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Piano has always meant something fundamental to me, mostly to listen to, a little bit to play. Here is a list of pieces where piano has played a great role in my picture. Each composer/performer can only have one piece represented. Even though it's impossible to count every piece in terms of how perfect impression they've made, I try to give them some kind of poetic order of personal importance.
1
LA FILLE AUX CHEVEUX DE LIN
[the girl with the flaxen hair]
by Claude Debussy
from Preludes Book 1, no 8
with many different pianists
2
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
by Paul Simon
with Simon & Garfunkel -70
voice : Art Garfunkel
piano : Larry Knechtel
3
ONE SIDED LOVE AFFAIR
by Bill Campbell
with Elvis Presley -56
4
THE ENTERTAINER
by Scott Joplin
with Marvin Hamlisch (from movie The Sting) -73
5
LADY MADONNA
by Paul McCartney
with The Beatles -68
6
MR PLEASANT
by Ray Davies
with The Kinks -67
7
TELL ME WHY I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS
by Bob Geldoff
with The Boomtown Rats -79
8
SOV DU LILLA VIDEUNG
by Alice Tegnér
with Stina Nordenstam -03
never heard Stina sing in her home language before
and this version gives a special though distorted picture of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3jxzeoEW4w&feature=related
9
PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DEFUNTE
[pavane for a dead princess]
by Maurice Ravel
with many different pianists
10
BOK MED BLANKA SIDOR
[Book with empty pages]
by Peter LeMarc
with Peter LeMarc
piano : Stephan Folkelid
11
LES MARIONETTES
by Zbigniev Preisner
from Kieslowsky's movie Le Double Vie de Veronique -91
12
SWEET DREAMS (Children's Album op 39 no 12)
by Pjotr Tjajkovskij
with many different pianists
13
BLI MIN (Vem är du när morgonen är vackert vit?)
by Kajsa Grytt
with Kajsa & Melena -88
piano : Malena Jönsson
14
LOVER BOY
by Rick Davies & Roger Hodgson
with Supertramp -77
15
FILL YOUR HEART
by Paul Williams & Biff Rose
with either David Bowie -71, Tiny Tim or Biff Rose himself
16
BLUEBERRY HILL
by Lewis, Stock, Rose
with Fats Domino -57
17
I THINK IT'S GONNA RAIN TODAY
by Randy Newman
with Dusty Springfield -67
18
GRIEG'S PIANO CONCERTO
by Edward Grieg
with Eva Knardahl on piano -87
19
CHIQUITITA
by Agnetha Fältskog & Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson & Anni-frid Lyngstad
with ABBA -79
20
UNIVERSUM
by Ted & Kenneth Gärdestad
with Ted Gärdestad -73
piano : Benny Andersson
21
SUMMER, HIGHLAND FALLS
by Billy Joel
with Billy Joel -76
22
STELLA
by Mauro Scocco
with Mauro Scocco -91
23
JEALOUS GUY
by John Lennon
with John Lennon -71
24
THE LIE [BERNINI'S SAINT THERESA]
by Peter Hammill
with Peter Hammill -74
25
LADY GRINNING SOUL
by David Bowie -72
in swedish cover with Ulf Lundell -84
26
THE DEAD MAN'S DREAM
by Gary Brooker & Keith Reid
with Procol Harum -70
27
MY FATHER
by Judy Collins
with Nina Simone -78
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