Beethoven whittles the world down to its essence in his "Kreutzer" Sonata for violin and piano. Commentator Rob Kapilow demonstrates how, with... Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata Connections Beethoven's ...

As host and violinist Scott Yoo and pianist Anna Polonsky attempt to record Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata, the increasingly irritated composer reminisces about his own history with the piece. What was ...

Scott Yoo, host of “Now Hear This,” performs an excerpt from Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata. Filmed at the Sinquefield Music Center at the University of Missouri. I'm Scott Yoo, host of 'Now Hear This' ...

Celebrating a major anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth, a new composition and arrangements add to a cycle of creativity that follows one of the brilliant composer’s most popular works. Colin ...

At the heart of the story lies a brutal crime of passion. A husband murders his wife, an amateur pianist, who had been enjoying chamber music sessions with a violinist. There was nothing illicit ...

The controversy started after the first time the original sonata was played. Beethoven had originally dedicated his piece to violinist George Bridgetower (1778–1860). Beethoven and Bridgetower ...

It is always a worthy question to ask when a pairing like Beethoven's notorious "Kreutzer" sonata with Franck's frankly demonic violin sonata, not to mention the inspired inclusion of Kreisler's ...

A fascinating study in comparisons, and an auspicious DG debut for Vadim Repin and Riccardo Muti. Muti’s conducting of the Concerto is leisurely, at times even a mite imperious, though always flexible ...

Leo Tolstoy's story of compulsive jealousy set to the disturbing chords of Ludwig Van Beethoven's "The Kreutzer Sonata" is given a lurid screen treatment by British director Bernard Rose. Danny Huston ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. "The Mount Olympus for all who perform it..." International violin superstar Midori isn't alone in ...

Having made a film about Beethoven ("Immortal Beloved"), and another based on a Tolstoy story starring Danny Huston ("Ivansxtc"), helmer Bernard Rose mashes all these elements together in "The ...

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 ...