Jane Jones has a glimpse into the heart of the contradictory composer. When I skipped practice and decided that I wasn’t made for music, I reckoned without Beethoven. It’s years since my schooldays ...
TEN years ago, pianist Peter Serkin made a Beethoven recording that included the “Moonlight” Sonata and the “Appassionata.” Moonlight was evidently on, or in, his mind, since even the agitated and ...
The first years of the 19th century found Beethoven at a crucial point of transition in his career. Having mastered the Viennese high Classical style for which Haydn and Mozart served as paradigms, he ...
They stand as a monolith in the piano repertoire, 32 sonatas that explore a vast range of the human experience. From the ardors of the “Pathetique” (Op. 13) to the storms of the “Appassionata” (Op. 57 ...
"I would never have believed that I could be so lazy as I am here. If it is followed by an outburst of industry, something worthwhile may be accomplished." So wrote Beethoven from the Austrian spa ...
Sonata for Piano No. 8, 'Pathétique' Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Michel Dalberto, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 12 Michel Dalberto, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 14, ...
In 1804, following works born of the idealism of the French Revolution and the Enlightenment such as his “Eroica” Symphony, Beethoven created the greatest musical explosion for solo piano of its time: ...
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