Après un rêve (After a dream) is a melody by the French composer Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924). Gabriel Fauré was a composer, organist, pianist …
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonata No 5 in G major, K. 283 / 189h, (1774) is a sonata in three movements. It was written down during the visit Mozart paid …
Martín Melitón Pablo de Sarasate y Navascués who wrote Introduction et Tarantelle was a Spanish violinist and composer of the Romantic period. He began studying the violin with his father at the age of five and later took lessons from a local teacher.
Don Giovanni finale, in which Don Giovanni refuses to repent, has been a captivating philosophical and artistic topic for many writers including George Bernard Shaw.
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (Naples, 26 October 1685 – Madrid, 23 July 1757) who wrote the Sonata in E Minor was an Italian composer. He is classified primarily as a Baroque …
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-Flat Major is the sixth work of the 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies composed by Franz Liszt. This piece was later arranged for orchestra. In its original piano version, it is famous for its very fast octaves in the last part.
Chopin’s Ballade No 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47, dating from 1841, is dedicated to Pauline de Noailles. The inspiration for this Ballade by Frédéric Chopin is usually claimed to be Adam Mickiewicz’s poem Undine, also known as Świtezianka.
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor is the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by composer Franz Liszt, and is by far the most famous of the set. Liszt was strongly influenced by Hungarian folk music, with its unique gypsy scale.
The Polonaise No 6 in A-flat major, Op. 53 was called Polonaise Héroïque (heroic) in french) by Frédéric Chopin’s French lover, the writer Georges Sand. This composition is one of Chopin’s most admired and has long been a favorite of the classical piano repertoire.
Sergei Rachmaninov’s Prelude in C-Sharp Minor Op. 3, No. 2, is one of the composer’s most famous compositions. Part of a set of five piano pieces entitled Morceaux de fantaisie, …
