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Liszt – Dreams of Love – Buniatishvili, Piano

Dreams of Love is a set of three solo piano works published in 1850 by Franz Liszt. Originally the three Liebesträume were conceived as lieder after poems by Ludwig Uhland and Ferdinand Freiligrath.

Rachmaninoff, Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor - Hélène Grimaud

Rachmaninoff – Piano Sonata No. 2 – Hélène Grimaud

Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36, in B-Flat Minor, was composed by Sergei Rachmaninov in 1913. Rachmaninoff revised it in 1931, with the note, “The new version, revised and reduced by author.”

Chopin - Prelude No 24 in D Minor - Argerich, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Chopin – Prelude No. 24 – Martha Argerich, Piano

Prelude No. 24 is the last one of Chopin’s 24 Preludes, a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839. Frédéric Chopin wrote them between 1835 and 1839.

Ravel - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand - Wang, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Concerto for the Left Hand (Ravel) – Wang, Piano

The Piano Concerto for the Left Hand was composed by Ravel between 1929 and 1930, concurrently with his Piano Concerto in G. It was commissioned by the Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm during World War I.

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Choral / Fantasy / Piano

Beethoven – Choral Fantasy – Argerich, Piano; Ozawa, Conductor

The Fantasy (Fantasia) for piano, vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra, was composed in 1808 by Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven intended the Fantasy to serve as the concluding work for the benefit concert he put on for himself on 22 December 1808.

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Lied / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC / Transcription

Schubert-Liszt – Liebesbotschaft (Message of Love) – Wang, Piano

Liebesbotschaft (Message of love, the singer invites a stream to convey a message to his beloved.) is the first lied from Schwanengesang, a collection of songs written by Franz Schubert at the end of his life and published posthumously.

Liszt - Transcendental Etude No 5, Feux Follets - Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Etude / Piano

Liszt – Feux Follets – Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

Feux Follets (Wills o’ the Wisp) is the fifth étude of the set of twelve Transcendental Études by Franz Liszt. As with the other works in the Études but one, Feux Follets went through three versions.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Variation

Chopin – Berceuse in D-Flat Major – Grimaud, Piano

Chopin’s Berceuse, Op. 57, is a lullaby to be played on the piano. He composed it in 1843/44 as variations in D-flat major. Frédéric Chopin originally called his work Variantes.

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No 3 in C Major - Argerich, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev) – Martha Argerich

Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op 26, was completed in 1921. Sergei Prokofiev began his work on the concerto as early as 1913 when he wrote a theme with variations which he then set aside.

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No 2 in G Minor - Wang, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 2 – Yuja Wang

Sergei Prokofiev set to work on his Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1912 and completed it in 1913. But that version of the concerto is lost; the score was destroyed in a fire following the Russian Revolution.