Classical Piano Selections with Frank Byrne

By Steve Kraske

Published March 4, 2016 at 1:35 PM CST

Frank Byrne, executive director of the Kansas City Symphony, returns to Up to Date with his picks of recorded piano compositions.

Selections:

Piano Concerto No. 21 — 3rd Movement, Mozart.
Goldberg Variations — Aria, J.S. Bach.
Goldberg Variations — Variation 14, Bach.
Variations on a Theme by Paganini — Theme, Rachmaninoff.
Variations on a Theme by Paganini — Variation 18, Rachmaninoff.
Variations on a Theme of Chopin — Theme, Rachmaninoff.
Variations on a Theme of Chopin —Variation 1, Rachmaninoff.
Variations on a Theme of Chopin — Variations 7 & 8, Rachmaninoff.
Slavonic Dance Op. 46 —No. 4, Dvorak.

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