Beethoven Violin Sonata #9 Op. 47 “Kreutzer”: Adagio sostenuto - presto, Andante con variazioni, presto; Franck Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano: Allegretto ben moderato, allegro, Ben Moderato ...

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 ...

Performance Today is looking at the complete set of piano sonatas by Beethoven, and so is pianist Murray Perahia. Perahia was chosen to be the editor of a newly researched Beethoven edition for the ...

Beethoven's output for cello and piano spanned his lifetime -- starting with the two sonatas he composed in 1796; two near ...

Absolutely; the focus and stamina were such that a sinking would have been impossible. Any difficulties rest with us, and I confess I have a problem with the biggest movements. Like much in late ...

While lockdown for us lesser mortals meant perhaps finding new ways of cataloguing our CD collections or redecorating the bathroom, it seems that the great musicians among us spent it on loftier ...

It has been recorded by everyone from Geza Anda to Dieter Zechlin. Forward-looking, iconoclastic modern pianists record it; so do classicists, and big-name stars give it a try. With more than 80 ...

Beethoven's second compositional phase, often known as his heroic period, is most obviously exemplified in the Eroica Symphony of 1803-4. But, as the slow movement of his Op. 26 Piano Sonata shows, ...