0:00:00 - Franz Liszt - Transcendental Études, Prelude - Julian Jacobson
0:00:52 N Liszt invents the piano recital in 1840
0:01:19 - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata 23, op. 57, 1st mov. - Solomon, 1956
0:01:43 - " - Claudio Arrau, 1983
0:02:04 - " - Myra Hess, 1945
0:02:34 - " - Sviatoslav Richter, 1992
0:02:57 - " - Artur Rubinstein, 1975
0:03:27 N Virtuosi are celebrated
0:03:44 - Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 - Jan Ignatz Paderewski
0:04:30 N On Paderewski
0:05:07 * The myth/fact about Paderewski: he was a very attractive man - Schuyler Chapin, impresario
0:05:29 N Paderewski was controversial
0:05:42 * Remebering Paderewski - Artur Rubinstein, pianist, 1968
0:06:03 - Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2, closing - Paderewski
0:07:37 N Josef Hoffmann was to pianists what Paderewski was to the public
0:08:06 * Hoffmann was known as #1 - Gary Graffmann, pianist
0:08:14 * Hoffmann was the greatest of all of them - György Sandor, pianist
0:08:54 * Hoffmann appears on The Telephone Hour
0:09:00 N Hoffmann suspicious of recording
0:09:11 * On Hoffmann - Piotr Anderszewski
0:10:00 - Sergei Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C# minor, op. 3, no. 2 - Hoffmann
0:13:04 * Hoffmann had it too easy - Anderszewski
0:13:23 N On Rachmaninoff
0:13:30 - Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto FIXME - Rachmaninoff
0:13:39 N Rachmaninoff leaves Russia after Revolution in 1917
0:14:02 * Rachmaninoff has a sound of his own - Sandor
0:15:03 - Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto FIXME - Rachmaninoff
0:15:48 N Benno Moiseiwitsch was Rachmaninoff's disciple
0:16:15 - Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.2, 3rd Movement - Moiseiwitsch
0:16:54 * Remembering Rachmaninoff - Moiseiwitsch
0:18:26 - Rachmaninoff - Prelude in B minor, op. 32, no. 10 (already over a minute into the piece) - Moiseiwitsch
0:21:44 N On Vladimir Horowitz
0:22:10 * On Horowitz - Tamás Vásáry, pianist
0:22:41 S Frederic Chopin - Octave Etude, Op.25, No.10 - Horowitz
0:22:51 * On Horowitz's technique - Anderszewski
0:23:07 S FIXME - Horowitz
0:23:14 * On Horowitz's hands - Vásáry
0:23:34 - Scriabin - Etude Op.8 No.12 - Horowitz
0:24:04 N Horowitz retires for 12 years in 1953
0:24:16 * On Horowitz - Colin Davis, conductor
0:24:51 - Scriabin - Etude Op.8 No.12 - Horowitz
0:26:19 * Horowitz was a phenomena - Chapin 
0:26:37 N Horowitz returns to performance in 1965
0:26:50 * Horowitz's return recital at Carnegie Hall - Chapin
0:28:38 - Bizet/Horowitz - Carmen Variations - Horowitz
0:32:17 * Perfection vs artistry - Vásáry
0:33:07 - Liszt - Grand Galop Chromatique - Georgy Cziffra
0:33:23 N On Cziffra
0:33:41 * Cziffra interviewed
0:34:07 * On Cziffra - Sandor
0:34:35 N On Cziffra
0:34:45 * On Cziffra - Vásáry
0:35:17 - Liszt - Grand Galop Chromatique - Cziffra
0:37:21 * On safety in interpretation - Anderszewski
0:37:51 N London burns
0:38:01 N On Myra Hess
0:38:15 N Mozart - - Hess
0:38:48 * On Hess - Stephen Kovacevich, pianist
0:39:17 * Crown Film Presents Myra Hess
0:39:31 - Beethoven - Piano Sonata 23 in F minor, opus 57, 1st mov. - Hess
