-Valise
  68. Etude, Op. 42, No. 1 in D-flat major
  69. Sonata No. 3, Op. 23 in f-sharp minor - I. Drammatico
  70. Etude, Op. 42, No. 4 in F-sharp major
  71. Eight Etudes, Op. 42 (1903): No. 2 in F-sharp minor
  72. Tchaikovsky - Humoresque
  73. Op. 11, No. 3 (Produced)
  74. Op. 11, No. 14 (Produced)
  75. Op. 11, No. 4 (Produced)
  76. Op. 11, No. 16 (Produced)
  77. Sonata No. 3, Op. 23 in f-sharp minor - II. Allegretto
  78. Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 (“White Mass”): Prophétique
  79. Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 (“Black Mass”): Moderato quasi andante: légendaire
  80. Op. 11, No. 11 (Produced)
  81. Etude, Op. 42, No. 2 in f-sharp minor
  82. Etude, Op. 42, No. 3 in F-sharp major
  83. Etude, Op. 42, No. 8 in E-flat major
  84. Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 (1898): Andante
  85. Eight Etudes, Op. 42 (1903): No. 1 in D-flat major
  86. Etude-tableau in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9
  87. Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 53 (1907): "Poem of Ecstasy": Allegro; Impetuoso; Con stravaganza
  88. Op. 11, No. 23 (Produced)
  89. Op. 74, No. 4 (Produced)
  90. Sonata No. 1, Op. 6 in f minor - IV. Funèbre

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