Of all the musical genres (that word again), the Piano Sonata is the only one that Beethoven worked on more or less consistently throughout his life. No large gaps as with the Symphonies or String ...

From the early Op. 2 set of sonatas to the famous 'Moonlight', find out why Beethoven's piano sonatas broke the mould - and hear from pianists themselves about how they approach performing them.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by critic’s notebook Our chief classical critic took on the daunting Opus 110 in college, and now relishes risky recordings. By Anthony Tommasini For my ...

This recording of Serkin from 1977 highlights a 20th-century great who brought musical purpose and intellectual rigour to every detail Rudolf Serkin ranks among the greatest of 20th-century pianists; ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The Fourth Piano Concerto was premiered in the notorious 1808 Vienna Concert, alongside the Fifth and ...

Fifty years after his classic recordings with Jacqueline du Pre, Barenboim joins with his violinist son and cellist Kian Soltani to bring nuance and thoughtfulness to these seven piano trios Daniel ...

Beethoven wrote 32 sonatas for piano in total. Sonata form was the most prominent musical structure of the Classical period and is divided into three sections. The development takes all of the ideas ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Beethoven at 250 Nannette Streicher has been marginalized by history, but she was one of Europe’s finest keyboard manufacturers. By Patricia Morrisroe ...

Beethoven’s penultimate piano sonata stands among the finest achievements of his later years. Charles Timbrell makes a personal selection from its substantial discography Beethoven’s Op 110 has ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Jan Bartoš, Piano Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Petr Popelka, Conductor Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, 'Emperor' Jan Bartoš, Piano Prague Radio Symphony ...