The Mephisto Waltzes are four waltzes composed by Franz Liszt from 1859 to 1862, from 1880 to 1881, and in 1883 and 1885. Of the four, the first is the most popular.
The Polka Italienne (Italian Polka) is an original composition for two pianos by Sergei Rachmaninov. It was composed in 1906 and published in his Suite No. 2.
Robert Schumann wrote his Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 in 1839 when he was 29 years old, dedicating it to Frau Majorin Friederike Serre auf Maxen, to whom he …
The Piano Sonata No. 17 is usually referred to as “The Tempest” (or Der Sturm in his native German), but the sonata was not given this title by Beethoven, or indeed referred to as such during his lifetime.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his series of preserved piano concertos with four that he wrote at the age of 11, in Salzburg: K. 37 and 39–41. Although these works were long considered to be original, they are now known to be orchestrations of sonatas by various German virtuosi.
Bagatelle No 25 in A minor (WoO 59 and Bia 515) for solo piano, commonly known as For Elise is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most popular compositions. It was not published during his lifetime, only being discovered forty years after his death.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330 / 300h, is one of the three works in the cycle of piano sonatas K.330-332. The sonata was composed in 1783, when Mozart was 27 years old.
Chopin’s Prelude No. 7 is the shortest prelude from 24 Preludes, Op. 28, a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839.
Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 was composed in 1775 in Salzburg. Mozart seemed to have originally composed it for himself to play, but after leaving the Salzburg Court Orchestra, he changed and updated the concerto for the successor of his position, Antonio Brunetti, to play.
