Piano literature in the
2007 William Kapell International Piano Competition

Solos

Recordings of solo pieces prepared by this year's competitors

Required solo pieces performed by other pianists

• Aaron Copland: Piano Sonata: Vivace (2nd movement)
  Listen online to performances by Easley Blackwood, Eva Knardahl, or
  Benjamin Pasternack. These workks are in the Naxos Music Library, subscription to which is supported by the Michelle Smith Endowment for the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library in the University of Maryland, College Park Foundation.

• Robert Palmer: Toccata Ostinato
  Listen in the library* to performances by William Kapell (LP call number M21.K36 W53) or Alan Mandel (LP call number M21 .A57).

*To listen in the Library, bring a form of personal ID to the front desk of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. Tell staff you wish to hear works on reserve for the Kapell Competition and Festival. Staff will keep your ID temporarily in exchange for headphones and set you up with the pieces you wish to hear.