The third Prelude, in G major, returns to volatility. It belongs to the category of ‘etudal’ preludes, characterised by a quick tempo, lightness and mobility. It develops a single textural idea.
Asturias (Leyenda) is a musical work written by the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz. Famous played at guitar, it was originally written for the piano and set in the key of G minor.
Scriabin’s etude in c-sharp minor was written in 1887, when the composer was just 15 years old. It was the first of the Three Pieces, Op. 2, and was one …
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth. 66 was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana, who published the piece after Frédéric Chopin’s death, despite the composer request not to do so.
The Scherzo No 3 Op. 39 in C-Sharp Minor by Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1839, was written in the abandoned monastery of Valldemossa on the Balearic island of Majorca, Spain. …
Thaïs is an opera, a comédie lyrique in three acts and seven tableaux, by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet, based on the novel Thaïs by Anatole France.
In the Prelude No 9 in E major we hear the gravity of loftiness and depth. It is often called a march-hymn prelude, and it does indeed display hymn-like elements and a gravity and sublimity of character.
Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea (21 November 1852 – 15 December 1909) who composed Capricho Arabe was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the Romantic period.
Kreisleriana, Op. 16, 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.
Feux Follets (Wills o’ the Wisp) is the fifth étude of the set of twelve Transcendental Études by Franz Liszt. As with the other works in the Études but one, …
