The Piano Concerto No. 2 was written by Tchaikovsky in 1879–1880 and dedicated to Nikolai Rubinstein, who had insisted he be allowed to perform it at the premiere as a way of making up for his harsh criticism of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto.
The Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15, is a work for piano and orchestra completed by Johannes Brahms in 1858. The composer gave the work’s public debut in Hanover, the following year.
The Waltz No 6 in D-flat major, (Op. 64, No. 1), popularly known as the Minute Waltz or Valse du petit chien, (The Little Dog Waltz), was dedicated by Frédéric Chopin to the Countess Delfina Potocka.
Chopin’s Prelude No 4 in E minor is one of the 24 preludes opus 28 for piano. By Frédéric Chopin’s request, this piece was played at his own funeral, along with Mozart’s Requiem. Hans von Bülow called the prelude “suffocation”, due to its sense of despair.
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.
Chopin’s Berceuse Op. 57 (1843–44) is a lullaby to be played on piano. It consists of variations in D-flat major. At first Frédéric Chopin titled the work Variations, but the title was altered for publication to the current Berceuse.
Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45 (sometimes listed as Prelude No 25), was composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1841. It was dedicated to Princess E. Czernicheff (Elisaweta Tschernyschewa).
Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte) is a series of short lyrical piano pieces by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn, written between 1829 and 1845. His sister Fanny Mendelssohn and other composers also wrote pieces in the same genre.
Indicated Presto, Moment Musical No. 4 in E Minor is the fastest of the six moments musicaux (French for “Six Musical Moments”), Op. 16, a set of solo piano pieces composed by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff between October and December, 1896.
