Much of this success was due to a disregard of composition conventions and rules, pushing the performers and their instruments to their limits. Today there are many artists who have recorded and ...

Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in D, Op.12 No.1 Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in D, Op.12 No.1: 2. Tema con variazioni (Andante con moto) Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in D, Op.12 No.1: 3.

This Sonata represents one of the few cases in which the popular title came from the composer himself - its full name is 'Grande sonate pathétique' (pathetic in the sense of 'suffering', rather than ...

Beethoven Sonata SeriesThe young Japanese pianist Hiroko Sasaki is in the spotlight today as our series of the Beethoven piano sonatas continues. She plays the Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1, No. 2 in ...

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique': II. Adagio cantabile Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral ...

Even as he struggled with the onset of deafness, Beethoven took the piano sonata into new realms of expressive power and beauty. Beethoven composed his Moonlight Sonata in 1801, the same year that — A ...

Composed between 1801 and 1802, this popular piece is one of Beethoven’s best known piano works. Despite its nickname, in Beethoven’s mind this was never the ‘Moonlight’ Sonata. Instead, the rather ...

A previously unheard Beethoven piano sonata is to be performed on Sunday in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. A new completion of a Beethoven piano sonata will receive its world premiere this weekend in ...