Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. During the lockdown Daniel Barenboim said he had more time to play the piano than for 50 years. One of the ...

When Daniel Barenboim begins his cycle of all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas Wednesday night in Orchestra Hall, the event will have old-timers searching their memories for the last time they heard any ...

In 2005, legendary pianist Daniel Barenboim performed the complete Beethoven piano sonatas over 8 concerts in 2 weeks at the Staatsoper in Berlin. These definitive performances were lavishly filmed ...

To undertake all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas in a concentrated span is doubtless the most demanding feat–musically, technically and intellectually –any interpreter has had to face. Of today`s keyboard ...

The 32 piano sonatas that Beethoven composed between 1799 and 1824, including some of his most recognized works like the "Moonlight" and "Appassionata" sonatas, are often considered among the German ...

From the early Op. 2 set of sonatas to the famous 'Moonlight', find out why Beethoven's piano sonatas broke the mould - and hear from pianists themselves about how they approach performing them.

If Daniel Barenboim is not the worlds greatest living classical musician he is certainly the most versatile In a career spanning more than 50 years his name is attached to many of the celebrated ...

Conductor, pianist and peace advocate Daniel Barenboim first recorded all five of Beethoven's piano concertos in 1967. Barenboim, a brash and fantastically smart 24-year-old, was paired with an elder ...

Discover the best recordings of Beethoven's incredible piano sonatas on CD - click on the links to preview and buy them. “Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is ...

With the news that Daniel Barenboim is visiting London to play Beethoven, a few words come to mind: "tickets"; "gold dust"; "living legend". Pianist, conductor and possibly today's most articulate ...