Chamber music fans can welcome spring March 2 at Wesley Church in Bethlehem, or at least Beethoven’s sonata for piano and violin by that name, in a concert by violinist Inna Eyzerovich and pianist ...

Cascavelle has reissued Aldo Ciccolini’s 1995‑99 Beethoven cycle for the Italian Bongiovanni label (it also appeared on Nuova Era) as a space-saving box-set. While most cyclical presentations follow a ...

Of all the musical genres (that word again), the Piano Sonata is the only one that Beethoven worked on more or less consistently throughout his life. No large gaps as with the Symphonies or String ...

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It’ ain’t easy — actually, it just ain’t possible — for me to cover every worthwhile musical event in this area. One of the many things I’ve been unable to attend is the cycle of Beethoven piano ...

After the formal strides forward in his Op. 26 Sonata (see Recital 6) and the 'sonate quasi fantasie' pair of Op. 27 (see Recital 3), Beethoven appears to step back again with his next work in the ...

Jane Jones has a glimpse into the heart of the contradictory composer. When I skipped practice and decided that I wasn’t made for music, I reckoned without Beethoven. It’s years since my schooldays ...