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IMSLP PETRUCCI MUSIC LIBRARY

An immense source of music scores (PDF), organised alphabetically by composer.  Music scores are in the public domain and can be downloaded following acceptance of a disclaimer.



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MUSIC TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION (QLD) (MTAQ)

This is the official website of the MTAQ and contains some useful information on competitions, eisteddfods and scholarships in Queensland.


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AUSTRALIAN MUSIC EXAMINATIONS BOARD (AMEB)

This is the official website for the music assessment board in Australia.  AMEB syllabuses set educationally appropriate goals across a wide range of practical and written subjects, from beginner level through grades 1-8 and onto tertiary entrance standard.  AMEB syllabuses are designed by leading scholars and performers and are regularly updated.


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TRINITY COLLEGE (LONDON)

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SUZUKI MUSIC

This is the official website of Suzuki Music.  Suzuki Talent Education or Suzuki Method combines a music teaching method with a philosophy, which embraces the total development of the child. Dr Suzuki's guiding principle was "character first, ability second". 

The Website provides information on the learning philosophy and goals.



Recommended Reading

Where Love is Deep by S. Suzuki

On Piano Playing: Motion, Sound, and Expression Paperback – January 1, 1995 by Gyorgy Sandor          

Mastering Piano Technique: A Guide for Students, Teachers and Performers Hardcover – March 1, 2003 by Seymour Fink 

Piano Technique (Dover Books on Music) Paperback – June 1, 1972 by Walter Gieseking

The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart by Madeline Bruser

What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body Paperback – April 1, 2004 by Thomas Carson Mark                            


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This is a list of ever-growing recommended recordings (Marc's favs...):


Alfred Brendel:

Beethoven Piano Concertos (complete)

Liszt Piano Sonata in b minor

Brahms Piano Concerto No 1





Martha Argerich:

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1

Chopin Piano Concerto No 2

Glenn Gould:

Bach Well Tempered Clavier Books 1 & 2

Bach - Art of Fugue

Bach - Goldberg Variations / Partitas 1-6 and Concerto BWV 974

Bach Concertos 1-3





Krystian Zimmerman:

Chopin The complete Ballades

Brahms Piano Concertos

Chopin Piano Concerto No 1

Ivo Pogorelich:

Beethoven Piano Sonata No 32 Op 111

Beethoven Fur Elise

Chopin Piano Sonata No 2

Chopin Piano Sonata No 3

Chopin Preludes Op 24 (Complete)

Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit

Prokofiev Concerto No 3


Zoltan Kocsis:

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3

Liszt Piano Concerto No 2

Bach - Art of Fugue

Chopin Waltzes (Complete)

Vladimir Horowitz:

Beethoven Moonlight / Appassionata / Pathetique Piano Sonatas

Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No 2

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3

Scriabin Etude Op 8 No 12






Sviatoslav Richter:

Bach The Well Tempered Clavier Book 1

Rachmaninov The complete Preludes

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2

Schubert Wanderer Fantasie

Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2

Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 5

Vladimir Ashkenazy:

Chopin Preludes & Impromptus

Chopin Ballades & Scherzos

Chopin Nocturnes

Chopin Polonaises

Chopin Mazurkas

Rachmaninov Piano Concertos CD 1

Rachmaninov Piano Concertos CD 2


Lazar Berman:

Liszt Sonata in b minor

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1

Bach-Busoni Chaconne

Mussourgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3

Liszt - The complete Years of Pilgrimage (Years 1-3) - EPIC!!

Liszt - The complete Transcendental Etudes - EPIC!!


Gyorgy Cziffra:

Liszt Piano Works

Liszt Transcendental Etudes (Complete)




Murray Perahia:

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor)

Schuman Piano Concerto in a minor

Schubert - The Complete Impromptus

Bach - The complete Partitas

Bach - The complete English Suites

Chopin - Piano Sonata No 3

Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1




Arthur Rubinstein:

Bach, Busoni Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004

Chopin Piano Concerto No 2

Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, K 488


Ravel Sonatine (Various Artists):

Walter Gieseking (1956)

Alfred Cortot (1935)

Grigory Sokolov

Maurice Ravel (1913)

Andrei Gavrilov:

Bach Goldberg Variations

Bach Concerto No 1 in d minor

Balakirev - Islamey


Julius Katchen:

Brahms Piano Concerto No 1

Brahms Piano Concerto No 2

Variations on a Theme by Paganini op 35

Bach: Jesu joy of men's desiring Cantata,BWV174 arranged by Myra Hess

Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.12  






Maurizio Pollini:

Chopin The complete Nocturnes

Chopin The complete Etudes EPIC!!




Ravel Plays Ravel (Rare Recordings):

Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (1913 Welte Mignon Recording)  

Pavane pour une infante défunte 1922 piano roll

Jeux d'eau

Le Gibet (Gaspard de la Nuit)

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