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Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 (Tempest)

Compared to the vivacious lightness of touch in the first, G major Sonata of Op. 31, the second is, as its nickname suggests, a stormy work. The name, as so often in Beethoven's piano sonatas, was not ...
Los Angeles Times

Beethoven for pandemic times: How Opus 132 is journey through illness and healing

When we finally see the return of concerts, shared experiences by full audiences, everyone together, the moment will be less for fireworks than for thanksgiving. Let us begin, then, with Beethoven as ...
Los Angeles Times

All the wit of Beethoven

András Schiff is a compact man with a large head. He walked onto the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage Wednesday night like a cross between an absent-minded professor and Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp.
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight)

The popular nickname of the 'Moonlight' for the second sonata of Op. 27 may be a fair title for the first movement, but the rest of the work contains some of the most turbulent music Beethoven ever ...