Click on any of these excerpts to hear performances
by some of Visby’s favorite pianists.
Each link features a piece of music that Visby introduces
before he performs it for his fellow cruisers.
Make sure to match the link with its corresponding chapter.
Now take a seat in the audience and join Visby
as he’s miraculously assisted by piano greats such as
Arthur Rubinstein, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sviatoslav Richter,
Alicia de Larrocha, Wilhelm Kempff, and others.
(There are even a few tracks performed by the author herself!)
HAPPY LISTENING!!
Ch. 3 ~ *George GERSHWIN: Prelude No. 1 ‘Allegro ben ritmato e deciso’
Grigory Gruzman, pianist
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Ch. 4 ~ C Major Scale
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Surprise Bonus!
“Scales and Arpeggios” from The Aristocats
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Ch. 5 ~ *J. S. BACH: Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, Minuet in G Major
János Sebestyén, pianist
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Ch. 6 ~ *Isaac ALBENIZ: Suite Española, Op. 47, V, Asturias (Leyenda)
Alicia de Larrocha, pianist
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Ch. 9 ~ *Manuel DE FALLA: El Amor Brujo, ‘Ritual Fire Dance’
Arthur Rubinstein, pianist
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Ch. 12 ~ *Domenico SCARLATTI, Sonata in C Major
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist
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Ch. 18 ~ *Maurice RAVEL: Miroirs, ‘Une barque sur l’ocean’
Liane Alitowski, pianist
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Ch. 20 ~ *Ludwig von BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 23 in F Minor Op. 57,
‘Appassionata’ Mvt. 1, Liane Alitowski, pianist
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Ch. 22 ~ *Johannes BRAHMS: Capriccio No. 7 in D Minor Op. 116,
Wilhelm Kempff, pianist
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Ch. 25 ~ *Frédéric CHOPIN: Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante Op. 22
Liane Alitowski, pianist
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Ch. 27 ~ *Arvo PART: ‘Fratres’ for Violin and Piano
Emily Nebel, violinist, and Christopher Janwong McKiggan, pianist
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Ch. 30 ~ *Sergei RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in C Minor, Op. 23 No. 7
Sviatoslav Richter, pianist