What a wonderful idea for a project! So sorry it wasn't on my radar till now, but at least I can listen to these in (slightly) less time than it took you to practice them! ;-)

Mysterium by Tim Garland

This piece is devoted to Petr Ginz (February 1, 1928 - September 28, 1944), a very creative young boy and multi-talented artist, who lived in Prague and was murdered in the Holocaust. 

His painting "Moon Landscape" and his "Prague diary" became world famous after the 2003 Columbia space shuttle tragedy. 
Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut and the son of an Auschwitz survivor, had borrowed the drawing from the collection of the Yad Vashem Museum in Israel and taken it with him on the Columbia voyage. When the shuttle exploded over Texas and the story of Petr's drawing was told, a man contacted Yad Vashem saying that he had discovered Petr's old copybooks in the attic of his home in Prague.

Petr Ginz stands for immeasurable loss of talent in the Holocaust. But he is also a symbol of hope, as his diary and many of his paintings did survive.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Ginz 

This piece is part of the "Holocaust Remembrance Suite" for solo piano, which is an unique remembrance project, which has grown out of a collaboration between Stephan Beneking, composer based in Berlin, and pianist Hal Freedman (@classical-soul-pianist) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 

The innocence and beauty of pure piano classical music 
poses a stark contrast to the horrors of the Third Reich and the Holocaust.

The booklet with descriptions about the historical background and scores / sheet music can be downloaded for free here:
http://www.beneking.com/hrs

Each piece in the Holocaust Remembrance Suite contains a vital message about the war crimes and atrocities of the past. Unfortunately, the message is applicable to conditons that persist in our world today. It is our sincere hope to raise social awareness of these problems through this important project.

The Suite is accompanied by dramatic videos showing images, which further tell the story behind each individual piece:  
http://www.youtube.com/user/steveberlin0815 
http://www.youtube.com/user/hmfreedman/featured

The 'Holocaust Remembrance Suite' can be downloaded as a "name-your-price"- album from BandCamp and is available (for regular price) on iTunes and many other platforms. 
http://beneking.bandcamp.com/album/holocaust-remembrance-suite-charity-album
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/holocaust-remembrance-suite/id675961753
http://www.amazon.de/Holocaust-Remembrance-Suite-Charity-Album/dp/B00E0QQ52C/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374427542&sr=301-1

All proceeds will be donated to:
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, USA: http://www.ushmm.org/
Yad Vashem, Israel: http://www.yadvashem.org/
Aktion Sühnezeichen, Germany (action reconciliation service for peace):
http://www.asf-ev.de/en/start.html
Die Anstifter, Germany (remembrance foundation): http://www.die-anstifter.de/

We want the messages of this "Holocaust Remembrance Suite" with pieces like "The Kiss", "The white Rose" and more to spread as far as possible.
Thank you for reposting and sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+ etc.

YouTube Video

Petr Ginz - played by Hal Freedman - HRS Charity Album

Discover Puccini's Manon Lescaut with this exclusive playlist which features just some of the highligths from the opera.

Licensed courtesy of Naxos Rights US Inc

'Donna non vidi mai',

Chopin

Valse, Op. 34: No. 2 in A Minor, Lento

Chopin Waltz in A Minor, Lento

Symphony for alto, tenor and orchestra after the literary collection
"Die chinesische Flöte" by Hans Bethge 
Christa Ludwig, mezzosoprano
Rene Kollo, tenore
dir. Herbert von Karajan 
Salzburg Festival, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg
27 August 1972

Gustav Mahler: "Das Lied von Erde"

Movements 3. Rondeau and 5. Passepied from Telemann's Suite in E minor for flust and strings, from Tafelmusik. Catherine Bull and Janice Joyce, flutes. Julie Andrijeski, Valerie Arsenault, violins. Stephanie Vial, cello. The Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, in concert February 13, 2011, at Roswell Presbyterian Church, Roswell, Georgia.

Telemann Suite for Flutes and Strings from Tafelmusik. 3. Rondeau

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Mikhail Glinka / M. Balakirev: The Lark / "Жаворонок"

Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, 26 October. 2019
Piano: Dmitry Masleev - www.dmitry-masleev.com

Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata K273

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