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The Prelude in A minor, Op. 11 No. 2, is the second in Alexander Scriabin's set of 24 Preludes for solo piano, composed between 1888 and 1896 and published in 1897. The cycle follows the key organization of Frédéric Chopin's Op. 28 Preludes, progressing through all 24 major and minor keys. The A-min...

Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 was published in 1801, originally intended as a companion piece to Op. 24, later known as the 'Spring' Sonata. It is one of only two minor-key violin sonatas Beethoven composed, alongside Op. 30 No. 2 in C minor. Dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries,...

Aram Khachaturian's Symphony No. 2 in E minor, commonly called The Bell, is a large-scale orchestral work composed during the Second World War and first performed in 1943. Its recurring bell sonorities, martial rhythms, somber slow movement, and dramatic contrasts give the symphony a pronounced wart...

The Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 is a chamber music work composed by the German Romantic composer Robert Schumann in September 1851. The piece was first performed privately by Schumann's wife, the virtuoso pianist Clara Schumann, alongside the violinist Wilhelm Wasielewski. Written in thr...

Amy Beach's Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 34, composed in 1896, is a Romantic-era chamber work for violin and piano. Beach was one of the first American women to achieve widespread recognition as a composer, and the sonata was premiered by violinist Franz Kneisel, founder of the Kneisel Quartet. The...

Ethel Smyth's Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7 is a late Romantic chamber work for violin and piano, composed in 1887 during her early career. Its substantial scale and German-influenced musical language reflect Smyth's studies at the Leipzig Conservatory and her engagement with Central European cham...

Maurice Ravel's Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, M. 12, is a one-movement work for violin and piano from 1897. It was a student work and remained unpublished until 1975, making it a posthumously published example of Ravel's early chamber music. The piece is of interest to performers and listeners who...

Jean Sibelius's Violin Sonata in A minor, JS 177, is an early chamber work for violin and piano composed in 1884, when the Finnish composer was approximately nineteen years old. Written well before his numbered symphonies and the orchestral tone poems that established his international reputation, t...

Robert Schumann's Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, WoO 27, originated in 1853 from his contributions to the collaborative F-A-E Sonata, a joint project with the young Johannes Brahms and Albert Dietrich composed as a gift for the violinist Joseph Joachim and based on his personal motto 'Frei aber ein...