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To undertake all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas in a concentrated span is doubtless the most demanding feat–musically, technically and intellectually –any interpreter has had to face. Of to… ...
When Daniel Barenboim begins his cycle of all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas Wednesday night in Orchestra Hall, the event will have old-timers searching their memories for the last time they heard any … ...
Composed between 1801 and 1802, this popular piece is one of Beethoven’s best known piano works. Despite its nickname, in Beethoven’s mind this was never the ‘Moonlight’ Sonata. Instead, the rather ...
The December 2013 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” features several concertos by Beethoven and a popular piano sonata.
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.
With more than 80 available recordings, pianists continue to return to Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata. "Surely I've written better things," Beethoven said of his Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp ...
Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Sonata quasi una fantasia,” more popularly known as the “Moonlight Sonata” (1802). (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the ...
During the lockdown Daniel Barenboim said he had more time to play the piano than for 50 years. One of the outcomes is a new recording of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, plus the late ...
Today in Beethoven 250, Alice puts the spotlight – or rather moonlight – on Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.14. A dark and quintessentially moody masterpiece, the 'Moonlight' Sonata has appeared ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Beethoven at 250 A coming novel tells the story of the piano student who was the dedicatee of one of classical music’s most famous works. By ...
Piano Sonata No. 14, more commonly known as the Moonlight Sonata, is one of Beethoven’s most famous works. In this sonic journey, Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the sonata in a wider musical landscape ...