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The french pianist Hélène Grimaud plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in c-sharp minor first movement

Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata (Adagio) – Grimaud, Piano

Beethoven’s Sonata No. 14, popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata, is one of the most popular compositions for the piano.

Franck - Violin Sonata - Gitlis, Violin; Argerich, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata / Violin

Franck – Violin Sonata – Ivry Gitlis, Martha Argerich

The Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano by César Franck is one of his best-known compositions, and is considered one of the finest sonatas for violin and piano ever written.

Mozart - Piano Sonata No 8 - Grimaud, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 8 – Hélène Grimaud

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor, K. 310 / 300d, was written in 1778. The sonata is the first of only two Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart piano sonatas in a minor key (the other being No. 14 in C minor, K. 457).

Scriabin - Sonata No 10 - Yuja Wang, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Scriabin – Sonata No. 10 – Wang, Piano

The Piano Sonata No 10, Op. 70, was written by Alexander Scriabin in 1913. It was his final work in this form. The piece is highly chromatic and atonal like Scriabin’s other late works.

The Argentine pianist Martha Argerich performs Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in D minor K 141

BAROQUE MUSIQUE / Piano / Sonata

Scarlatti – Sonata in D Minor – Martha Argerich, Piano

Scarlatti’s sonata in D minor K 141 is one of Martha Argerich’s favorite encore. There are many videos available on Youtube, both professional and amateur recordings.

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.

Beethoven - Kreutzer Sonata, No 9 - Bell, Violin; Wang, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata / Violin

Beethoven – Kreutzer Sonata – Bell, Violin; Wang, Piano

The sonata No. 9 is commonly known as the Kreutzer Sonata after the violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer, to whom it was ultimately dedicated, but who thoroughly disliked the piece and refused to play it.

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.

Prokofiev - Sonata No 7 - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 7 – Khatia Buniatishvili

Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 (1942) (occasionally called the “Stalingrad”) is the second of the three “War Sonatas” written by Sergei Prokofiev. The sonata was first performed on 18 January 1943 in Moscow by Sviatoslav Richter.

Chopin - Sonata No 2 in B-Flat Minor - Yuja Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin) – Yuja Wang

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. The third movement of the Piano Sonata No 2 is Chopin’s famous funeral march.