John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes: When the Piano Becomes a Percussion Orchestra

Messiaen’s Regard de l’Esprit de joie: How to Hear the Rhythm of Ecstasy

Shostakovich’s Prelude and Fugue in D Minor: How a Cycle Reaches Its Final Word

Gershwin’s Three Preludes: How a Classical Piano Speaks in Jazz Rhythm

Florence Price’s Fantasie Nègre No. 1: How a Spiritual Enters a Large Piano Narrative

Bartók’s Allegro barbaro: How Rough Sound Remains Precise

Prokofiev’s Toccata in D Minor: When Rhythm Becomes an Unstoppable Machine

Janáček’s 1.X.1905: A Monument Surviving in Two Movements