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Liszt – Les Jeux d’Eau à la Villa d’Este – Grimaud, Piano

Les Jeux d’Eau à la Villa d’Este (The Fountains of the Villa d’Este) is the fourth piece from Franz Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) troisième année (third year). Written in F-Sharp Major, it was composed in 1877.

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.

Brahms - Intermezzo Op 118 No 2 - Wang, Piano; Ottensamer, Clarinet

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Clarinet / Intermezzo / Piano

Brahms – Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2 – Wang; Ottensamer

This Intermezzo is the second of the Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118, that Johannes Brahms wrote for solo piano. Completed in 1893 and dedicated to Clara Schumann, the collection was the penultimate composition published during Brahms’ lifetime.

The guitarist Ana Vidovic is playing Barrios' most famous piece, La Catedral

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Guitar

Barrios – La Catedral – Ana Vidovic, Guitar

At first La Catedral was composed 1921 in Montevideo (Uruguay), subtitled “Dístico sacro” with just the 2 pieces “Andante religioso” + “Allegro solemne”. The “Preludio (Saudade)” was composed in Habana (Cuba) 1938 and added as the 1st piece of La Catedral in 1939.

Chopin - Sonata No 3 in B Minor - Argerich, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Chopin – Piano Sonata No. 3 – Martha Argerich

Chopin’s Piano Sonata No 3 in B Minor, Op. 58, is the last of the composer’s piano sonatas. Completed in 1844 and dedicated to Countess Émilie de Perthuis, the work is considered to be one of Frédéric Chopin’s most difficult compositions, both technically and musically.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / CLASSICAL MUSIC / Lied / Piano

Schubert-Liszt – Erlkönig (Elf King) – Wang, Piano

Erlkönig (Elf King) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It depicts the death of a child assailed by a supernatural being, the Erlkönig, often half-translated as Erlking, though the eponymous character is clearly some kind of demon.

Schumann - Kreisleriana - Vladimir Horowitz, piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Schumann – Kreisleriana – Horowitz, Piano

Kreisleriana is a composition in eight movements by Robert Schumann for solo piano, subtitled Phantasien für das Pianoforte. It was written in only four days in April 1838 and a revised version appeared in 1850. In 1839, soon after publishing it, Schumann called it in a letter my favorite work.