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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.

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 ...

Beethoven wrote piano sonatas throughout his life, from the early pieces he wrote as virtuoso vehicles for himself to the highly distilled essays he crafted after deafness had put an end to his ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Beethoven's Broadwood piano is legendary... Having played on Viennese instruments for most of his life, ...

At the time of writing the “Waldstein,” Beethoven had just received a piano from the Parisian piano-maker Érard. This piano ...

Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movements: C minor, Kk11 (L352) Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli, Piano Domenico Scarlatti, Composer Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movements: B flat (LS40) Arturo ...

This week, the world-renowned pianist Angela Hewitt chooses five contrasting aspects of the piano sonatas to discuss with Donald Macleod. In 2020, Hewitt reaches the end of her survey of Beethoven’s ...

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 ...