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Prokofiev - Toccata in D minor - Wang, Piano

Prokofiev – Toccata in D Minor – Yuja Wang, 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.

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

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Liszt – Concerto for Piano No. 2 – Khatia Buniatishvili

Franz Liszt wrote drafts for his Concerto for Piano 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.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Toccata

Schumann – Toccata – Martha Argerich, Piano

The Toccata in C major, Op. 7 by Robert Schumann, was completed in 1830 and revised in 1833. The piece is in sonata-allegro form. It was originally titled Etude fantastique en double-sons (Fantastic Study in Double Notes),

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

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 / Piano

Schumann – Kreisleriana IV (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.

Schubert - Fantasia in F Minor - Martha Argerich & Eduardo Delgado, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Fantasy / Piano

Schubert – Fantasia – Argerich & Delgado, Piano

The Fantasia in F Minor by Franz Schubert, D.940 (Op. posth. 103), for piano four-hands (two players at one piano), is one of Schubert’s most important works for more than one pianist and one of his most important piano works altogether.

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).