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

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.

Chopin - Mazurka in C major Op. 24 No. 2 - Argerich, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Mazurka / Piano

Chopin – Mazurka Op. 24 No. 2 – Argerich, Piano

Mazurkas, Op 24 are a set of four Mazurkas for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin. The set was composed and published in 1836. Mazurka in C major is essentially a kind of folkloric cliché: a folk provenance can be found in all its themes.

Rachmaninoff- Concerto No. 2 - Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Rachmaninoff – Concerto No. 2 – Yuja Wang

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18, was composed between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The second and third movements were first performed with Sergei Rachmaninoff as soloist on 2 December 1900.

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.

Chopin - Mazurka in A Minor, Op 17 No 4 - Grimaud, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Mazurka / Piano

Chopin – Mazurka Op. 17 No. 4 – Hélène Grimaud, Piano

Mazurka in A Minor is the last one from Op 17, a set of four mazurkas composed by Frédéric Chopin between 1832 and 1833. It is a real masterpiece, in the form of a dance poem. Written in A minor, it is in 3/4 and is marked Lento, ma non troppo.

Mendelssohn - Double Concerto - Kremer, Argerich

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Concerto / Piano / Violin

Mendelssohn – Double Concerto – Kremer, Violin; Argerich, Piano

The Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D minor, MWV O4, also known as the Double Concerto in D minor, was written in 1823 by Felix Mendelssohn when he was 14 years old.

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

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Sonata

Rachmaninoff – Sonata for Cello and Piano – Capuçon, Wang

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.