Fantaisie-Impromptu
Frédéric Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu (Polish: Fantazja-Impromptu) in C♯ minor, Op. posth. 66, WN 46 is a piece for piano played alone.
Frédéric Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu (Polish: Fantazja-Impromptu) in C♯ minor, Op. posth. 66, WN 46 is a piece for piano played alone.
The Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 is a piano piece written by Frédéric Chopin.
The Waltz in D flat major, Opus 64, Number 1, is also called “Valse du petit chien,” which means “Waltz of the puppy” in French. It is commonly known in English as the Minute Waltz. This piano waltz was written by Frédéric Chopin, a Polish composer and virtuoso.
La Valse (The Waltz), a dance piece for orchestra, was written by Maurice Ravel between February 1919 and 1920. It was first performed on December 12, 1920, in Paris. The piece was originally created as a ballet but is now more commonly performed as a concert work.
“Pavane pour une infante défunte” (“Pavane for a Dead Princess”) is a piano piece composed by Maurice Ravel in 1899. At that time, Ravel was studying at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré. In 1910, Ravel published an orchestral version of the piece, which includes two flutes, an oboe, two clarinets (in B ♭ ), two bassoons, two horns, a harp, and string instruments.
“Rêverie” was written in 1890. It was first published by Éditions Choudens in 1891 and later appeared in the music section of L’Illustration (issue 2751) on November 16, 1895. The piece was also published by Fromont in 1905.
“La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre” (French for “The Sea, Three Symphonic Sketches for Orchestra”), also known as “La mer” (The Sea), L. 109, CD. 111, is an orchestral piece written by the French composer Claude Debussy.
“Clair de lune” (French for “moonlight”) is a poem written by French poet Paul Verlaine in 1869. It inspired the third and most well-known part of Claude Debussy’s 1890 Suite bergamasque. Debussy also created two musical pieces based on the poem, featuring voice and piano.
The Hungarian Dances (German: Ungarische Tänze) by Johannes Brahms (WoO 1) are a collection of 21 dance pieces inspired mostly by Hungarian music. Brahms finished them in 1879. Each dance lasts between about one minute and five minutes.
The Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24, is a musical piece for violin and piano written by Ludwig van Beethoven.