Andras Schiff Plays Beethoven
Just let yourself imagine two opposing forces in Vienna, Austria in the early 1800’s: On one hand you have young Beethoven, wanting to get the attention and approval of the public at the music capital …
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Michelangeli Plays Schubert’s Piano Sonata #4 in A-Minor
Franz Schubert spent a good part of spring 1817 and most of the following summer composing piano sonatas. The first of these 1817 sonatas, the Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 537, written during March and …
Guitarist Stephanie Jones Plays Bach
Stephanie Jones started learning the guitar when she was 11 at Wembley Primary School in Perth, Australia. In 2010, Stephanie was awarded the Royal Schools Anniversary Scholarship and started her studies at the Australian National …
Igor Levit Plays Beethoven’s Sonata #1
The Piano sonata no. 1 by Beethoven was written in 1795 and it was the first important own piece he played publicly. Beethoven dedicated it to Joseph Haydn (his teacher at the time) with simple …
Clara-Jumi Kang Plays the Schumann Sonata #1
Robert Schumann composed the Violin Sonata in A minor, Op 105 between 12 and 16 September. After the first, private, performance at the Schumanns’ Düsseldorf home, his wife, Clara, was delighted with the first two movements …