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 ...

Long ago, I was not good with Beethoven.I enjoyed reading his biography and liked listening to his music. But when it came to ...

Note to Readers: This column is switching gears to review the complete Andras Schiff and Idil Biret Beethoven Sonata cycles. One sonata will be addressed at a time. This will be more orderly than ...

The pianist’s severe, analytical style engages with two of the most challenging works in the repertoire to produce a disc of compelling, muscular authority It took Maurizio Pollini more than 30 years ...

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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 ...

Maurizio Pollini began to record his cycle of Beethoven's piano sonatas for Deutsche Grammophon in 1975, and he's only now nearing its completion. This collection of early works is the penultimate ...

There’s a certain famous performing arts venue that has lost a lot of Grammy Award-winning musicians these past few months. Such as Grammy Award-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Correlation does not mean ...

Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Isabelle van Keulen, Violin Hannes Minnaar, Piano Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 Isabelle van Keulen, Violin Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

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 ...

Sonata for Piano No. 1 Aldo Ciccolini, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Aldo Ciccolini, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven, ...