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Ricardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic playing the Radetzky March for the 2018 New Year Concert

Strauss I – Radetzky March 2026 – Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Radetzky March, Op. 228, is a march composed by Johann Strauss Sr. and dedicated to Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz. First performed on 31 August 1848 in Vienna, it …

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No 1 - Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 – Yuja Wang

The Piano Concerto No 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between November 1874 and February 1875. It was revised in the summer of 1879 and again in December 1888.

The french pianist Hélène Grimaud plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in c-sharp minor first movement

ROMANTIC MUSIC / CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata (Adagio) – Grimaud, Piano

Beethoven’s Sonata No. 14, popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata, is one of the most popular compositions for the piano.

Chopin - Waltz No 7 in C-sharp minor - Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Waltz

Chopin – Waltz No. 7 – Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

The Waltz No 7 in C-sharp minor was composed in 1847 and have three themes with different speeds. It is the second work of Frédéric Chopin’s opus 64 and the companion to the Minute Waltz (Op. 64, No. 1).

Victor Borge and Leonid Hambro play Chopin's Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major knows at Minute Waltz

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Duet / Piano / Waltz

Chopin – Waltz No. 6 (Minute Waltz) – Borge & Hambro, Piano

Chopin’s Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, Valse du petit chien (French for “Waltz of the little dog”), is popularly known in English as the “Minute Waltz”, is a piano waltz. Far before Arthur Rubinstein and Dinu Lipatti, this is the best performance for this waltz.

The Danse des Petits Cygnes from Tchaikovsky's ballet, Swan Lake

Ballet / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake – Danse Des Petits Cygnes

Danse des petits cygnes is a famous dance from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, from the ballet’s second act, the fourth movement of No. 13.

The guitarist Anna Vidovic performs Asturias (Leyenda) from Isaac Albéniz

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Guitar

Albéniz – Asturias (Leyenda) – Piano – Guitar

Asturias (Leyenda) is a musical work written by the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz. Famous played at guitar, it was originally written for the piano.

The Great Dictator, from Charlie Chaplin. Barber shop scene with Brahms music.

Movie / Dance / Orchestra / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5 – The Great Dictator, Chaplin

The Hungarian Dances (German: Ungarische Tänze) by Johannes Brahms (WoO 1), are a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, completed in 1869. Brahms originally wrote the version for piano four hands.

Etude / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Etude Op. 25 No. 1 in A-flat Major – Perahia

Étude Op. 25, No. 1 in A-flat major is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1836, and published in 1837. The work consists entirely of rapid arpeggios and harmonic modulations based on A-flat major.

Etude / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Etude Op. 25 No. 2 – Daniel Barenboim

Marked ‘Presto’, Chopin’s Étude Op. 25, No. 2, in F minor is based on a polyrhythm, with pairs of eighth-note (quaver) triplets in the right hand against quarter-note (crotchet) triplets in the left.