Composed between 1803 and 1804, the 'Appassionata' is one of Beethoven's most tempestuous works for the piano. Ludvig van Beethoven composed his storm-tossed 'Appassionata' Sonata No.23 (1803-04) at a ...
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 ...
The nine sonatas in this penultimate volume of Paul Lewis’s Beethoven cycle fall into three distinct groups. The triptych Op. 2 and the lone E flat Op. 7 were Beethoven’s first sonatas – all of them ...
The first of concert of John Lill’s Beethoven piano sonata cycle at Cadogan Hall saw a warhorse of the concert platform performing one of the great warhorses of the piano repertory. Alongside the ...
Steinway and Sons has joined in the celebrations of Beethoven’s 250th birthday by releasing a limited edition grand piano entitled “the Appassionata”, in homage to the great composer. The Appassionata ...
Nikolai Lugansky is a Russian virtuoso in the grand tradition with a huge tone, a terrific technique, and a taste for the biggest possible repertoire. But while there's no denying that Lugansky can ...
We learn from others, or as Picasso said, "Good artists copy, great artists steal." Beethoven took this advice and borrowed from Mozart and Haydn, but quickly progressed. Where some would borrow a ...
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 ...
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