Villa-Lobos – Prelude No. 1 – Villa-Lobos, Guitar
Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Prelude No. 1 is a guitar piece subtitled “Melodia lírica” (Lyrical Melody), in E minor. It’s the first of the Five Preludes, written in 1940. The others are …
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Rachmaninov – Prelude Op 3 No 2 in C-sharp minor – Kissin, Piano
Sergei Rachmaninov’s Prelude in C-sharp minor Op. 3, No. 2, is one of the composer’s most famous compositions. Part of a set of five piano pieces entitled Morceaux de fantaisie, …
Bach – Prelude BWV 998 in E-flat major – Vidovic, Guitar
Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998, is a musical composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach for Lute or Harpsichord. The piece was written around 1735. The original …
Bach / Siloti – Prelude in B minor – Gilels, Piano
Alexander Siloti made an arrangement of Bach’s prelude in E-minor from The Well Tempered Clavier, first book, transposing it to B minor. Alexander Ilyich Siloti was a Russian pianist, conductor …
Chopin – Prelude No. 3 in G major – Trifonov, Piano
Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28, are a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys (prelude No 3 is in G major), originally published …
Rachmaninov – Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor – Sokolov, pianist
Rachmaninov’s Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5, was completed in 1901. It was included in his Opus 23 set of ten preludes, despite having been written two years …
Villa-Lobos – Preludes 3 & 4 – Julian Bream, Guitar
Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Prelude No. 3 is a guitar piece subtitled “Homenagem a Bach” (Homage to Bach). It is in the key of A minor, and is the third of the …
Chopin – Prelude No 7 in A major – Andres Segovia, Guitar
Chopin’s prelude No. 7 is the shortest prelude from 24 Preludes, Op. 28, a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published …
Bach – Prelude and Fugue XIII, Book I – Pollini, Piano
The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, is a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, composed for solo keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. …
Bach – Prelude in C major BWV 846 – Yang, Guitar
The Prelude in C Major, BWV 846, is a keyboard composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is the first prelude in the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier, a …