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.
Chopin’s Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin. It has been nicknamed the “Sunshine” étude. This work follows on from No. 7 as being primarily another work concerned with counterpoint.
The Mephisto Waltzes are four waltzes composed by Franz Liszt from 1859 to 1862, from 1880 to 1881, and in 1883 and 1885. Nos. 1 and 2 were composed for orchestra, and later arranged for piano, piano duet and two pianos, whereas nos. 3 and 4 were written for piano only.
Córdoba, Op. 232, No. 4, is a composition by Isaac Albéniz, originally written for piano as part of Chants d’Espagne. Since it has been transcribed for guitar by Miguel Llobet, …
The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, is a concertante work for solo piano and symphony orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff. It closely resembling a piano concerto, albeit …
Franz Schubert composed his Lied Erlkönig for solo voice and piano at the age of 17 or 18 in 1815, setting text from Goethe’s poem. Schubert revised the song three times before publishing his fourth version in 1821 as his Opus 1.
Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor was written in Dresden and completed on September 23, 1909. The concerto was first performed on Sunday afternoon, November 28, 1909, by Sergei Rachmaninoff himself.
The Chorale Prelude in F-minor is part of the Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book) BWV 599−644, a collection of 46 chorale preludes for organ written by Johann Sebastian Bach.
One of Frédéric Chopin most famous masterpiece, the Prelude No 15 in D-Flat Major, nicknamed “Raindrop”, strikes one at first as an oasis of peace and calm. However, the transition from the bright key of D flat major to the tenebrous C sharp minor brings dark, gloomy, disturbing sonorities.
