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Schumann - Kreisleriana VI (Sehr Langsam) - Hélène Grimaud, Piano

Schumann – Kreisleriana VI (Sehr Langsam) – Grimaud, Piano

Kreisleriana, Op. 16, is a composition in eight movements by Robert Schumann for solo piano, subtitled Phantasien für das Pianoforte. It was written in only four days in April 1838 and a revised version appeared in 1850.

Prokofiev – Toccata in D Minor – Martha Argerich, Piano

The Toccata in D minor Op. 11 for solo piano was written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1912 and debuted by the composer on December 10, 1916 in Petrograd.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Mendelssohn – Songs Without Words Op. 67 No. 2 – Wang, Piano

Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte) is a series of short lyrical piano pieces by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn, written between 1829 and 1845. His sister Fanny Mendelssohn and other composers also wrote pieces in the same genre.

Chopin - Prelude No. 15 (Raindrop) - Horwitz, piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Raindrop Prelude (No. 15), Chopin – Horowitz, Piano

The Prelude No 15 in D-Flat Major, nicknamed “Raindrop”, strikes one at first as an oasis of peace and calm. However, the transition from the bright key of D-Flat Major to the tenebrous C sharp minor brings dark, gloomy, disturbing sonorities.

Martha Argerich performs Haydn's piano concerto No. 11 in D Major

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Haydn – Piano Concerto No. 11 – Martha Argerich

Joseph Haydn’s Keyboard Concerto No 11 in D major (Hob. XVIII/11) was written between 1780 and 1783, and published in 1784. It was originally composed for harpsichord or fortepiano and scored for an orchestra in a relatively undeveloped galant style.

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 29 (Hammerklavier) - Wang, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Beethoven – Sonata No. 29 (Hammerklavier) – Yuja Wang, Piano

Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 (known as the Hammerklavier) is a piano sonata that is widely viewed as one of the most important works of the composer’s third period and among the greatest piano sonatas of all time.

Chopin - Ballade No 1 in G Minor - Hélène Grimaud, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Ballade / Piano

Chopin – Ballade No. 1 – Grimaud, Piano

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23, dates to sketches Chopin made in 1831 during his eight-month stay in Vienna. It was completed in 1835 after his move to Paris, where he dedicated it to Baron Nathaniel von Stockhausen, the Hanoverian ambassador to France.