Beethoven’s Op 53 represented a revolution in his piano style, says Patrick Rucker, as he sifts through almost a century of recordings The Sonata in C major, Op 53, was published in Vienna in May 1805 ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. "There is a time in the piano music world: before the 'Waldstein' Sonata and after the 'Waldstein' ...

Beethoven dedicated his Piano Sonata No. 21 to his friend and patron Count Ferdinand von Waldstein. It’s considered one of his most technically challenging piano sonatas. Hear American pianist Garrick ...

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1: I. Andante Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49 No. 1: II. Rondo (Allegro) Beethoven: Piano ...

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.

Rudolf Serkin, piano (Sony Classical, 3-CD set). Serkin was exceptionally finicky when it came to passing approval on his studio recordings, which explains why all nine of these Beethoven sonata ...

Beethoven thought that his Waldstein and Appassionata sonatas for solo piano were some of the best he ever wrote. History agrees with him: These famous masterpieces have been studied and worshiped by ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The first volume of Bavouzet’s projected traversal of all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas was an unqualified triumph, the ...

Concerts that stand out from the rest are often memorable for the unity between performer, programme and audience. The Hong Kong piano recital by Igor Levit was one such concert. The Russian-born ...