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Leonidas Kavakos and Yuja Wang perform the Russian Dance from Stravinsky's Trois mouvements de Petrouchka

Stravinsky – Petrouchka, Russian Dance – Kavakos; Wang

The Russian Dance for violin and piano, was one of a number of transcriptions for violin and piano that Stravinsky made of his music with the help of violinist Samuel Dushkin in the early 1930s.

Renaud Capuçon and Martha Argerich perform César Franck's Sonata for violin and piano in A Major.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata / Violin

Franck – Violin Sonata – Renaud Capuçon, 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.

Yuja wang and the Shanghai Quartet play Schumann's Piano Quintett in E-Flat Major

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Quintet / Viola / Violin

Schumann – Piano Quintet – Wang, Shanghai String Quartet

The Piano Quintet by Robert Schumann was composed in 1842 and received its first public performance the following year. Noted for its “extroverted, exuberant” character, Schumann’s piano quintet is considered one of his finest compositions.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Quintet / Viola / Violin

Schumann – Piano Quintet – Grimaud, Capuçon, Shoji, Tomter, Maisky

The Piano Quintet by Robert Schumann was composed in 1842 and received its first public performance the following year. Noted for its “extroverted, exuberant” character, Schumann’s piano quintet is considered one of his finest compositions.

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Cello / Concerto / Piano / Violin

Beethoven – Triple Concerto – Wang, Maisky, Ehnes

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56, more commonly known as the Triple Concerto, was composed in 1803 and later published in 1804 under Breitkopf & Härtel.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Quintet / Viola / Violin

Dvorak – Quintet No. 2 – Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major is a quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola, and cello. It was composed between August 18 and October 8, 1887, and was premiered in Prague on January 6, 1888.

Brahms - Piano Quintet - Yuja Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Quintet / Viola / Violin

Brahms – Piano Quintet – Wang, Soloists of Berliner Philharmoniker

The Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, by Johannes Brahms was completed during the summer of 1864 and published in 1865. It was dedicated to Her Royal Highness Princess Anna of Hesse.

Mendelssohn - Trio No 2 - Wang, Piano; Kavakos, Violin; Capucon, Cello

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cello / Piano / Trio / Violin

Mendelssohn – Trio No. 2 – Wang, Kavakos, Capuçon

Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66 was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1845 and published in February 1846. The work is scored for a standard piano trio consisting of violin, cello and piano.

Schubert - Violin Sonata No 4 (Grand Duo) - Buniatishvili, Piano; Batiashvili, Violin

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata / Violin

Schubert – Violin Sonata No. 4 – Buniatishvili; Batiashvili

The Violin Sonata No 4 (also known as the “Duo” or “Grand Duo”) in A Major for violin and piano by Franz Schubert was composed in 1817.

The violinist Gidon Kremer and the pianist Martha Argerich play the first movement of Beethoven's Violin Sonata No 5 in F major

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata / Violin

Beethoven – Spring Sonata – Kremer, Violin; Argerich, Piano

Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Opus 24, was published in 1801. It is often known as the Spring Sonata. This name of Spring Sonata was given to it after Ludwig van Beethoven’s death.