After the formal strides forward in his Op. 26 Sonata (see Recital 6) and the 'sonate quasi fantasie' pair of Op. 27 (see Recital 3), Beethoven appears to step back again with his next work in the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: I. Allegro vivace Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: II. Adagio grazioso Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op ...

Writing a warm if inevitably parti pris appreciation of Stephen Kovacevich’s nine-CD and 12-year project, producer John Fraser speaks of ‘an artist of almost self-punishing honesty and integrity’.

American pianist Jonathan Biss, who is recording the Beethoven sonatas at the pace of one disc a year, has a good way with words. The fact that Beethoven's Sonata in E flat, Op 7, and the Moonlight ...

Almost every major record label seems to have an archive of recordings by Sviatoslav Richter, whether made in the studio or taken from his recitals. Unlike many great pianists, Richter was never ...