At the age of 30, Beethoven published two sonatas under the title 'Sonata quasi una fantasia,' Op. 27. The second of these is ...

If there is a field that best commemorates the birth and death of artists, it would likely be the classical music world. Next year marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Beethoven (1770–1827), ...

Sonata for Piano No. 21, 'Waldstein' Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 22 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano Sonata for Piano No.

In this vast, single-movement composition, Franz Liszt achieved a synthesis of symphonic and sonata forms that has never been surpassed for its cogency, scope and imagination. He managed this in a ...

Sonata for Piano No. 1 Friedrich Gulda, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 2 Friedrich Gulda, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 3 Friedrich Gulda, Piano ...

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 ...

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 ...

Clara Schumann, the wife of the great composer Robert Schumann, wrote in her diary on 25 May 1854: Liszt sent Robert today a sonata dedicated to him and several other things with a friendly letter 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 ...

When a chipping sparrow trills, it could be that spring has arrived. When women’s voices ululate, they do so, in different regions of the world, to celebrate, to mourn, to pray, to warn, to seduce.