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A sonata is a multi-movement instrumental composition that emerged during the Baroque era and reached its pinnacle in the Classical and Romantic periods. Typically written for solo piano or a solo instrument with piano accompaniment, it features contrasting movements that showcase technical virtuosity and emotional depth. The form emphasizes structured musical dialogue and development, making it a cornerstone of Western classical music performance and composition.
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1952 | Wilhelm Kempff | Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 5: Piano Sonatas |
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1964 | Stefan Askenase | A Tribute To Chopin |
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| 53 |
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1964 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (Nathan Milstein) |
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| 45 |
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1967-11-15 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Bach: 6 Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord |
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| 87 |
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1973 | Frédéric Chopin | Sonatas |
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| 33 |
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1974 | Christopher Hogwood | Vivaldi Trio Sonatas |
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| 84 |
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1975 | Wilhelm Kempff | Wilhelm Kempff Plays Beethoven: Vol. II, Piano Sonatas |
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| 37 |
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1976 | Ilana Vered | Waldstein Sonata/Wanderer Fantasie |
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| 100 |
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1977 | Claudio Arrau | Piano Vol. 2 |
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| 57 |
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1981 | Bohuslav Martinů | Sonata No.1 for piano, Études and Polkas Book I-III, Sonata No.1 for flute and piano (Radoslav Kvapil, Gunilla von Bahr, Kerstin Hindart) |
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| 31 |
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1982 | Franz Joseph Haydn | HAYDN: Sonatas for Fortepiano, Hob. XVI: 28, 29 and 32/ Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII:6 |
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| 60 |
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1983 | Nikolai Demidenko | Chopin: Preludes - Sonata No. 3 |
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| 63 |
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1984 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart: Violin Sonatas |
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| 97 |
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1984 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonatas For Violin And Piano |
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| 68 |
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1985 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Kreutzer: Sonata & Beethoven: Violin Sonatas 3 & 9 |
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| 72 |
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1985 | Pierre Boulez | Boulez: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3 |
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| 14 |
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1990 | Alfred Schnittke | Schnittke: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, Musica nostalgica & Epilogue from Peer Gynt |
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| 62 |
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1990 | Bohuslav Martinů | Cello Sonatas Nos.1-3 |
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| 92 |
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1990 | Ludwig van Beethoven | BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 21 and 23 |
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| 40 |
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1991 | Yehudi Menuhin | Violin Sonatas Nos.5 & 9 |
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| 69 |
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1991 | Ludwig van Beethoven | BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas (Complete) (Kreisler) (1935-1936) |
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| 76 |
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1991 | Richard Goode | Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas |
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| 85 |
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1991 | Ludwig van Beethoven | BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS: Cello Sonatas (Casals) (1930-1939) |
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| 41 |
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1991 | Michel Dalberto | Schubert: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 13 |
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| 27 |
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1993 | Jan Dismas Zelenka | Trio Sonatas nos.1-3 |
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| 59 |
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1993 | Jan Dismas Zelenka | Trio Sonatas nos.4-6 |
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| 89 |
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1993 | Karol Szymanowski | SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Sonata / Mythes / Notturne and Tarantella |
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| 99 |
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1993 | Georg Philipp Telemann | TELEMANN: 6 Sonatas for Two Flutes without Bass |
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| 95 |
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1996 | Aaron Copland | COPLAND: Piano Sonata / Piano Fantasy / Piano Variations |
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| 67 |
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1996 | Ludwig van Beethoven | BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14-16 (Schnabel) (1933-1937) |
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| 93 |
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1996 | Frédéric Chopin | Chopin - Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor op.35 (Rachmaninoff) |
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| 7 |
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1996 | Badinage | Boismortier: Grains Of Gold, Sonatas for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Harpsichord |
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| 29 |
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1997 | Various Artists | J.S. Bach: Violin Sonatas & Partitas |
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| 24 |
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1998 | Various Artists | Best Of Beethoven |
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| 8 |
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1999 | Hélène Schmitt | Carbonelli: Sonates pour violon & basse continue |
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| 26 |
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1999 | Hélène Schmitt | Albertini: Sonates pour violon & basse continue |
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| 71 |
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1999 | Domenico Scarlatti | Horowitz Plays Scarlatti |
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| 58 |
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1999-04-01 | Musica Antiqua Köln | Telemann: Flute Quartets |
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| 55 |
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1999-10-15 | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer | Schmelzer: Sonatae a violino solo |
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| 18 |
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2000 | Giuseppe Valentini | Italiane Baroque: Sonatas & Concertos |
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| 4 |
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2001 | Francesco Geminiani | Italiane Baroque: Sonatas & Concertos |
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| 3 |
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2001 | Rafal Lewandowski | Rafal Lewandowski : Sonaty |
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| 46 |
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2003 | Fabio Biondi | Georg Philipp Telemann: Triosonatas for recorder, violin and b.c. |
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| 86 |
