Beethoven composed several concertos during his teens – the piano score of a complete concerto in E flat dating from 1784 is the only one to have survived. But it is the five piano concertos he wrote ...

With typical assertiveness, Beethoven once asked, “With whom need I be afraid of measuring my strength?” You might, indeed, measure the strength of his genius with a number of other great composers.

Getting a head start on the impending Beethoven 2020 festivities, Canada's Jan Lisiecki has today surprised us with Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos, his fifth ...

Stormy, emotionally charged harmonic shifts. Flowing classical lyricism interrupted by lightning bolt chords. Propulsive rhythmic themes swept along by avalanches of rapid scales and arpeggios.

You’re one of the greatest guitarists of all time. You want a song that really shows what you can do. You want a tune that demonstrates why you’re considered a Rock God. You want a song like “Voodoo ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, 'Emperor' Kristian Bezuidenhout, Piano Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Kristian Bezuidenhout, ...

Did you know that this Classic 100 had the most entries composed by women ever: 11 works by seven different composers! ABC Classic's Ria Andriani took at look into this wonderful stat and the ...

One of the most vigorously flagged and most eagerly anticipated features of this year’s BBC Proms is that Paul Lewis will be playing all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos, starting next Wednesday ...