Child Prodigies

Child Prodigies

Apple Music Classical

These exceptionally gifted composers and performers expressed their musical talents at a very early age. Bizet entered the Paris Conservatory when he was nine, Daniel Barenboim took up conducting lessons at 11, and Lang Lang started playing the piano at three—the same age at which Saint-Saëns composed his first piece.

Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.  61
Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 21
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Felix Mendelssohn
String Octet in E‑Flat Major, Op.  20
I. Allegro moderato, ma con fuoco (Live)
Rachel Roberts, Ori Kam, Lisa Batiashvili, Quirine Viersen, Tanja Tetzlaff, Antje Weithaas, Christian Tetzlaff, Isabelle Faust
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 1 in E‑Flat Major, K. 16, KV16
II. Andante
The Mozartists, Ian Page
III. Presto
Ian Page, The Mozartists
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony in A Major, R. 159
I. Poco adagio - Allegro vivace
Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
Franz Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrade in D Minor, D 118, Op.  2 · “Gretchen at the Spinning-Wheel”
Gretchen Am Spinnrade, D. 118
Geoffrey Parsons, Barbara Bonney
Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise in G Minor, B.  1
Polonaise in G Minor, Op. Posth.
Cyprien Katsaris
Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise in B‑Flat Major, B.  3
Polonaise in B-Flat Major, Op. Posth. (Instrumental)
Cyprien Katsaris
Franz Liszt
Impromptu brillant sur des thèmes de Rossini et Spontini, S. 150
Impromptu brillant sur des thèmes de Rossini et Spontini, S. 150
Praxedis Geneviève Hug
Georges Bizet
Symphony in C Major, WD 33, GB115
IV. Allegro vivace
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, François Leleux
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Schauspiel Ouvertüre, Op. 4
Schauspiel Overtüre, Op. 4
Matthias Bamert, BBC Philharmonic
Langgaard: Symphony No. 1 in B Minor, BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler"
III. Sagn (Live)
Berlin Philharmonic, Sakari Oramo
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 1
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 1
Alexander Melnikov
J. Greenberg: Sonata for Cello and Piano (2006)
Scherzo vivace
James Giles, Anthony Arnone
Intermezzo: Molto sostenuto
James Giles, Anthony Arnone
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 for Violin in E Major, BWV 1006
I. Preludio
Hilary Hahn
Fritz Kreisler
Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3
Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3
Christian Li, Timothy Young
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
It Ain't Necessarily So
Sarah Chang
Johannes Brahms
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO  1
Hungarian Dance No. 4 in B minor
Sarah Chang, Jonathan Feldman
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
I. Prélude
Yo-Yo Ma
Edward Gregson
Trombone Concerto
Trombone Concerto
Peter Moore, BBC Concert Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey
Niels Wilhelm Gade
Capriccio in A Minor
Capriccio (Orch. Carl Reinecke)
Paul Mann, London Symphony Orchestra, Chloë Hanslip
Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit, M.  55
Scarbo
Benjamin Grosvenor
Alexander Scriabin
12 Etudes, Op. 8
No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov, Lang Lang
No. 11 in B-Flat Minor
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Lang Lang, Yuri Temirkanov
No. 12 in D-Sharp Minor
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Lang Lang, Yuri Temirkanov
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B‑Flat Major, Op.  106 · “Hammerklavier”
III. Adagio sostenuto
Daniel Barenboim
Frédéric Chopin
Barcarolle in F‑Sharp Major, Op.  60, B.  158
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Martha Argerich
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op.  21, B.  43
III. Allegro vivace (Live)
Evgeny Kissin, Dmitri Kitayenko, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

29 Tracks, 3 Hours 20 minutes