The Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book) BWV 599−644 is a collection of 46 chorale preludes for organ written by Johann Sebastian Bach. All but three of them were composed during the period 1708–1717, while Bach was court organist at the ducal court in Weimar.
Mozart’s Violin Sonata No 32 in B-Flat Major (K. 454) was composed in Vienna on April 21, 1784. The sonata was written for a violin virtuoso Regina Strinasacchi of Mantua to be performed by them together at a concert in the Kärntnerthor Theater in Vienna on April 29, 1784.
Le tic-toc-choc, or Les maillotins is a piece from Couperin’s volume three of harpsichord music. Couperin’s four volumes of harpsichord music, published in Paris in 1713, 1717, 1722, and 1730, contain over 230 individual pieces.
Chopin’s Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, Op. posth., was composed in 1830 and published in 1870. Chopin dedicated this work to his older sister, Ludwika Chopin, with the statement: “To my sister Ludwika as an exercise before beginning the study of my second Concerto”.
Etude No. 6 Op. 25 in G-Sharp Minor composed by Frédéric Chopin is a technical study focusing on thirds, trilling them at a high speed. At one point, both hands play a chromatic-third scale.
Impromptu Op. 90 No. 2 is the second piece of a series of eight for solo piano composed in 1827 by Franz Schubert. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each.
The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work was written for private performance by an ad hoc ensemble of two pianos and other instruments.
Musical Moments from Chopin or Chopin’s Musical Moments is a 1946 Academy Award-nominated Andy Panda cartoon, co-starring Woody Woodpecker. It features music by Frédéric Chopin.
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 …
Impromptu Op 90 No 4 is the fourth piece of a series of eight for solo piano composed in 1827 by Franz Schubert. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each.
