The first years of the 19th century found Beethoven at a crucial point of transition in his career. Having mastered the Viennese high Classical style for which Haydn and Mozart served as paradigms, he ...

TEN years ago, pianist Peter Serkin made a Beethoven recording that included the “Moonlight” Sonata and the “Appassionata.” Moonlight was evidently on, or in, his mind, since even the agitated and ...

Sonata for Piano No. 26, 'Les adieux' Martin Roscoe, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 28 Martin Roscoe, Piano With Vol 8, Martin Roscoe comes within spitting distance of completing his Beethoven sonata ...

"I would never have believed that I could be so lazy as I am here. If it is followed by an outburst of industry, something worthwhile may be accomplished." So wrote Beethoven from the Austrian spa ...

One could linger on the details of the performances – the quirky pedalling in the opening bars of the ‘Pathétique’, the mannered close of its first movement, the superbly articulated finale of the ...

Not so long ago, every pianist of real stature would make a pilgrimage on record through Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. Pianists nowadays tend to pick and mix their discs - recording a bit of Schubert ...

They stand as a monolith in the piano repertoire, 32 sonatas that explore a vast range of the human experience. From the ardors of the “Pathetique” (Op. 13) to the storms of the “Appassionata” (Op. 57 ...

Even as he struggled with the onset of deafness, Beethoven took the piano sonata into new realms of expressive power and beauty. Beethoven composed his Moonlight Sonata in 1801, the same year that — A ...

Though he is perhaps not as well known to British concert-goers as he might be, the Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, now in his mid-60s, is highly regarded elsewhere in Europe, especially as an ...