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2003 | Lambert Orkis | Mozart: Complete Violin Sonatas |
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| 65 |
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2004 | Yo-Yo Ma | Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord |
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| 42 |
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2005 | Antonio Vivaldi | Vivaldi, A.: Oboe Sonatas |
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| 16 |
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2005 | Pieter Wispelwey | Beethoven: Complete Sonatas and Variations for Piano and Cello |
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| 78 |
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2005 | Sergei Prokofiev | PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 7 and 8 |
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| 22 |
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2006 | Christoph Schaffrath | Boismortier, J.B.: Sonata, Op. 8, No. 3 / Schenck, J.: Sonata No. 8 / Schaffrath, C.: Duetto in D Minor |
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| 39 |
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2006 | Wilhelmina Smith | Britten, Schnittke & Shostakovich |
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| 32 |
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2007 | Olga Kern | 11th Van Cliburn Piano Competition |
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| 54 |
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2007 | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Bach: Sanguineus & Melancholicus |
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| 91 |
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2008 | Simon Trpceski | Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 35 & 4 Scherzos |
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| 73 |
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2010 | Borromeo String Quartet | RAVEL-String Quartet and Sonata for Violin and Cello |
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| 52 |
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2010 | Johanna Martzy | Handel: Violin Sonata - Bach: Sonata No. 1, et al. |
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| 17 |
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2011 | Gottfried Finger | Finger: Sonatae pro diversis instrumentis, Op. 1 |
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| 81 |
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2012 | Daniel Barenboim | Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas |
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| 83 |
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2012 | Glenn Gould | Glenn Gould plays Haydn |
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| 25 |
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2012-11-12 | František Ignác Antonín Tůma | Sinfonia in B major, Sonatas in A minor & E minor |
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| 49 |
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2014-08 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart: The Sonatas for Flute & Piano |
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| 51 |
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2014-08 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-5 (Gould Remastered) |
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| 28 |
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2014-09-22 | Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov | Beethoven: Complete Works for Violoncello and Piano |
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| 47 |
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2015 | Franz Joseph Haydn | HAYDN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 53-56 and 58 / Un Piccolo Divertimento |
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2016 | Federico Guglielmo | Vivaldi Trio Sonatas |
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| 34 |
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2016 | Dario Castello | Castello: Sonate concertate in stil moderno, libro secondo |
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| 77 |
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2016-05-01 | Ashan Pillai | Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata / Schwanengesang (Arr. for Viola and Piano) / Kalliwoda: 6 Nocturnes |
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| 30 |
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2020 | Ida Haendel | Ida Haendel Vol. 3 |
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| 21 |
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2022-03-02 | Sachiko Miyano | Piano Collections: Kingdom Hearts |
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| 82 |
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2023 | Patricia Kopatchinskaja | Janáček - Brahms - Bartók |
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| 6 | Felipe Sarro | Brahms - Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 |
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| 10 | Daniel Pollack | Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos.2&3 |
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| 11 | Constance Keene | Carl Maria Von Weber: Complete Sonatas |
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| 15 | Margery McDuffie Whatley | Plays Bach, Haydn, Brahms and Ravel |
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| 36 | Richard Pohl | Beethoven: Sonata in C sharp Minor op 27 no 2 "Moonlight" |
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| 44 | Marzia Gaggioli | Classica N.14 |
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| 50 | Gonzalo X Ruiz | JS Bach - Transcriptions for Oboe |
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| 61 | Bryan Crumpler | Bryan Crumpler, Clarinet |
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| 66 | Volodja Balžalorsky | LIVE IN VIENNA |
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| 70 | Moscow Ancient Music Ensemble | Music Of The Great Post I.S. Bach |
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| 79 | Marzia Gaggioli | Classica N.11 |
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| 80 | Volodja Balžalorsky | LIVE IN BELGRADE |
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| 88 | Marzia Gaggioli | Classica n.9 |
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| 90 | Volodja Balžalorsky | Live in Maribor |
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| 5 | Grandes Pianistas | Alfred Brendel CD 01 |
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| 13 | Marcin Brzozowski | For Elise Variation |
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| 19 | Takashi Matsuishi Spark | Selected Duets |
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| 20 | Patricio da Silva | Patricio da Silva: Piano Quartet |
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| 23 | Orquesta Barroca De Sevilla & Barry Sargent | Las Siete Últimas Palabras de Cristo en la Cruz |
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| 35 | Alina Polyakov | Mozart Beethoven Chopin |
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| 38 | William Cushman | William Cushman's Ghost Notes Vol. 1 |
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| 43 | Chronamut | Symphony of Sadness |
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| 56 | Jolana Dvorakova | Janacek: Sonata for violin and piano |
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| 74 | Vienna Festival Chamber Orchestra | Mozart - Posthorn Serenade - Serenata Notturna |
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| 75 | Marzia Gaggioli | Classica n.6 |
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| Antonio Vivaldi | Vivaldi |
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Johann Adolf Hasse | Hasse, J.A.: Trio Sonatas, Op. 2, Nos. 1 and 3 / Flute Concertos / Sinfonia A 5 |
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| 9 | Knut Sonstevold, Ingo Goritzki, Walter Heinz Bernstein, Burkhard Glaetzner, Siegfried Pank, Achim Beyer | Jan Dismas Zelenka: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-6 (Glaetzner, Goritzki, Sonstevold, Pank, Beyer, Bernstein) |
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| 48 | Nikita Magaloff [Artist] | Chopin: 24 Preludes, Piano Sonata No. 3 |
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| 64 | The Queen's Chamber Trio, Robert zubryci, Peter Seidenberg, Elaine Comperone | Beethoven: Sonatas and Trios |
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| 94 | Domenico Scarlatti | Scarlatti, D.: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1 |
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| 96 | Domenico Scarlatti | SCARLATTI, D.: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 4 |
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