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Chopin - Ballade No 4 in F Minor - Argerich, Piano

Chopin – Ballade No. 4 – Martha Argerich, Piano

Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52, was composed in 1842 in Paris and Nohant and revised in 1843. The work was dedicated to Baroness Rothschild, wife of Nathaniel de Rothschild.

Chopin - Étude Op. 10 No. 2 in A Minor - Yuja Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Etude / Piano

Chopin – Étude Op. 10 No. 2 – Wang, Piano

Étude Op 10 No 2 in A Minor, is a technical study written by Frédéric Chopin for the piano. Composed in 1829, it was first published in 1833.

Piano / 20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Tango

Piazzola – Libertango – Khatia & Gvantsa Buniatishvili, Piano

Libertango is a composition by tango composer Astor Piazzolla, recorded and published in 1974 in Milan. The title is a portmanteau merging “Libertad” (Spanish for liberty) and “Tango”, symbolizing Piazzolla’s break from Classical Tango to Tango Nuevo.

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

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3 – Martha Argerich

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 Chinese star pianist Yuja Wang plays Mozart-Volodos Turkish March as encore

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC / CLASSICAL MUSIC / March / Piano / Sonata

Mozart-Volodos – Turkish March – Wang, piano

The Turkish March is the third and last movement from Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major (but the Turkish March is in A minor). Also called Turkish Rondo, this third movement “Alla Turca” is often heard on its own.

Horowitz plays Rachmaninov's Prelude Op. 32 No 12 in G sol minor

Piano / Prelude / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Rachmaninoff – Prelude No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor – Horowitz, Piano

Thirteen Preludes Op. 32, is a set of thirteen preludes for solo piano, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1910. The prelude No 12 in G-sharp minor is one of the most famous, especially under Horowitz fingers.

Martha Argerich plays Chopin's Scherzo No 3 in C-sharp minor at Chopin competition in Warsaw, 1965

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Scherzo

Chopin – Scherzo No. 3 – Martha Argerich, Piano

The Scherzo No. 3 Op. 39, in C-Sharp Minor by Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1839, was written in the abandoned monastery of Valldemossa on the Balearic island of Majorca, Spain.

Yuja Wang performs The Smuggler (Der Kontrabandiste) from Robert Schumann, arranged for piano solo by Carl Tausig.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Transcription

Schumann-Tausig – The Smuggler (Der Kontrabandiste) – Wang,Piano

The smuggler (Der Kontrabandiste) is a piece from Robert Schumann’s Spanisches Liederspiel op. 74. The transcription for piano solo is from Carl Tausig, a Polish composer, pianist and arranger considered by some critics to be the greatest of Liszt’s pupils.

Chopin - Scherzo No 3 in C-Sharp Minor - Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Scherzo

Chopin – Scherzo No. 3 – Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

The Scherzo No 3 Op. 39 in C-Sharp Minor by Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1839, was written in the abandoned monastery of Valldemossa on the Balearic island of Majorca, Spain.

Martha Argerich plays Mozart's Sonata for piano No. 8 in A minor

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 8 – Martha Argerich

Mozart’s Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor, K. 310 / 300d, was written in 1778. The sonata is the first of only two Mozart piano sonatas in a minor key. It was composed in the summer of 1778 around the time of his mother’s death, one of the most tragic times of his life.