Performing the complete Beethoven sonatas was Moeckel's idea. He proposed it casually to Bach Society Artistic Director Lindabeth Binkley, a former associate at the TSO. (An oboist, she is taking a ...

A few weeks ago I outlined some binge listening plans. I’ve completed two of them. The first was all 32 of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. The second was a survey of Baroque music. The Beethoven took about ...

It was barely 10:01 a.m. when pianist Stewart Goodyear sat at a Steinway concert grand at the Mondavi Center. Time was of the essence, for this concert performance would not end until 13 hours later.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Pianists in studios and music schools often collaborate to perform all 32 of Beethoven’s piano ...

Turkish pianist Idil Biret (b. 1941) has been a household name at a number of record labels, most notably EMI and Naxos. A student of Nadia Boulanger and Alfred Cortot, Biret is steeped in the ...

Beethoven wrote piano sonatas throughout his life, from the early pieces he wrote as virtuoso vehicles for himself to the highly distilled essays he crafted after deafness had put an end to his ...

“I feel possessed every time I play Beethoven,” he says. “I become transformed every time I play these pieces. They become so personal to me that it just pours out of me very, very naturally.” ...

To hear all of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, presented in the order in which he wrote them over the course of thirty turbulent years, played by a consummate artist, is a rare opportunity. Pianist Jiayan ...

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from Jonathan Biss’ Kindle Single Beethoven’s Shadow, available at Amazon.com. The challenge of playing the 32 Beethoven sonatas is often compared to climbing Mount ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by critic’s notebook Our chief classical critic took on the daunting Opus 110 in college, and now relishes risky recordings. By Anthony Tommasini For my ...

We take you to an epic concert in New York as we continue our series of the complete piano sonatas by Beethoven. In October, Symphony Space, a performance space on New York's Upper West Side, staged a ...