"Piano Concerto (Massenet) Jules Massenet's Piano Concerto is a 1902 work for piano solo and orchestra. It is scored for a typical-sized ensemble of the time. The concerto was performed in 1903 by Louis Diémer at the Conservatoire de Paris. After the premiere, it quickly fell into obscurity and is seldom heard today. In 1863, Massenet won the Prix de Rome as a composer, and moved to Rome. He remarked to his sister, ""I am working more at the piano. I’m studying Chopin's Études, but especially Beethoven and Bach as the true musician-pianist"". That year, he began sketches for his"
"Piano Concerto No. 23 (Mozart) The Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K. 488) is a composition for piano and orchestra written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was finished, according to Mozart's own catalogue, on March 2, 1786, two months prior to the premiere of his opera, ""Le nozze di Figaro"", and some three weeks prior to the completion of his next piano concerto. It was one of three subscription concerts given that spring and was probably played by Mozart himself at one of these. The concerto is scored for piano solo and an orchestra consisting of one flute,"
"intensity. The British musicologist Richard Wigmore calls the sonata ""Haydn's Appassionata"", referring to Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57. The music critic Stephen Plaistow, writing in Gramophone, suggests that the sonata is ""one of Haydn’s best and perhaps also the first great sonata for the piano by anybody"". The sonata is in three movements: The first movement is in sonata form. The movement's exposition and recapitulation are in tripartite structures, the parts of which the Finnish musicologist Lauri Suurpää classifies as ""initiating, medial and concluding"". In the exposition, the initiating passage is from measures 1 to 8, the medial"
"Piano Sonata No. 21 (Beethoven) Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, known as the , is one of the three most notable sonatas of his middle period (the other two being the ""Appassionata"", Op. 57, and ""Les Adieux"", Op. 81a). Completed in summer 1804 and surpassing Beethoven's previous piano sonatas in its scope, the """" is a key early work of Beethoven's ""Heroic"" decade (1803–1812) and set a standard for piano composition in the grand manner. The sonata's name derives from Beethoven's dedication to his close friend and patron Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein of"
"for instance) and with a central section whose opening in F sharp minor is interrupted by a clarinet tune in D major, an intrusion that, according to Girdlestone, reminds one that instrumental music at the time was informed by opera buffa and its sudden changes of point of view as well as of scene. Piano Concerto No. 23 (Mozart) The Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K. 488) is a composition for piano and orchestra written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was finished, according to Mozart's own catalogue, on March 2, 1786, two months prior to the premiere of"
"the publisher of a four-hand arrangement of the work. One of his greatest and most technically challenging piano sonatas, the ""Appassionata"" was considered by Beethoven to be his most tempestuous piano sonata until the twenty-ninth piano sonata (known as the ""Hammerklavier""). 1803 was the year Beethoven came to grips with the irreversibility of his progressively deteriorating hearing. An average performance of the entire ""Appassionata"" sonata lasts about twenty-five minutes. The sonata, in F minor, consists of three movements: A sonata-allegro form in time, the first movement progresses quickly through startling changes in tone and dynamics, and is characterised by an"
"Piano Sonata (Stravinsky) The Piano Sonata, sometimes also referred to as Sonata for Piano or in its original French form, Sonate pour piano, is a 1924 piano sonata by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky composed this sonata when he was in Biarritz and Nice in the summer of 1924. He finished it on October 21 that year. It was premiered by the composer himself at the Donaueschingen Festival in July 1925. It was eventually edited by Albert Spalding and published by Boosey & Hawkes in 1925. It is dedicated to the Princess Edmond de Polignac, Winnaretta Singer. The sonata is"
"with an added passing note) and downward passages transition into the main ""appassionato"" melody. The octave melody's dotted rhythms and the continuous accompaniment give an impression of tension. The piece ends by recalling the opening in a final descending sweep (with both hands) descending to a C major chord, although within a context that draws its expected function as a resolution into question. The pianist Alexander Dreyschock was renowned for playing the left hand part in octaves, an approximate reconstruction of which can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YboZVLoBS18 The end of the étude alludes to Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No."
