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  Symphony No. 9

  The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" is the final complete symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, the symphony is one of the best known works of the Western classical repertoire and is considered one of Beethoven's greatest masterpieces. The symphony was the first example...
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  Piano Sonata No. 32

  The Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Opus 111, is the last of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas. Along with Beethoven's 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, op. 120 (1823) and his two collections of bagatelles—Opus 119 (1822) and Opus 126 (1824), this was one of Beethoven's last...
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  Piano Concerto No. 2

  The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The second and third movements were first performed with the composer as soloist on 2 December 1900. The complete work was premiered, again...
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  Piano Sonata No. 26

  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, opus 81a, known as the Les Adieux sonata, was written during the years 1809 and 1810. The title Les Adieux implies a programmatic nature. The French attack on Vienna, led by Napoléon Bonaparte in 1809, forced Beethoven's patron, Archduke...
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  Sonatas and Interludes

  Sonatas and Interludes is a collection of twenty pieces for prepared piano by American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912–1992). It was composed in 1946–1948, shortly after Cage's introduction to Indian philosophy and the teachings of art historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, both of which became...

• Piano Trio No. 2

  Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 was composed and published in 1845. The work is scored for a standard piano trio consisting of violin, cello and piano. Mendelssohn dedicated the work to the violinist Louis Spohr, who played through the piece with the composer at least once....

• A Song of Summer

  A Song of Summer is a tone poem for orchestra by Frederick Delius. This composition derived originally from a 1918 symphonic work, originally called a "Poem of Life and Love", which was never published. However, Delius had indicated in 1921 to Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine) that he had misplaced...

• Little Red Riding Hood

  Little Red Riding Hood (Красная шапочка in Cyrillic; Krasnaja šapočka in transliteration) is an opera-fairytale for children in two acts (three tableaux) by César Cui, composed in 1911. The libretto was written by Marina Stanislavona Pol', based on Charles Perrault's fairytale of the same name. The...

• Violin Sonata No. 7

  The Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, the second of his opus 30 set, was composed between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Czar Alexander I of Russia. It has four movements: The first movement is in sonata form without a repeat of the exposition....

• Violin Concerto No. 1

  Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1, BB 48a was written around the years 1907–1908, but only published in 1956, after the composer's death. It was premiered in May 30, 1958 in Basel, Switzerland. It strays from the path of the traditional concerto, having two rather than three movements: Bartók had...