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Schubert-Liszt – Erlkönig (Elf King) – Wang, Piano

Erlkönig (Elf King) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It depicts the death of a child assailed by a supernatural being, the Erlkönig, often half-translated as Erlking, though the eponymous character is clearly some kind of demon.

Schumann - Kreisleriana - Vladimir Horowitz, piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Schumann – Kreisleriana – Horowitz, Piano

Kreisleriana is a composition in eight movements by Robert Schumann for solo piano, subtitled Phantasien für das Pianoforte. It was written in only four days in April 1838 and a revised version appeared in 1850. In 1839, soon after publishing it, Schumann called it in a letter my favorite work.

Beethoven - Emperor Concerto (No 5) in E-Flat Major - Grimaud, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Beethoven – Emperor Concerto (No. 5) – Grimaud, Piano

The Piano Concerto No 5 by Beethoven, popularly known as the Emperor Concerto, was his last completed piano concerto. It was written between 1809 and 1811 in Vienna, and was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf, Beethoven’s patron and pupil.

Anne-Sophie Mutter and Martha Argerich perform César Franck's Sonata for violin and piano in A Major.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata / Violin

Franck – Violin Sonata – Anne-Sophie Mutter, Martha Argerich

The Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano by César Franck is one of his best-known compositions, and is considered one of the finest sonatas for violin and piano ever written.

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No 3 in C Major - Wang, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3 – Yuja Wang

Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, Op 26, was completed in 1921. Sergei Prokofiev began his work on the concerto as early as 1913 when he wrote a theme with variations which he then set aside.

The pianist Ivo Pogorelich plays Bach's English Suite No. 2 in A minor

BAROQUE MUSIQUE / Piano / Suite

Bach – English Suite No. 2 – Pogorelich, Piano

The English Suites, BWV 806–811, are a set of six suites written by the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach for harpsichord (or clavichord) and generally thought to be the earliest of his 19 suites for keyboard.

Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2 - Grimaud, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 – Hélène Grimaud

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83, by Johannes Brahms is separated by a gap of 22 years from his first piano concerto. Brahms began work on the piece in 1878 and completed it in 1881 while in Pressbaum near Vienna.

Chopin - Prelude No 4 in E Minor - Argerich, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Chopin – Prelude No. 4 – Martha Argerich, Piano

Chopin’s Prelude No 4 in E minor is one of the 24 preludes opus 28 for piano. By Frédéric Chopin’s request, this piece was played at his own funeral, along with Mozart’s Requiem.

Chopin - Sonata No 2 in B-Flat Minor - Yuja Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Chopin – Piano Sonata No. 2 – Yuja Wang

Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35, is a piano sonata in four movements. Frédéric Chopin completed the work while living in George Sand’s manor in Nohant, some 250 km (160 mi) south of Paris, a year before it was published in 1840. The third movement of the Piano Sonata No 2 is Chopin’s famous funeral march.

Beethoven - Sonata No. 28 - Vladimir Horowitz, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 28 – Vladimir Horowitz

Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No 28 in A major, Op. 101, was written in 1816 and was dedicated to the pianist Baroness Dorothea Ertmann, née Graumen. This sonata marks the beginning of what is generally regarded as Ludwig van Beethoven’s final period.