"Piano Sonata No. 22 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54, was written in 1804. It is contemporary to the first sketches of the Symphony No. 5 in C Minor. It is one of Beethoven's lesser known sonatas, overshadowed by its widely known neighbours, the ""Waldstein"" and the ""Appassionata"".<br> The sonata consists of just two movements: The Sonata is remarkable in its concision, a precursor in some ways to the Sonata in E Major, Opus 109. The two movements present opposite faces on many levels: Donald Tovey writes: French musicologist Georges Kan says the"
"a coda which is modelled after the coda in the finale of Beethoven's ""Appassionata"" Sonata. Transcendental Étude No. 10 (Liszt) Transcendental Étude No. 10 in F minor, ""Appassionata"", is the tenth Transcendental Étude of a set of twelve by Franz Liszt. It is possibly the most played of the études and has a prominent melody. Passage work for the left hand is rather difficult, while the right hand plays the melody mostly in octaves. There are several portions where the left and right hands alternate to play descending chords reminiscent of the third concert etude, 'Un Sospiro'. Other difficulties include"
"57 in F minor op. 57 “Appassionata” Schubert Sonata in A minor Sonata nr. 23 in B flat major D960 4 Impromptus Op. 90 D899 Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15 Arabesque Op. 18 Kreisleriana Op. 16 Sonate no. 2 in G minor Op. 22 Carnaval Op. 9 Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte Chopin Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49 Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66 Ballade in G minor Ballade in A flat major Ballade in F major Scherzo in B minor Scherzo in B flat minor Polonaises Mazurkas Valses Nocturnes Etudes Brahms Klavierstücke Op. 119 2 Rhapsodies Op. 79 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition"
"variazioni"". Piano Sonata No. 12 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Piano Sonata No. 12 in A major, Op. 26, in 1800–1801, around the same time as he completed his First Symphony. He dedicated the sonata to Prince Karl von Lichnowsky, who had been his patron since 1792. Consisting of four movements, the sonata takes around 20–22 minutes to perform. The structure of the sonata is unconventional in that the piece opens with a relatively slow movement in the format of theme and variations. The third movement incorporates a funeral march, clearly anticipating the watershed of the Eroica Symphony that"
"minutes. The Menuetto is distinguished by the evolution in the main minuet sections from a fairly conventional theme to a highly chromatic, driven transition. String Quartet No. 23 (Mozart) The String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590, was written in June 1790 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is the third of the Prussian Quartets. There are four movements: The quartet was written for and dedicated to the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, an amateur cellist. It is written in a similar style to the quartets of Joseph Haydn. Mozart and his friend Karl Lichnowsky met the king"
"Piano Sonata No. 6 (Feinberg) The Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 13, by Samuil Feinberg was composed in 1923. The piece received its premiere on 4 September 1925 at the Festival of Contemporary Music in Venice. Its premiere was attended by famous composers of the time such as Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg. Feinberg's composition was well-received, and would remain his only piano sonata to receive a wide publication. The sonata received its premiere on 4 September 1925 at the Festival of Contemporary Music in Venice, with Feinberg himself as the soloist. The piece was well received and even resulted"
"Piano Sonata No. 3 (Scriabin) The Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23, by Alexander Scriabin was composed between 1897 and 1898. The sonata consists of four movements, typically spanning 18 minutes in performance. Scriabin had been married to a young pianist, Vera Ivanovna Isaakovich, in August 1897. Having given the first performance of his Piano Concerto at Odessa, Scriabin and his wife went to Paris, where he started to work on the new sonata. Scriabin is said to have called the finished work ""Gothic"", evoking the impression of a ruined castle. Some years later however, he devised"
"Allegretto for Piano Trio, WoO. 39 (Beethoven) The Allegretto for Piano Trio in B-flat major, WoO. 39 is a composition for piano trio by Ludwig van Beethoven that was composed in 1812 as a gift for Maximiliane Brentano, the then ten-year-old daughter of his friend Antonie Brentano. 8 years later he also dedicated the Piano Sonata Op. 109 to Maximiliane. The composition was first published in 1830 by F. P. Dunst in Frankfurt, along with the Piano Trio in E-flat major, WoO. 38, and the Piano Sonata in C major, WoO. 51. Beethoven composed the piece while travelling to Teplitz,"
"to seek, to find and never to yield"". Below is Kharitonov's repertoire in the 2015 XV International Tchaikovsky Competition: J. S. Bach - Prélude and Fugue in B-flat minor, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, No. 22, BWV 867. Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata No. 23 in F minor (“Appassionata”), Op. 57. Pyotr Tchaikovsky - “Méditation”, Op. 72, No. 5. Franz Liszt - Étude in F minor from the Transcendental Études for piano, S. 139, No. 10. Frédéric Chopin - Étude in G-sharp minor, op. 25, No. 6. Sergei Rachmaninov - Étude-tableau in D major, Op. 39, No. 9 Johann S."
