Updated Playlist

Here's the towering finger-breaker Sonata No. 3 Op. 28, by Sergei Prokofiev played on the piano by the Soviet-era pianist Emil Gilels. My brother and I used to watch Gilel's Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 on DVD at home in Bohol.

An absolute favourite, here's Toccata Op. 7 by the suicidal Robert Schumann. On the piano is the young German pianist Martin Stadtfeld.

Also, here's Maurice Ravel's ravishing Jeux D'eau, interpreted splendidly by Martha Argerich.

Yundi Li, the 2000 Chopin Piano Competition winner, plays my all-time war horse, Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu in C-sharp Minor Op. 66.

Also from the recent Chopin competition, Rafal Blechacz plays the Polonaise in A-flat Op. 53.

I'm currently trying to learn this piece, the Chopin Ballade no. 1 in G Minor Op. 23. It's lyrical, romantic and passionate. Love every note of this piece. Ambrose sent me the score over the internet.