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Schumann - Piano Concerto in A Minor - Grimaud, Piano

Schumann – Concerto in A Minor – Grimaud, Piano

The Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54, was completed in the year 1845 and is the only piano concerto written by Robert Schumann who had earlier worked on several piano concerti who were never completed.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Mazurka / Piano

Chopin – Mazurka Op. 59 No. 1 – Argerich, Piano

Mazurka Op. 59 No. 1 in A Minor is the opening piece of Mazurkas Op. 59, a set of three Mazurkas for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin. The set was composed and published in 1845.

Chopin - Ballade No 1 in G minor - Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Ballade / Piano

Chopin – Ballade No. 1 – Yuja Wang, Piano

Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23, dates to sketches Chopin made in 1831 during his eight-month stay in Vienna. It was completed in 1835 after his move to Paris.

Schumann - Kinderszenen - Horowitz, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Schumann – Kinderszenen – Vladimir Horowitz, Piano

Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15, by Robert Schumann, is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written in 1838. Schumann wrote 30 movements for this work but chose 13 for the final version.

The pianist Arthur Rubinstein performs Liszt's Dream Love

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Liszt – Dreams of Love – Rubinstein, Piano

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

IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC / Suite

Debussy – Clair de Lune (Moonlight) – Grimaud, Piano

Clair de Lune (Moonlight) in D-Flat Major is the third and most famous movement from Claude Debussy’s Suite bergamasque. Its name comes from Verlaine’s poem “Clair de lune”, which means “moonlight” in French.

Chopin - 24 Preludes for Piano Op 28 - Wang, Piano

Piano / Prelude / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Prelude No. 3 – Yuja Wang, Piano

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.

Chopin - Étude No. 5 (Black Key) - Horowitz, Piano

Etude / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Étude Op. 10 No. 5 (Black Key) – Horowitz, Piano

Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G-Flat Major, is known as the “Black Key Étude” as, except for one note, its right-hand part is entirely on black keys.

Chopin - Prelude No 16 Op 28 in B-Flat Minor - Argerich, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Chopin – Prelude No. 16 – Martha Argerich, Piano

Chopin’s 24 Preludes Op. 28, are a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839. Chopin’s Prelude No 16 in B-Flat Minor, Presto con fuoco, is certainly the most difficult of the set.

Chopin - Piano Concerto No 2 in F Minor - Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2 – Yuja Wang

The Piano Concerto No. 2 was composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1829. Chopin wrote the piece before he had finished his formal education, at around 20 years of age. It was first performed on 17 March 1830, in Warsaw, Poland, with the composer as soloist.