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Dvorak – Quintet No. 2 – Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major is a quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola, and cello. It was composed between August 18 and October 8, 1887, and was premiered in Prague on January 6, 1888.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Sonata

Chopin – Cello Sonata – Capuçon, Cello; Wang, Piano

The Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65, was written by Frédéric Chopin in 1846. It is one of only nine works of Chopin published during his lifetime that were written for instruments other than piano (although the piano still appears in every work he wrote).

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Quintet / Viola / Violin

Schumann – Piano Quintet – Grimaud, Capuçon, Shoji, Tomter, Maisky

The Piano Quintet by Robert Schumann was composed in 1842 and received its first public performance the following year. Noted for its “extroverted, exuberant” character, Schumann’s piano quintet is considered one of his finest compositions.

Brahms - Piano Quintet - Yuja Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Quintet / Viola / Violin

Brahms – Piano Quintet – Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

The Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, by Johannes Brahms was completed during the summer of 1864 and published in 1865. It was dedicated to Her Royal Highness Princess Anna of Hesse.

Rachmaninoff - Sonata for Cello & Piano in G Minor - Harrell Cello, Wang Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Sonata

Rachmaninoff – Sonata for Cello and Piano – Wang; Harrell

Rachmaninoff’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19 was completed in November 1901 and published a year later. Sergei Rachmaninoff regarded the role of the piano as not just an accompaniment but equal to the cello.

Mendelssohn - Trio No 2 - Wang, Piano; Kavakos, Violin; Capucon, Cello

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Trio / Violin

Mendelssohn – Trio No. 2 – Wang, Kavakos, Capuçon

Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66 was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1845 and published in February 1846. The work is scored for a standard piano trio consisting of violin, cello and piano.

Martha Argerich and Mstislav Rostropovich play Chopin's Introduction and Polonaise brillante for piano and cello

Duet / Cello / Piano / Polonaise / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Introduction and Polonaise Brillante – Argerich, Rostropovich

Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C Major, Op. 3, is a composition for cello and piano by Frédéric Chopin. It was one of Chopin’s first published compositions.

André Previn, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Müller-Schott play Mozart's trio No 5 in C major

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Trio / Violin

Mozart – Trio No. 5 – Mutter; Müller-Schott; Previn

Wolfgant Amadeus Mozart has written six trios with piano. During his lifetime, this kind was extremely popular in Vienna, violin often being replaced by a wind instrument like the clarinet or the flute.

Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma play Beethoven's triple concerto for violin, piano and cello

Concerto / Cello / CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Violin

Beethoven – Triple Concerto – Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Barenboim

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56, more commonly known as the Triple Concerto, was composed in 1803 and later published in 1804 under Breitkopf & Härtel.