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.

Sonata for Piano No. 8, 'Pathétique' Ivan Moravec, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer (32) Variations on an Original Theme Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Ivan Moravec, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 27 ...

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 ...

Sonata for Piano No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Louis Lortie, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 2 Louis Lortie, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 3 Louis Lortie, Piano Ludwig ...

Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas cover a dazzling amount of stylistic ground, from the intimate and crystalline to the grandiose. And that diversity is present from the very beginning, as Sunday night's ...

Rattle has come up with a first in the recording history of our country with this magnificent release. Michael Houstoun delivers the complete Beethoven piano sonatas on 14 CDs, housed in a sturdy and ...

Levit scales the heights over nine CDs, though excessive speed means musical sense is lost in some sonatas Igor Levit made his debut on disc in 2013 with Beethoven sonatas, and not just any group of ...

Viennese pianist Rudolf Buchbinder is reaching another milestone this summer: for the 49th time in his career, he will perform all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas. He’ll accomplish this at the Edinburgh ...

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 ...

Andras Schiff has called Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 ("Hammerklavier") "a monument of impenetrability" with moments of humor and "unfathomable depths of tragedy and loss." Beethoven's 32 piano ...