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Yuja Wang performs Schumann's piano concerto in A minor

Schumann – Piano Concerto – Yuja Wang

The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 was completed in the year 1845 and is the only piano concerto written by the German Romantic composer Robert Schumann. The work was premiered in Dresden on December 4, 1845.

Beethoven - Emperor Concerto (No. 5) in E-Flat Major - Hélène Grimaud, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Beethoven – Emperor Concerto (No. 5) – Hélène Grimaud

The Piano Concerto No 5 by Beethoven, popularly known as the Emperor Concerto, was his last completed piano concerto. It was written between 1809 and 1811 in Vienna, and was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf, Beethoven’s patron and pupil.

Mozart - Piano Concerto No 10 - Wang & Shani, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Mozart – Concerto No. 10 for 2 Pianos – Wang & Shani

It is not known when Mozart completed his Piano Concerto No 10 but research shows that cadenzas for the first and third movements are written in his and his father’s handwriting on a type of paper used between August 1775 and January 1777.

Liszt - Piano Concerto No 2 in A Major - Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 2 – Khatia Buniatishvili

Franz Liszt wrote drafts for his Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S.125, during his virtuoso period, in 1839 to 1840. He then put away the manuscript for a decade. When he returned to the concerto, he revised and scrutinized it repeatedly.

Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Hélène Grimaud

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Mozart – Concerto No. 20 (Rondo) – Grimaud, 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.

Brahms - Piano Concerto No 1 - Grimaud, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 – Hélène Grimaud

The Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15, is a work for piano and orchestra completed by Johannes Brahms in 1858. The composer gave the work’s public debut in Hanover, the following year.

Mozart - Piano Concerto No 23 in A major (Adagio) - Buniatishvili, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Concerto

Mozart – Concerto No. 23 (Adagio) – Buniatishvili, Piano

Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K. 488) was finished on March 2, 1786, two months prior to the premiere of the opera, Le Nozze di Figaro and some three weeks prior to the completion of his next piano concerto.

George Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F Major - Wang, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

George Gershwin – Concerto in F – Wang, Piano

Concerto in F is a composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and orchestra which is closer in form to a traditional concerto than the earlier jazz-influenced Rhapsody in Blue.

Khatia Buniatishvili performs Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat minor.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky) – Khatia Buniatishvili

The Piano Concerto No 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between November 1874 and February 1875. It was revised in the summer of 1879 and again in December 1888.

Mozart - Piano Concerto No 23 in A major (Adagio) - Grimaud, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Concerto

Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23 (Adagio) – Hélène Grimaud

Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 23 in A major (K. 488) was finished on March 2, 1786, two months prior to the premiere of the opera, Le nozze di Figaro and some three weeks prior to the completion of his next piano concerto.