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Frédéric Chopin's Berceuse, Op. 57, is a lullaby to be played on the piano. 
He composed it in 1843/44[1] as variations in D-flat major. 
Chopin originally called his work Variantes. Berceuse was first published in Paris in 1844 by Jean-Racine Meissonnier, dedicated to Élise Gavard, and appeared in London and Leipzig the following year.

The Most Famous Classical Piano Pieces, Vol. 2

Berceuse, Op. 57

Frédéric Chopin - Berceuse, Op. 57

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise Op.34 no. 14
Es spielen:
Sornitza Patchinova (Geige) und Makiko Eguchi (Klavier)

Karfreitag Sergei Rachmaninoff "Vocalise Op. 34 no.14"

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring for Flute Choir (arr. David Weller)

Vivaldi: Les 4 Saisons

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, Symphony No. 40 & Don Giovanni Overture

Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture

Euphoria Denied

Music For Growing Flowers

Music For Growing Flowers (Edit)

Truth - The Solo Piano Collection

Colours (Solo Piano Version)

Frozen Lake (from "The Human Stain", Arr. for Piano & Cello)

The Good House (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Stop Right Now

Silvestrov

I. Elegy

One Summer's Day (arr. piano)

One Summer's Day (arr. piano) (from 'Spirited Away')

The Lost Birds

Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 97 "Rhenish": II. Scherzo. Sehr mäßig

II. Scherzo. Sehr mäßig

Agatha

We Contain Multitudes — piano reworks

This track is from the album Sing Joyfully:
http://www.thechoralscholars.com/recordings/sing-joyfully/

Gott ist mein Hirt, D. 706 (Franz Schubert)

Big Piano Concertos Box

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat Major, Op.83: II. Allegro appassionato

Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita No.2 In C Minor, BWV 826 Sinfonia by Jay McGregor

Pianist Matthieu Cognet explodes the myth of ‘serious’ classical music with a recital focussing on music played ‘mit Humor’ – with humour, in works by Haydn, Prokofiev, Robert Schumann and Bartók.

Matthieu Cognet has chosen for this album music that possesses good humour, whether sardonic, quirky or witty, but he has also embraced the subtler implications of the album’s title. The German word ‘Humor’ has more nuanced connotations than comedy alone, implying a broader spectrum of feeling, just as the Greek ‘four humours’ referred to a range of temperaments. This in turn broadens the musical scope of this programme to embrace the subtleties, the light and shade, of humour within music. 

Joseph Haydn was a master of musical comedy, and his Piano Sonata No. 60 features eccentric quirks similar to those heard in his ‘London’ Symphonies. Robert Schumann was influenced by the comic writer Jean Paul when he composed his rhapsodic Humoreske in B-flat major, Op. 20, which exudes a stream-of-consciousness quality. The 20th century brought with it musical humour of a satirical, sometimes acerbic nature. Prokofiev’s Four Pieces for piano, like Schumann’s Humoreske, encompass a range of characters, and Bartók’s Piano Sonata, Sz. 80 has moments of grim humour and dry wit.

Matthieu Cognet was born in Paris and later moved to the United States, where among many achievements he has written and published his solo piano transcription of Ravel’s La Valse, became Artistic Director of the French American Piano Society, and currently teaches and performs in New York and beyond.

01 - Robert Schumann - Humoreske In B - Flat Major Op. 20 - I. Einfach (Sehr Rasch Und Leicht)

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