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Brahms - Rhapsody No 1 in B Minor - Hélène Grimaud, Piano

Brahms – Rhapsody No. 1 – Hélène Grimaud, Piano

The Rhapsodies, Op. 79, for piano were written by Johannes Brahms in 1879 during his summer stay in Pörtschach, when he had reached the maturity of his career.

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor - Martha Argerich

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 – Martha Argerich

The Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between November 1874 and February 1875. It was revised in the summer of 1879 and again in December 1888.

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.

BAROQUE MUSIQUE / Concerto / Piano

Bach – Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 – Grimaud, Piano

The Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 is Bach first harpsichord concerto. Like the other harpsichord concertos, it is generally believed to be a transcription of a lost concerto composed in Cöthen or Weimar and many scholars suggested that the original melody instrument was probably the violin.

Martha Argerich plays Chopin's Scherzo No 2 in B-flat minor

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Scherzo

Chopin – Scherzo No. 2 – Argerich, Piano

Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, op. 31, by Frédéric Chopin was composed and published in 1837, and was dedicated to Countess Adèle Fürstenstein. Schumann compared this scherzo to a Byronic poem, so overflowing with tenderness, boldness, love and contempt.

Ligeti - Etude 10, Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) - Wang, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Etude / Piano

Ligeti – Etude No. 10, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Wang, Piano

4th piece from Book II, Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) is Ligeti’s Etude No 10 for piano and is dedicated to the French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard. György Ligeti composed a cycle of 18 études for solo piano between 1985 and 2001.

The guitarist John Williams is playing Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez famous second movement, Adagio

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Guitar / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez – Adagio – Williams, Guitar

The Concierto de Aranjuez is a composition for classical guitar and orchestra by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. Written in 1939, it is far and away Rodrigo’s best-known work.

Schumann - Piano Concerto in A Minor - Argerich, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Schumann – Piano Concerto in A Minor- Martha Argerich

The Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 was completed in the year 1845 and is the only piano concerto written by the German Romantic composer Robert Schumann. The work was premiered in Dresden on December 4, 1845.

Chopin - Étude Op. 10 No. 1 - Argerich, Piano

Etude / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Etude Op. 10 No. 1 – Argerich, Piano

Chopin’s Etude Op 10 No. 1 in C Major for solo piano was composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1829. It was first published in 1833 in France, Germany, and England as the first piece of his Études Op. 10.

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No 2 - Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 2 – Yuja Wang

The Piano Concerto No. 2 was written by Tchaikovsky in 1879–1880 and dedicated to Nikolai Rubinstein, who had insisted he be allowed to perform it at the premiere as a way of making up for his harsh criticism of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto.