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
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
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
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
Rachmaninoff: Piano Works (Live)
“This pianist has infinite possibilities!” – Stephen Kovacevich, Concert Artist MinJung Baek, a Fellowship recipient from the legendary pianist Earl Wild, is the winner of the 2006 Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition....
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1934)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Along with Maurice Ravel, Achille-Claude Debussy was one of the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions. ...
Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 2 Nos. 1-3
Beethoven’s Opus 2, published in Wien in March 1796, is the first work in which the composer’s strong personality is declared. Accordingly to Carli Ballola, Piano Sonatas Op. 2 are the manifesto of the style that the composer achieved in the early XVIII century and that will be characterizing of the following years: this is, according to Lenz, the so-called ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. E. Impellizzeri for String Quartet)
When the Russian designer and architect Viktor Hartmann died unexpectedly of an aneurysm in 1873, Mussorgsky fell into a state of profound depression. The two artists had grown close. A memorial exhibition was quickly planned, and over four hundred of Hartmann's works were ...
Composer: Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
The Polonaise Fantaisie, Op. 61 (1846), a piece that is perhaps the composer's most intimate autobiographical confession, was looked by Franz Liszt looked with suspicion, and considered it a reflection of Chopin’s irremediable illness. Today, not only is it considered one of Chopin's greatest achievements, but also shows the ...
Composer: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
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 ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Op. 30 Nos. 1-3, Vol 2
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 ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre:
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 4 & 9
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 ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 10, 78 & 79
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 ....
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Liszt: Les préludes & Faust-Symphonie (Version for 2 Pianos)
Possibly the first example of symphonic poem, “Les préludes” (1854) originated from an earlier setting of four poems by Joseph Autran from mixed chorus and piano, completed in 1845. Three years later, Liszt’s new interest in orchestration compelled him to elaborate the four movements into an ...
Composer: Ferencz Liszt (1811-1886)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
