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Mozart - Concerto No. 20 - Argerich, Piano

Mozart – Concerto No. 20 – Martha Argerich, Piano

The Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1785. The first performance took place at the Mehlgrube Casino in Vienna on 11 February 1785, with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as the soloist.

Schubert-Liszt – Gretchen am Spinnrade – Wang, Piano

Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), Op. 2, D 118, is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert using the text from Part One, scene 18 of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust. Gretchen am Spinnrade was originally composed for the soprano voice.

Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No 1 in A major - Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Waltz

Liszt – Mephisto Waltz No. 1 – Buniatishvili, Piano

The Mephisto Waltzes are four waltzes composed by Franz Liszt. Nos. 1 and 2 were composed for orchestra, and later arranged for piano, piano duet and two pianos, whereas nos. 3 and 4 were written for piano only.

Chopin - Sonata No 2 in B-Flat Minor - Argerich, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Chopin – Piano Sonata No. 2 – Martha Argerich

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.

Beethoven - Kreutzer Sonata, No 9 - Bell, Violin; Wang, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata / Violin

Beethoven – Kreutzer Sonata – Bell, Violin; Wang, Piano

The sonata No. 9 is commonly known as the Kreutzer Sonata after the violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer, to whom it was ultimately dedicated, but who thoroughly disliked the piece and refused to play it.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Liszt – Funerailles – Vladimir Horowitz

Written in October 1849 in response to the crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 by the Habsburgs, Funérailles is the 7th and one of the most famous pieces in Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (Poetic and Religious Harmonies).

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G Major - Grimaud, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Ravel – Piano Concerto in G Major – Hélène Grimaud

Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major was composed between 1929 and 1931. The concerto is in three movements and was deeply infused with jazz idioms and harmonies, which, at the time, were highly popular in Paris as well as the United States.

Schubert - Trout Quintet in A major - Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Cello / Lied / Piano / Quintet / Viola / Violin

Schubert – Trout Quintet – Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

The Trout Quintet (Forellenquintett) is the popular name for the Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, by Franz Schubert. The piano quintet was composed in 1819, when he was 22 years old; it was not published, however, until 1829, a year after his death.

BAROQUE MUSIQUE / Cantata / Piano

Bach-Petri – Sheep May Safely Graze – Buniatishvili, Piano

Sheep may safely graze (German: Schafe können sicher weiden) is a soprano aria by Johann Sebastian Bach setting words by Salomon Franck. The piece was written in 1713.

Brahms - Piano Sonata No 3 - Grimaud, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Brahms – Piano Sonata No. 3 (3st mov) – Grimaud

The Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor, Op. 5 of Johannes Brahms was written in 1853 and published the following year. The sonata is unusually large, consisting of five movements, as opposed to the traditional three or four.