Mendelssohn Octet in E Flat Major, Op. 20

Grieg's Peer Gynt suites are among the best-known and best-loved works of classical music in the world. They are practically embedded into popular culture, being used in a dizzying number of cartoons, advertisements, and films. In the classical music world, as with Beethoven's 5t ...  Show more

When it comes to a piece like the Mozart Clarinet Concerto, a few words or phrases regularly come up: the concerto is described as "mellow" or Mozart's "swan song," but most often it is described as "perfect." Such a perfect piece as Mozart's Clarinet Concerto must have been huge ...  Show more

This Etude is comes from a set of Etudes that Liszt originally composed in his youth, but later revised to become 12 of the most technically challenging works for the piano. This is the eighth in the set. The etudes were composed in 1851 and published the following year. They wer ...  Show more

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1. The Four Seasons: "Spring" Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro 2. The Four Seasons: "Spring" Concerto No. 1: II. Largo 3:33 3. The Four Seasons: "Spring" Concerto No. 1: III. Allegro Pastorale 6:22 4. The Four Seasons: "Summer" Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro 10:27 5. The Four Seasons: "Sum ...  Show more

Works include: Schumann's Violin Sonata #1, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #2, Brahms' Horn Trio, Vivaldi's Cello Sonata #1 and Varese's Ionization.