Louis Lortie is back, this time in concert with music by Beethoven, as part of our continuing series of the 32 piano sonatas. We hear him play the famous "Pathetique," also known as Beethoven's Piano ...

Bold outbursts, pointed syncopations, strong contrasts in mood: from the opening of Op 10 No 1, Roberto Prosseda promises us ...

Beethoven is known for crossing all sorts of musical boundaries, and the opening to his "Kreutzer" Sonata for Violin and Piano is a brilliant example. Beethoven himself said that the sonata is written ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Bravo! Vail Music Festival announces more than 30 free concerts and events taking place throughout the Vail Valley as ...

Not so long ago, every pianist of real stature would make a pilgrimage on record through Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. Pianists nowadays tend to pick and mix their discs - recording a bit of Schubert ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the banes of being a viola-player, aside from all those jokes that are lobbed at the profession, is that the solo repertoire for the instrument is so limited. Maxim Rysanov is among the new ...