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 ...
(CBS 11) - When I was studying classical piano in Dallas as a kid, I was fascinated by the massive amount of work that German composer Ludwig van Beethoven wrote for piano. I actually was able to play ...
Award-winning, 22-year-old pianist and composer Talon Smith will give a premiere performance of his newly published masterpiece, “Sonata in C minor, Op. 2” for solo piano, showcasing his unique voice, ...
In this vast, single-movement composition, Franz Liszt achieved a synthesis of symphonic and sonata forms that has never been surpassed for its cogency, scope and imagination. He managed this in a ...
In his last sonata, Beethoven seems to have found the ultimate solution to the unity of form by resolving in one movement the conflicts of the other. The two movements contrast on a number of planes: ...
That makes this autumn’s new recordings all the more welcome. No sooner has Yunchan Lim given us Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons ...
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 ...
Since sweeping the board in terms of prizes at the 2005 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the young Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz has, understandably enough, been identified as a Chopin ...
The piece was first performed in Warsaw by two outstanding musicians, violinist Paweł Kochański and pianist Artur Rubinstein, on 3rd April 1909. "as such it must be the greatest instrumental work of ...
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