R. Schumann: Complete Works for Cello & Piano
Originally written for oboe (unique composition for this instrument), the "Drei Romanzen", Op. 94 were composed in late 1849 when Schumann seemed to be inspired by old legends. Same character has the "Fünf Stücke im Volkston", Op. 102, of the same year. The pieces proved more challenging to Schumann as they took over two weeks to compose. ...
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4 - K. 394, 396, 397, 475, 457, 485 & 511
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Satie: Piano Works, Vol. 1 – Pièces humoristiques & Other Works
Erik Satie's music is recognized as original and tremendously innovative, and not only by the academic world. Debussy, Ravel, Milhaud, and many others drew inspiration from it. Satie created an absolutely new language, often extemporaneous and unpretentious, but which opened new horizons in music history. ...
Composer: Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Schubert: Piano Sonatas D. 279, D. 459, D. 459a & Adagio in G Major, D. 178
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 - K. 540, 494, 545, 570 & 576
Spanning the length of his mature career, Mozart's piano sonatas were written between 1774 and 1788, and occupy a fundamental position within the keyboard repertoire. The early sonatas were influenced by the so-called "style galant” of the Bach brothers Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel, though we hear clear references to some of the traits that characterized the keyboard music of earlier ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Three minor (two of them were most probably unfinished) works by Erik Satie. The three sections are written with no bar lines, implying a free metric structure. Each piece is written in an elegant melody/accompaniment chorale style, exhibiting an interplay of two themes in austere but cleverly designed ...
Composer: Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin
The Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001–1006, by Johann Sebastian Bach are compositions written for solo violin in accordance with Bach's headings in the autograph manuscript. The set consists of three sonatas (da chiesa), in four movements, and three partitas (or partias), in dance-form movements. ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Rota: 15 Preludes for Piano – Nos. 2, 9 & 13
Composer: Nino Rota (1911–1979)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 – K. 284, 309, 310 & 311
Spanning the length of his mature career, Mozart's piano sonatas were written between 1774 and 1788, and occupy a fundamental position within the keyboard repertoire. The early sonatas were influenced by the so-called "style galant” of the Bach brothers Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel, ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Einaudi: I giorni & Una mattina
Two pieces written by the Italian contemporary composer Ludovico Einaudi. “The Days” (originally “I giorni”) from the homonymous album was certified gold for 400,000 adjusted sales in United Kingdom in 2022. “Una Mattina”: the most famous piece from the album (“Una Mattina”, 2004) and also main theme of the soundtrack from the film “Untouchables”. ...
Composer: Ludovico Einaudi (1955)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
J.S. Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWVV 1007-1012
The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are some of the most frequently performed solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–1723, when he served as Kapellmeister in Köthen. The title given on the cover of the Anna Magdalena Bach ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata in A-flat major D 557 was composed in May 1817. The work is relatively short and a performance takes somewhat between 10 and 15 minutes. The sonata is cheerful and uncomplicated, and carries remembrances of Mozart and the Baroque era. The fact that the last movement is in the key of E-flat major rather than ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 81a, 101 & 106 Hammerklavier
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his 32+4 Piano Sonatas - including 4 Sonatinas (doubtfull) - between 1782 and 1822. Although originally not intended to be a meaningful whole, as a set they comprise one of the most important collections of works in the history of music. Hans von Bulow called them "The New Testament" of the piano literature ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 7, 14 & 22
Beethoven's early sonatas were highly influenced by those of Haydn and Mozart. The first three sonatas, written in 1782-3 are usually not acknowledged as part of the complete set of piano sonatas, due to the fact that he was 13 when they were published. His Piano Sonatas No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, and 15 are four movements long, which ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
J.S. Bach: Inventions, Duets & Sinfonias, BWVV 772-805
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 contrapuntal pieces. They were originally written ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Chopin: Waltz in E Major, B. 44, Waltz in A Minor, B. 150 & Waltz in E Minor, B. 56
Waltz in E major, B. 44 is one of his lesser known waltzes, discovered in his folder containing musical works that he did not want to be published. Waltz No. 19 in A minor, B. 150, KK IVb/11, P. 2/11, is a waltz for solo piano. The waltz was written sometime between 1843 and 1848, but was not published until 1860, after the composer's death, by Jacques Maho. ...
Composer: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mozart: Nannerl Notenbuch, Pt. 1
The early Mozart's compositions, penned by his father Leopold, were inserted in the "Nannerl Notenbuch", a music book destinated to the Mozart' sister Maria Anna Mozart, known as "Nannerl". The catalog numbers of these pieces starts from K. 1 to K. 5. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mozart: Early Works from the Nannerl’ Book [part 2]
The early Mozart's compositions, penned by his father Leopold, were inserted in the "Nannerl Notenbuch", a music book destinated to the Mozart' sister Maria Anna Mozart, known as "Nannerl". The catalog numbers of these pieces starts from K. 6 to K. 8 and includes the piano transcriptions from the early violin sonatas. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
J.S. Bach: Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach [1722]
The title Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach refers to either of two manuscript notebooks Bach presented to his second wife, Anna Magdalena. Keyboard music (minuets, rondeaux, polonaises, chorales, sonatas, preludes, musettes, marches, gavottes) makes up most of both notebooks, and a few pieces for voice (songs, and arias) are included. ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
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