La campanella (Italian for The little bell) is the nickname given to the third of Franz Liszt‘s Six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 (1851). It is in the key …
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 Rachmaninoff as soloist on 2 December 1900.
Les Jeux d’Eau à la Villa d’Este (The Fountains of the Villa d’Este) is the fourth piece from Franz Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) troisième année (third year). Written in F-Sharp Major, it was composed in 1877.
The Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 was completed in the year 1845 and is the only piano concerto written by the German Romantic composer Robert Schumann. The work was premiered in Dresden on December 4, 1845.
This Intermezzo is the second of the Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118, that Johannes Brahms wrote for solo piano. Completed in 1893 and dedicated to Clara Schumann, the collection was the penultimate composition published during Brahms’ lifetime.
At first La Catedral was composed 1921 in Montevideo (Uruguay), subtitled “Dístico sacro” with just the 2 pieces “Andante religioso” + “Allegro solemne”. The “Preludio (Saudade)” was composed in Habana (Cuba) 1938 and added as the 1st piece of La Catedral in 1939.
Chopin’s Piano Sonata No 3 in B Minor, Op. 58, is the last of the composer’s piano sonatas. Completed in 1844 and dedicated to Countess Émilie de Perthuis, the work is considered to be one of Frédéric Chopin’s most difficult compositions, both technically and musically.
Erlkönig (Elf King) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It depicts the death of a child assailed by a supernatural being, the Erlkönig, often half-translated as Erlking, though the eponymous character is clearly some kind of demon.
Kreisleriana 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, Schumann called it in a letter my favorite work.
The Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano by César Franck is one of his best-known compositions, and is considered one of the finest sonatas for violin and piano ever written.
