Chico piano scene is from A Night at the Opera, a 1935 American comedy film starring the Marx Brothers. It was the first of five films the Marx Brothers made under contract for MGM after their departure from Paramount Pictures, and the first after Zeppo left the act.
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.
The Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60 is a piece for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin, composed between autumn of 1845 and summer 1846, three years before his death.
As price for a new Steinway piano are exorbitant you could be tempted by a used or restored one but they are still not cheap and they are things you should take care when buying one.
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. In 1839, soon after publishing it,
Trois mouvements de Petrouchka is an arrangement for piano of music from the ballet Petrushka by the composer Igor Stravinsky for the pianist Arthur Rubinstein. Stravinsky is very explicit in stating that …
This is a crazy version with 8 pianos and big classical music stars (Levine, Lang Lang, Kissin…) of The Ride of the Valkyries, the so famous beginning of Die Walküre Act III.
From the movie “The Big Store”, Chico and Harpo play in piano duet “Mamãe Eu Quero” (Mom, I want it), a very famous Brazilian song composed in 1937 by Vicente Paiva and Jararaca.
The Mephisto Waltzes are four waltzes composed by Franz Liszt from 1859 to 1862, from 1880 to 1881, and in 1883 and 1885. Of the four, the first is the most popular.
