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Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70, is a four-movement orchestral work composed for the Philharmonic Society of London and premiered there in 1885. Its tightly organized themes, predominantly serious tone, and dramatic development reflect Dvořák's engagement with the symphonic tradit...
Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude in D minor, BWV 851, is the sixth piece in the first book of his "Well-Tempered Clavier," compiled in 1722. The composition is structured as a relentless progression of sixteenth notes, creating a driving harmonic foundation. It is paired with a subsequent three-voice...
Johannes Brahms composed his Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108, around 1888. This late work is notable for its deeply expressive character and complex interplay between violin and piano. It represents a culmination of Brahms’s mature style. The sonata is primarily intended for professional mus...
Prelude in D minor, Op. 23, No. 3 is a solo piano work by Sergei Rachmaninoff, published in 1903 as part of his Op. 23 set of ten preludes. The piece is in 6/8 time and opens with a march-like rhythm. It employs contrapuntal textures, unusual among Rachmaninoff's preludes, and modulates through seve...
Alexander Scriabin's Prelude in D minor, Op. 11 No. 24, is the final piece in a cycle of 24 preludes for solo piano covering every major and minor key. Completed in 1896, the collection follows the key sequence used by Chopin in his own set of preludes. This compact concluding work belongs to Scriab...
The Violin Sonata in D minor, HWV 359a, is a chamber work by the German-British Baroque composer George Frideric Handel. Composed around 1724, the piece is written for violin and basso continuo. It is structured in four distinct movements and its attribution is securely supported by an autograph man...
Camille Saint-Saëns's Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75 is a Romantic-era chamber work for violin and piano completed in 1885. The French composer dedicated the four-movement piece to the violinist Martin Pierre Marsick. It is notable for its cyclic form and highly demanding finale, requiring s...
The Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 5 No. 7, is a Baroque composition by the Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli, first published in Rome in 1700. It is categorized as a "sonata da camera," or chamber sonata, which means it is structured around a sequence of stylized dance movements. Following Corelli'...
Karol Szymanowski's Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 9 is a substantial work for violin and piano completed in 1904. It stands as an early piece by the prominent Polish composer, written before his later impressionistic and modernist phases, such as the well-known 'Myths' and his two violin concertos....
Robert Schumann's Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121, is a Romantic-era chamber work for violin and piano composed in 1851. Written during Schumann's time in Düsseldorf, the four-movement sonata is known for its dense piano textures and somber, driving intensity. It was dedicated to the promine...
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 28, is a chamber work for violin and piano by the British composer. Written within the late-Romantic tradition, it uses substantial, expressive writing for both instruments rather than treating the piano as a simple accompaniment. The sonata be...
Albert Roussel's Violin Sonata No. 1 is a D minor violin-piano sonata from 1907-1908, premiered in Paris and dedicated to Vincent d'Indy.
Max Reger's Violin Sonata No. 6 is the D minor Op. 103b No. 1 Kleine Sonate, a 1909 violin-piano work dedicated to Robert Bignell.
Vivaldi's D minor Op. 2 No. 3, RV 14, is a 1709 Italian violin-continuo sonata, part of the Op. 2 collection that spread his early style.
Max Reger's Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 1 is a German violin-piano sonata, notable as the first opus number in his catalogue.
