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
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
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: 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
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor & Other Works (Live)
Winner of the 1st prize, Audience prize, and a special prize for the best performance of the Liszt Sonata at the 8th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in 2015, Russian pianist Alexey Sychev is a laureate of over twenty-five international piano competitions across four continents. ...
Composer: Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 157 & 960
In 1815, barely eighteen years old and filled with enthusiasm, Franz Schubert ventured into writing his first sonata for piano. As a form, the sonata was seeing a marked decline in the early nineteenth century. But Schubert was honing his craft, and writing sonatas was part of both a creative process ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
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. ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Schubert: Piano Sonatas D. 958, D. 784 & Other Works
In his final year, just as in earlier attempts at composing for the piano, Schubert looked at Beethoven for inspiration. Tragic in essence, the Sonata in C Minor, D 958 presents strong evidence of this: the opening measures evoke the passacaglia-like theme that Beethoven used for ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
Brahms: 25 Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 & 8 Piano Pieces, Op. 76 (Live)
“Her music style unites subtlety and intelligence” (Russian Line Agency) Maria Narodytska is a laureate in piano and composition at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of The Ukraine under the guidance of Natalia Tolpygo and Iryna Aleksiychuk. Ms. Narodytska won over twenty-five awards in international ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 9, 10 & 26
With the Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 7, published by Artaria “for harpsichord and piano” in 1797, Beethoven expands the scope of keyboard technique and structural proportions. Indeed, some of the passagework in the outer movements must have been prohibitive to most amateur pianists; ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