"String Quartet No. 23 (Mozart) The String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590, was written in June 1790 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is the third of the Prussian Quartets. There are four movements: The quartet was written for and dedicated to the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, an amateur cellist. It is written in a similar style to the quartets of Joseph Haydn. Mozart and his friend Karl Lichnowsky met the king in Potsdam in April 1789. Mozart played before the king in Berlin on 26 May of that year. A typical performance lasts around 26"
"works (""Chez Max coiffeur pour hommes""), he asks her out and they begin an affair (""Ma Lou Marilou""), their erotic games (""Variations sur Marilou""), and ultimately about Marilou's murder by the narrator, turned jealous lover (""Meurtre à l’extincteur"", ""Marilou sous la neige""), and finally his decline into madness (""Lunatic Asylum""). ""Ma Lou Marilou"" is inspired by a section of the first movement of Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, known as the ""Appassionata"" composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. The album was inspired by the sculpture by Claude Lalanne of a man with a cabbage for a head,"
"3 Shostakovich Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings Tschaikowski Concerto no. 1 Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Britten Concerto for piano and strings Manuel de Falla Concerto for piano (cembalo), fl., ob., cl., vn. and vc. Repertoire piano solo: J. C. Bach Sonatas J. S. Bach Toccata in C minor Preludes/fuges Concerto in Italian style Haydn All Sonatas Mozart All sonatas Beethoven Bagatelles Op. 33 Sonata no. 8 in C minor “Pathétique” Sonata no. 14 Op. 27 no. 2 in C sharp minor “Moonlight” Sonata no. 15 Op. 28 in D major “Pastorale” Sonata no. 23 Op."
"Piano Sonata No. 12 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Piano Sonata No. 12 in A major, Op. 26, in 1800–1801, around the same time as he completed his First Symphony. He dedicated the sonata to Prince Karl von Lichnowsky, who had been his patron since 1792. Consisting of four movements, the sonata takes around 20–22 minutes to perform. The structure of the sonata is unconventional in that the piece opens with a relatively slow movement in the format of theme and variations. The third movement incorporates a funeral march, clearly anticipating the watershed of the Eroica Symphony that Beethoven"
"Transcendental Étude No. 10 (Liszt) Transcendental Étude No. 10 in F minor, ""Appassionata"", is the tenth Transcendental Étude of a set of twelve by Franz Liszt. It is possibly the most played of the études and has a prominent melody. Passage work for the left hand is rather difficult, while the right hand plays the melody mostly in octaves. There are several portions where the left and right hands alternate to play descending chords reminiscent of the third concert etude, 'Un Sospiro'. Other difficulties include cramped spacing (the hands are often close together), left-hand arpeggiated passage work, and the right"
"Piano Concerto No. 26 (Mozart) The Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and completed on 24 February 1788. It is generally known as the Coronation Concerto. The concerto is scored for solo piano, one flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpano (in D, A), and strings. The traditional name associated with this work is not Mozart's own, nor was the work written on the occasion for which posterity has named it. Mozart remarked in a letter to his wife in April 1789 that he had just performed this"
"triplets with eighth notes, whereas the invention-like third movement consists of sixteenth notes that makes it more lively, closer to Baroque styles. The second movement is closer to the Romantic style of Beethoven, who, in Stravinsky's estimation, was one of the ""greatest musical geniuses""; therefore, the ornamentation of the melody is more dense, which is unlike Stravinsky's simple and direct compositional style employed in the prior movement. Piano Sonata (Stravinsky) The Piano Sonata, sometimes also referred to as Sonata for Piano or in its original French form, Sonate pour piano, is a 1924 piano sonata by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky."
