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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

"Moonlight," "Appassionata," "Revolutionary," "Farewell," "Minute Waltz."Even if you aren't familiar with classical music, you have likely heard these titles at least once.However, there is something ...

In Jonathan Biss’s ongoing cycle of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, the works are grouped according to character and connection, rather than exact chronology. Only now, in Volume 4, has he included the ...

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 ...

As a student, Levit spent years meticulously polishing a single piano sonata. In many ways it taught him all he knows about this ‘no bullshit’ composer who wrote music of the future Opus 2, No 2. The ...