The Waltzes are perhaps Chopin's lighter works, even though they remain distant from the world of dance-music written for the ball room. Just as his mazurkas, Chopin’s waltzes were not conceived for dancing. Chopin’s first waltz dates to 1824, when he was fourteen; the last he wrote was the ...
Composer: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Brahms: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
In the early 19th century and earlier, the instrumental sonata for ensemble that included piano was usually called "piano sonata with instrumental accompaniment". Beethoven's first violin sonatas, for instance, were published as "sonatas for piano with violin accompaniment." While most sonatas with ....
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Clementi: Piano Sonata in B Minor, Op. 40 No. 2
Composer: Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 – Op. 12
Dedicated to Antonio Salieri, the Three Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Op. 12 were published in 1798, and part of an extremely prolific period in which Beethoven wrote and published feverishly. It was a matter of establishing himself as a prolific composer of genius, and he somehow managed to maintain ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest"
I love playing piano; I want to play music the way the composers intended their pieces to be, involving my heart, my creativity and talent...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Haydn: Divertimento in A Major, Hob. XVI:12
Born in Astrakhan. She graduated from the Moscow Conservatory studying piano under Prof. Yuri Slesarev and also composition (2013). She is continuing studies at the Royal College of Music in London under Prof. Norma Fisher and at the École Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot ...
Composer: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 4 - Opp. 47 & 23
Beethoven opened the new century with the publication of his first symphony, but also with that of other important works, such as four piano sonatas (Opp. 26, 27, and 28) and two sonatas for piano and violin – in A Minor, Op. 23, and F Major, Op. 24. Originally, the two sonatas were published in 1801 as a set, ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 959 & D. 537
It is hard to fathom how Franz Schubert’s career as a composer lasted only a decade when we consider how extraordinarily prolific it was. And it is ever more astonishing that the evolution of his language would be so immense, guided by harmonic and structural explorations that would have continued well into the ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 53, 54 & 57
Completed in the summer of 1804, the Sonata in C Major, Op. 53 known as “Waldstein” (the work was dedicated to Count Ferdinand von Waldstein) represents an extraordinary step toward sheer virtuosity. Particularly in the third movement, Rondo, new technical advances are introduced, such as melodies ...
Composer: Ludwig Von Beethoven
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Schubert: Impromptus Opp. 90 & 142
What’s in a title? When a composer sets out to compose, very often inspiration comes in the form of works of various length that do not have a specific designation. It was the case for Bach’s preludes from the Well-tempered Clavier, Beethoven’s bagatelles, or Chopin’s preludes – all works that were perhaps too short as ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797–1828):
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Yann Tiersen: Amélie & Other Piano Works
French composer Yann Tiersen has written music for various instruments, including guitar, piano, synthetizer, violin, accordion, xylophone, and melodica. Some of his compositions have been used in film scoring, such as “Amélie”, whose soundtrack primarily features excerpts from his first three ...
Composer: Yann Tiersen
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 3 – Op. 30
Beethoven opened the new century with the publication of his first symphony, but also with that of other important works, such as four piano sonatas (Opp. 26, 27, and 28) and two sonatas for piano and violin – in A Minor, Op. 23, and F Major, Op. 24. Originally, the two sonatas were published in 1801 as a set, under the opus number 23. ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11, Op. 22 & Other Works
The two albums OC19040B and OC19041B introduce Beethoven’s more intimate works that appropriately trace his evolution: from the four Sonatinas, WoO 50 and 51, Anh. 5/1, 5/2, composed in the late 1780s or early 1790s and published posthumously; exploring the four sonatas of the first-period (the Three Sonatas, Op. 10 and ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 13 & 27 & Other Works
In the first decade of his career as a published composer, Ludwig van Beethoven completed an enormous amount of music. Some of the most beloved sonatas for piano belong to this prolific period, marked not only by the desire to be acknowledged as an emerging composer of his time, ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Chopin: 4 Scherzos & Minor Works
The 4 Scherzi were composed within a span of less than a decade, from 1835 to 1843. They are recognized as some of the most important works by Chopin, and understandably so when we evaluate their contribution to pianism and to the genre (Chopin is the inventor of the large-scale scherzo for piano). ...
Composer: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1 – Opp. 24 & 96
The distinguished Italian violin & piano duo are well known on the continent for their powerful interpretations of the classics, and have recently recorded the entire oeuvre for violin and piano by Franz Liszt. They present one such piece in this, their Kings Place debut: ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772–801, also known as the Two- and Three-Part Inventions, are a collection of thirty short keyboard compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): 15 inventions, which are two-part contrapuntal pieces, and 15 sinfonias, which are three-part ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 4 – Op. 96 & 24
The success of the Three Sonatas, Op. 12 convinced Beethoven that the genre was worth exploring further: within three years, he completed two other sonatas for piano and violin – Opp. 23 and 24. Originally intended to be published under the same opus number (23), a printing mishap forced the ..
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 3 – Op. 12 Nos. 1-3
Dedicated to Antonio Salieri, the Three Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Op. 12 were published in 1798, and part of an extremely prolific period in which Beethoven wrote and published feverishly. It was a matter of establishing himself as a prolific composer of genius, and he somehow managed ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Joplin, Hayden & Others: Piano Works
It is difficult not to be won over by the rhythm and unmistakable thematic creativity of Scott Joplin's compositions. Born in 1867 or ’68 (the exact date is not known), and gifted with a natural talent, Joplin began to play as a self-taught pianist in the wealthy homes at which his ...
Composer: Scott Joplin, Joseph Haydn
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
