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🎵 One of the most famous compositions by the Honorary President of the Club of Romantic Composers Frédéric François Chopin: Waltz in D-flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1, popularly known as "Minute Waltz" or "Valse du petit chien" (French for "Waltz of the puppy")  :-) 🎵

Composed in 1847, this piano gem is dedicated to the Countess Delfina Potocka. 

Structure // The waltz is in the key of D-flat major and has a tempo marking of molto vivace (very lively). Chopin indicates that the waltz is to be played with the sustain pedal used, and makes frequent use of crescendi and diminuendi. It is in a simple ternary form, as are many of Chopin's compositions. The A section is marked leggero, and the B section sostenuto. The A section itself can be divided into two themes, separated by a double bar. The first consists of the familiar opening melody over standard waltz accompaniment, frequently rising an octave only to drop back down. The second theme is similar, but not identical, and features several broken scales over several octaves between a repeated quarter note and triplet motive. The B section is somewhat calmer, using alternating half and quarter notes over waltz accompaniment. Following a lengthy trill, the A section is repeated, modified only in the ending, which features a three-octave descent instead of a two-octave one.

Tempo // The piece is given the tempo marking Molto vivace. Although it has long been known as the "Minute" Waltz, its nickname was intended to mean "small" in the sense of a "miniature" waltz, given by its publisher. Chopin did not intend for this waltz to be played in one minute. A typical performance of the work will last between ​1 1⁄2 and ​2 1⁄2 minutes. The waltz is 140 measures long with one fifteen-measure repeat included, and thus it would have to be played at almost 420 quarter notes per minute in order to play it completely within a single minute. Camille Bourniquel, one of Chopin's biographers, reminds the reader that Chopin got the inspiration for this waltz as he was watching a small dog chase its tail, which prompted the composer to name the piece Valse du petit chien, meaning "The Little Dog Waltz". (From Wikipedia)

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Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 1 in D-Flat Major "Minute Waltz"

Chopin: "Minute Waltz", Op. 64 No. 1

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto

Title : String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70 - Allegro con spirito
Composer :  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Jonathan Crow, Scott St. John, violins
Paul Coletti, Douglas McNabney, violas
Denis Brott, Zuill Bailey, cellos

Live performance at the Montreal Chamber Music Festival, Juin 18th 2005

P.I. Tchaikovsky -  String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70 - Allegro con spirito

Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air on the G String (Arr. for Piano Solo by Alexander Siloti)

J. S.Bach: Air On The G String (Arr. for Piano)

► The legendary recording with record-breaking 255 million+ YouTube views ◄
♥ Watch the epic YouTube upload here: https://youtu.be/9E6b3swbnWg
♥ Video of the recording session: https://youtu.be/-PaYq5Pt228
♥ Milestone to remember: most viewed Chopin recording on YouTube up to date: 255.000.000+ views, 2.500.000 likes, 130.000 comments.

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The great Polish composer Frédéric Chopin wrote this marvelous work when he was about twenty. It is widely regarded as Chopin's most famous piece, and is regularly featured in films, television programs and video games, e. g.  

- Bones (TV series) (2009)
- 127 Hours (2010)
- The Raven (2012)
- Mad Men (2013)
- The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
- BioShock Infinite (2013)
- Hetalia Axis Powers (2007)
- Muse's "Collateral Damage" is the same as Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 in Eb, with slight modifications, a handful of changed notes, an added string section, children's laughter and jet fighters. (from Wikipedia)

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

Chopin - Nocturne op.9 No.2 (255 Million+ Views YouTube Legend)

Kreisler Caprice Viennois Op.2. Played by Ernö Rapee 1920 on Duo-Art piano roll # 62908. Recorded in 2015 by VViljanen (by permission)from the digitized copy of the original reproducing piano roll with virtual Grand Bluethner Model One, tone/sound modified/re-designed by VV.

Fritz Kreisler: Caprice Viennois Op. 2, by Ernö Rapee in 1920 on Duo-Art 62908

La vie en rose - Carolina Caldeira & David Mena

Selection of recordings engineered by Morten Lindberg of 2L.  All recordings used Millennia's HV-3D mic preamps.

01 Marianne Thorsen - TrondheimSolistene - Violin Concerto No. 4 In D Major KV 218 - Allegro

Ultimate Piano Classics

Liszt: Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, S. 547/1 (After Mendelssohn)

Live from the Lugano Festival 2002-2004

Suite from the Nutcracker, Op. 71a: V. Arabian Dance (Arr. Economu for Two Pianos) [Live]

Chilled Piano Vol.4

Ave Maria, D. 839

Live recording in Lviv - S.Liudkevych Concert Hall (09/06/2011)
Balance engineer Ivan Ohar з "Time Based Stereo". 

Boisterous Bourrée 
(a) 'From Suite No. 1 (for piano) - 1926': Suite No. 1 in E, op. 24 no. 1 (18 October 1925), second movement (Bourrée: Allegro vivace) 
(b) 'Song - 1923': A Country Dance ('Now the King is home again'), text from Tennyson's The Foresters, for voice and piano ([1923])

Phoenix strng quartet
Mykola Hav'yuk - violin
Petro Titiaіev – violin
Ustym Zhuk – viola
Denys Lytvynenko – cello

Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony, Op. 4 (1933) - 1.Boisterous Bourrée

Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge - Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Introduction and Theme

Classical Hits

Cantata, BWV 147: Jesus bleibet meine Freude

Francesco Geminiani - Concerto grosso in D minor, Op. 2, No. 3

Pamela McDown, Principal Clarinetist. 
Live Recording of Performance (2009).

Assisted by:
Julia Luczak, Harp

Unknown album (6/24/2019 1:48:07 PM)

Paul Reade - Prelude - Suite from "The Victorian Kitchen Garden"

Scarlatti: 52 Sonatas

Sonata in G Major, K. 14

Vivaldi: La cetra, Op. 9

Vivaldi: La cetra, Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 9 No. 5, RV 358: II. Allegro (feat. Juan Carlos Rybin)

Great Recordings

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo

Rinaldo, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga (Arr. for Piano)

Piano Recital: Chopin, Haydn, Grieg

Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40 "Suite in Olden Style": V. Rigaudon. Allegro con brio

Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40 "Suite in Olden Style": IV. Air. Andante religioso

Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40 "Suite in Olden Style": III. Gavotte. Allegretto

Edvard Grieg:  From Holberg's Time, Op. 40 "Suite in Olden Style": II. Sarabande. Andante

Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40 "Suite in Olden Style": I. Praeludium. Allegro vivace

A. Dvořák: 8 Humoresques, Op. 101: No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso in G-Flat Major

8 Humoresques, Op.101

Dvořák: Humoresque No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso

The New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48. Recorded live in Jordan Hall October 2011.

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 - Pezzo in forma di Sonatina

Newspaper critics are unanimous in their praise of Vadim's interpretations deeming them as «sensitive and expressive», «intelligent and powerful». With record-breaking 235 million views, his interpretation of the «Nocturne in E-flat Major» by Frederic Chopin is among the most popular classical music recordings on YouTube.

Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40 "Suite in Olden Style": I. Praeludium. Allegro vivace

Vadim Chaimovich