0:42:02 * On carreer pianists - Chapin
0:42:26 - Chopin - Polonaise Op.57 in A-Flat Major "Heroique" - Rubinstein
0:43:38 N On Rubinstein, with footage
0:44:24 N Rubinstein acclaimed
0:44:29 * Rubinstein speaks
0:45:24 * On Rubinstein - Daniel Barenboim, pianist/conductor
0:46:10 * Rubinstein speaks
0:46:35 - Beethoven - Piano Concerto FIXME, cadenza and finale - Rubinstein
0:51:40 N On Francis Planté and early 20th century recordings
0:52:07 - Chopin - Etude Op.10 No.7 - Planté
0:52:23 N On personality
0:52:45 - Chopin - Valse de l'adieu, Op.69, No.1 - Alfred Cortot
0:54:40 * Cortot captures Chopin - Anderszewski
0:55:01 * On Cortot - Sandor
0:55:30 N Cortot footage
0:55:40 * On Cortot - Barenboim
0:56:12 - Cortot, master class (in French)
0:56:57 - Schumann - Kinderszenen, Op.15, 13-"The Poet Speaks" - Cortot, master class
0:58:47 * Here be tonal music - Barenboim
0:59:47 * Between the bar lines - Davis
1:00:22 N On Wilhelm Backhaus, with footage
1:00:45 - Beethoven - FIXME - Backhaus, late in life
1:01:14 * Backhaus (in German)
1:02:04 * On Backhaus - Sandor
1:02:48 - Beethoven - Piano Concerto FIXME - Backhaus
1:06:31 N On Edwin Fischer
1:06:43 - Bach - FIXME - Fischer
1:07:09 N On Fischer
1:07:22 - Bach - FIXME - Fischer
1:07:32 * Fischer interviewed (in French)
1:08:07 * On Fischer - Barenboim
1:08:19 - Bach - FIXME - Fischer
1:08:33 * On Fischer - Barenboim
1:09:09 * Fischer demonstrates touch (in French)
1:09:16 - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4, 2nd Movement - Fischer
1:09:45 * Fischer anecdote - Vásáry
1:10:55 N Russian virtuosos emerge: Richter and Emil Gilels
1:11:07 - Shostakovitch - Symphony FIXME - FIXME
1:11:42 - Rachmaninoff - Prelude Op.23, No.5, in G Minor
1:11:43 * Gilels and Russian troops (in Russian)
1:12:50 * On Gilels and a pianist's sound - Evgeny Kissin, pianist 
1:13:34 - FIXME - Piano Concerto FIXME - Gilels
1:15:36 N On Richter
1:15:52 - - - Richter
1:16:12 * On Richter - Zoltán Kocsis, pianist
1:16:27 * On Richter (in Russian) - Gennadi Rozhdestsvensky, conductor
1:17:36 * On Richter - Kocsis
1:17:59 * On Richter - Kissin
1:18:20 - Chopin - Etude, Op.10, No.12 "Revolutionary" - Richter
1:20:31 N On Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
1:21:03 * On Michelangeli - Kissin
1:21:24 N Michelangeli acclaimed
1:21:31 * On Michelangeli - Anderszewski
1:22:13 - Domenico Scarlatti - Piano Sonata Op. 449 - Michelangeli
1:24:46 N On Glenn Gould
1:25:08 * On Gould - Kovacevich
1:24:22 N Gould footage
1:25:33 - Bach - FIXME - Gould
1:25:57 N Gould and live performances
1:26:14 * On performers and composers - Gould
1:26:53 - Ravel - La valse - Gould
1:27:56 * On Gould - Paul Meyers, record producer
1:28:37 - Bach - FIXME - Gould
1:31:36 N On Claudio Arrau
1:32:04 On Arrau - Barenboim
1:32:53 On Arrau - Davis
1:33:20 - FIXME - FIXME - Arrau
1:34:43 * Arrau
1:34:27 - FIXME - FIXME - Arrau
1:34:43 * On Arrau (in Russian) - Rozhdestsvensky
1:35:39 * On reading scores - Barenboim
1:36:45 * Arrau on vanity
1:37:18 - Beethoven - Piano Sonata 32, 2nd mov. - Arrau
1:44:53 N End
1:45:06 - Chopin - Minute Waltz - FIXME
1:46:42 N Credits end