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Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Gavotte en rondeau” is a comical and playful composition, and these two Minuets evoke associations with the fiddlers who played dance music at village parties in Bach’s day. Here is a master …

Federico Mompou studied in his native Barcelona before moving to Paris, where, before and after the war, he spent over 20 years. His music, much of it for piano, is economical in means and sparse …

Mozart’s E-flat Viola Quintet, KV 614, dates from the final year of his life, and was his last serious chamber music work. It was written at more or less the same time as his opera …

Korean pianist Sonya Bach started playing the piano at the age of 3, gave her first public concert at age 5 and her orchestral debut at age 9 with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra in her …

Frederick Chopin’s F-minor Concerto is less sprawling and richer in contrast than his E-minor Concerto. This work served Chopin well in his early career. He introduced it publicly in his first Warsaw appearance on March …