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Liszt – Dreams of Love – Buniatishvili, Piano

Dreams of Love is a set of three solo piano works published in 1850 by Franz Liszt. Originally the three Liebesträume were conceived as lieder after poems by Ludwig Uhland and Ferdinand Freiligrath.

Schubert-Liszt – Gretchen am Spinnrade – Wang, Piano

Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), Op. 2, D 118, is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert using the text from Part One, scene 18 of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust. Gretchen am Spinnrade was originally composed for the soprano voice.

Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No 1 in A major - Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Waltz

Liszt – Mephisto Waltz No. 1 – Buniatishvili, Piano

The Mephisto Waltzes are four waltzes composed by Franz Liszt. 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.

Chopin - Sonata No 2 in B-Flat Minor - Argerich, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Chopin – Piano Sonata No. 2 – Martha Argerich

Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35, is a piano sonata in four movements. Frédéric Chopin completed the work while living in George Sand’s manor in Nohant, some 250 km (160 mi) south of Paris, a year before it was published in 1840.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Liszt – Funerailles – Vladimir Horowitz

Written in October 1849 in response to the crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 by the Habsburgs, Funérailles is the 7th and one of the most famous pieces in Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (Poetic and Religious Harmonies).

Brahms - Piano Sonata No 3 - Grimaud, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Brahms – Piano Sonata No. 3 (3st mov) – Grimaud

The Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor, Op. 5 of Johannes Brahms was written in 1853 and published the following year. The sonata is unusually large, consisting of five movements, as opposed to the traditional three or four.

Martha Argerich plays La Leggereza, one of Franz Liszt's Three Concert Etudes for piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Etude / Piano

Liszt – La Leggierezza – Martha Argerich, Piano

La Leggierezza (meaning “lightness”) is the second from Franz Liszt’s Three Concert Etudes. It is a monothematic piece with a very simple melodic line for each hand under an unusual Quasi allegretto tempo marking, usually ignored in favour of something slightly more frenetic.

Chopin - Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor - Yuja Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Impromptu / Piano

Chopin – Fantaisie-Impromptu – Wang, Piano

Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth. 66, is a solo piano composition. It was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana, who published the piece despite Frédéric Chopin’s request not to do so.

Chopin - Waltz No 3 in A Minor - Grimaud, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Waltz

Chopin – Waltz No. 3 – Grimaud, Piano

Chopin’s Waltz No 3 in A minor was written in 1834 and published in 1838. Frédéric Chopin’s waltzes are pieces of moderate length adhering to the traditional 3/4 waltz time, but are remarkably different from the earlier Viennese waltzes in that they were not designed for dancing but for concert performance.

The Chinese pianist Yuja Wang performs Sergei Rachmaninov's Vocalise in an arrangement for piano solo

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Rachmaninoff – Vocalise – Yuja Wang, Piano

Vocalise is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed and published in 1915 as the last of his 14 Songs or 14 Romances, Op. 34. Written for high voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment, it contains no words, but is sung using any one vowel of the singer’s choosing.