The great Argentine pianist Martha Argerich plays Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58. The piece was composed in 1844 and dedicated to Countess Emilie de Perthuis. This performance was recorded in Hamburg on June 25, 2020.
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio [Kantorow, Petrova, Pascal]
Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Liya Petrova (violin), and Aurélien Pascal (cello) perform Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50. This performance was recorded during the Festiv’Elmire 2020.
Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 [Bezuidenhout, Faust, Eberle]
Isabelle Faust (violin), Sol Gabetta (Cello), and Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) perform Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major for piano, violin, and cello, D. 929, one of the last compositions completed by the composer. This performance was recorded at the Solsberg Festival 2021.
Schumann: Piano Concerto [Martha Argerich, Zubin Mehta]
Accompanied by the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), the great Argentine pianist Martha Argerich performs Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. This performance was recorded at the Wiener Musikverein, Goldener Saal on September 18, 2022.
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata [Božo Paradžik, Mira Wollmann]
Božo Paradžik (double bass) and Mira Wollmann (piano) perform Franz Schubert’s Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821, also known as the “Arpeggione Sonata”. The sonata is originally written for arpeggione, a six-stringed musical instrument, fretted and tuned like a guitar, but bowed like a cello, and thus similar to the bass …
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Chopin: Minute Waltz [Marc-André Hamelin]
Canadian virtuoso pianist and composer Marc-André Hamelin plays Frédéric Chopin’s Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, sometimes known as “Valse du petit chien” (French for “Waltz of the puppy”), and popularly known in English as the Minute Waltz.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Marios Papadopoulos]
Accompanied by the Pan-European Philharmonia, the Cypriot-born British pianist Marios Papadopoulos performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15. Conductor: Peter Tiboris. Recorded at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio on March 23, 2023. Encore: Für Elise.
Debussy: Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano, L. 140 [Spruit, Cai]
Dutch musicians violinist Charlotte Spruit and pianist Yang Yang Cai perform Claude Debussy‘s Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano, L. 140.
Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 [Anna Fedorova]
Ukrainian classical pianist Anna Fedorova plays Frédéric Chopin’s Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2, the second work of his opus 64, and the companion to the more famous “Minute Waltz” (Op. 64, No. 1). An excerpt from the concert recorded in public at studio 106 of the Maison de la Radio on November …
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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 “Les Adieux” [Sir András Schiff]
Hungarian-born British pianist Sir András Schiff plays Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, also known as the Les Adieux sonata. This performance was recorded in Japan in 2020.