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.

It has taken nearly 40 years for Maurizio Pollini to complete his recordings of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. The end of the journey comes not with the great, final sonatas, but mid-way through. The ...

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 ...

Andras Schiff explores Beethoven's Piano Sonatas in an exclusive series of lecture recitals at London's Wigmore Hall. Listen to him dissect Piano Sonata no. 16, Op 31 no 1 in G major.

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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. 7 Solomon, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 8, 'Pathétique' Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Solomon, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 13, 'quasi una fantasia' ...

Gilles Vonsattel first performed with Camerata Pacifica in 2017 and is now their principal pianist. He has played many Beethoven piano sonatas, but has been “genuinely” surprised by some that are ...

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Since Dec. 16, we've been making our way down the long and winding road of the 32 piano sonatas by Beethoven. Our series closes today with the biggest, longest and most ambitious of the sonatas, the ...

Andras Schiff explores Beethoven's Piano Sonatas in an exclusive series of lecture recitals at London's Wigmore Hall. Listen to him dissect Piano Sonata no. 17, Op 31 no 2 in D minor.