"written in sonata form. The tempo mark is ""Allegretto"". Performance takes about 5 minutes. Allegretto for Piano Trio, WoO. 39 (Beethoven) The Allegretto for Piano Trio in B-flat major, WoO. 39 is a composition for piano trio by Ludwig van Beethoven that was composed in 1812 as a gift for Maximiliane Brentano, the then ten-year-old daughter of his friend Antonie Brentano. 8 years later he also dedicated the Piano Sonata Op. 109 to Maximiliane. The composition was first published in 1830 by F. P. Dunst in Frankfurt, along with the Piano Trio in E-flat major, WoO. 38, and the Piano"
"in some publicity when the Dutch journal ""De Telegraaf"" pitted Feinberg's composition against the Piano Sonata of Igor Stravinsky, who was also in attendance of the festival. The 6th sonata encompasses a single movement, usually lasting around 15 minutes Piano Sonata No. 6 (Feinberg) The Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 13, by Samuil Feinberg was composed in 1923. The piece received its premiere on 4 September 1925 at the Festival of Contemporary Music in Venice. Its premiere was attended by famous composers of the time such as Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg. Feinberg's composition was well-received, and would remain his"
"they must be to Josephine whom he had loved passionately."" In the 1994 film ""Immortal Beloved"", Countess Guicciardi is played by Valeria Golino. Giulietta Guicciardi Julie (""Giulietta"") Guicciardi (23 November 178222 March 1856) was an Austrian countess and briefly a piano student of Ludwig van Beethoven. He dedicated his Piano Sonata No. 14 to her, which is now commonly known as the ""Moonlight Sonata"". Julie Guicciardi, as she was named by her family, was born in Przemyśl, Galicia in 1782. She arrived in Vienna with her parents from Trieste in June 1800, and her beauty caused her to be noticed"
"Piano Sonata No. 15 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. The name Pastoral or Pastorale became known through A. Cranz publishing of Beethoven's work, but was first coined by a London publisher, Broderip & Wilkinson. While not as famous as its immediate predecessor, Piano Sonata No. 14, it is generally admired for its intricate technicality as well as for its beauty. The sonata takes roughly twenty-five minutes to play with its intended repeats. Published in 1801, the work is dedicated to the Count Joseph von Sonnenfels. The sonata"
"theme played fortissimo. The second theme reappears, followed by another characteristic long line of beautiful dance-like music. Another series of fortissimo chords announces a short, delicate pianissimo section: the movement seems to die away but then unexpectedly segues into a prestissimo coda that plays with the various themes of the movement, ending in a triumphant rush of grandeur. Piano Sonata No. 21 (Beethoven) Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, known as the , is one of the three most notable sonatas of his middle period (the other two being the ""Appassionata"", Op. 57, and ""Les Adieux"","
"Piano Sonata No. 30 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, composed in 1820, is the antepenultimate of his piano sonatas. In it, after the huge ""Hammerklavier"" Sonata, Op. 106, Beethoven returns to a smaller scale and a more intimate character. It is dedicated to Maximiliane Brentano, the daughter of Beethoven's long-standing friend Antonie Brentano, for whom Beethoven had already composed the short Piano Trio in B major WoO 39 in 1812. Musically, the work is characterised by a free and original approach to the traditional sonata form. Its focus is the third movement,"
"its dramatic potential. Perhaps the clearest instance of the diminished seventh’s power to evoke mystery and terror can be found in the passage linking the two final movements of Beethoven’s ""Appassionata"", his piano sonata No. 23, Op. 57 (1806). The placid conclusion of the andante movement is interrupted first by a slowly rolled diminished seventh arpeggio played ""pianissimo"", followed by the same chord played an octave above, a sharp, stabbing fortissimo. By the end of the nineteenth century, composers had used the diminished seventh so much that it became a cliché of musical expression and consequently lost much its power"
"""Appassionata"". Gorky recounted a discussion with Lenin: Donnersmarck told a ""New York Times"" reporter: ""I suddenly had this image in my mind of a person sitting in a depressing room with earphones on his head and listening in to what he supposes is the enemy of the state and the enemy of his ideas, and what he is really hearing is beautiful music that touches him. I sat down and in a couple of hours had written the treatment."" The screenplay was written during an extended visit to his uncle's monastery, Heiligenkreuz Abbey. Although the opening scene is set in"
"9 • Franz Schubert - Simfonie n. 3, 4, 5, 6 • Giacomo Puccini - Messa di Gloria • Gioacchino Rossini - Stabat Mater, Petite messe Solennelle • Gustav Mahler - Simfonie n. 1, 5 • Ludwig van Beethoven - Simfonie n. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 • Modest Musorgskij - Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain • Piotr Iljič Čajkovski - 1812, Capriccio italiano, Simfonie n. 4, 5, 6 • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Simfonie, Piano Concerts, Violin Concerts, Requiem. Damiano Binetti Damiano Binetti, (born in 1968) is an Italian conductor, composer and tenor based"