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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 ...

Andras Schiff has called Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 ("Hammerklavier") "a monument of impenetrability" with moments of humor and "unfathomable depths of tragedy and loss." Beethoven's 32 piano ...

Beethoven wrote piano sonatas throughout his life, from the early pieces he wrote as virtuoso vehicles for himself to the highly distilled essays he crafted after deafness had put an end to his ...

Our series of the Beethoven piano sonatas continues today. We hear a performance by pianist Marc Andre Hamelin of the Piano Sonata No. 31. And for some insight into this music, Fred talks with William ...

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Jonathan Biss’ Kindle Single Beethoven’s Shadow, available at Amazon.com. The challenge of playing the 32 Beethoven sonatas is often compared to climbing Mount ...

A previously unheard Beethoven piano sonata is to be performed on Sunday in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. A new completion of a Beethoven piano sonata will receive its world premiere this weekend in ...

Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas cover a dazzling amount of stylistic ground, from the intimate and crystalline to the grandiose. And that diversity is present from the very beginning, as Sunday night's ...

During 2003, renowned Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro performed an epic 8-concert cycle of all 32 Beethoven Sonatas at St John's, Smith Square, London. Comprehensive programme notes on each Sonata ...

Beethoven is lionized as a composer and artist. His music is treated with a reverence that can sometimes hide the intellect and passion he intended to convey to the audiences of his era. The first ...

During 2003, renowned Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro performed an epic 8-concert cycle of all 32 Beethoven Sonatas at St John's, Smith Square, London. Comprehensive programme notes on each Sonata ...