Rachmaninov’s Prelude No. 5 in G Minor, Op. 23, was completed in 1901. It was included in his Opus 23 set of ten preludes, despite having been written two years …
Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C Major, Op. 3, is a composition for cello and piano by Frédéric Chopin. It was one of Chopin’s first published compositions.
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757) who wrote the Sonata K. 466 in F Minor was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families.
The Kreutzer Sonata for violin and piano, No 9, by Ludwig van Beethoven, is notable for its technical difficulty and unusual length (around 40 minutes) and emotional scope.
The third Prelude, in G major, returns to volatility. It belongs to the category of ‘etudal’ preludes, characterised by a quick tempo, lightness and mobility. It develops a single textural idea.
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, was completed on 9 March 1785, four weeks after the completion of the previous D minor concerto, K. 466. The second movement, Andante, is one of Mozart’s most famous masterpiece.
Bagatelle No 25 in A minor (WoO 59 and Bia 515) for solo piano, commonly known as Für Elise is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most popular compositions. It was not published during his lifetime, only being discovered (by Ludwig Nohl) forty years after his death,
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757) who wrote the Sonata K 87 in B Minor was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families.
Later used as the fourth and last entrée from Les Indes galantes (The Amorous Indies), Les Sauvages from Jean-Philippe Rameau is the sixth piece from his Suite in G major/G minor for harpsichord (Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin).
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth. 66 was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana, who published the piece after Frédéric Chopin’s death, despite the composer request not to do so.