Sokolov Plays Beethoven’s Sonata #16, and More…
The main feature of Beethoven’s Sonata #16 is in the first movement. It is a figure in which the left hand is anticipated by the right, as if Beethoven is making fun of bad pianists who …
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Helene Grimaud Plays the Beethoven Op. 110
Beethoven’s piano sonatas grew in complexity and depth as the cycle of these 32 sonatas progressed. The last dozen or so could be called absolute masterpieces of piano music, with the latter half of that …
Beethoven: The Final String Quartets
Ludwig Van Beethoven died in 1827. The last 6 quartets of Beethoven are renowned as the pinnacle of his output, and they stand among the greatest compositions of all time. The Brodsky Quartet’s eagerly anticipated …
Introducing Violinist Veronika Eberle
Sir Simon Rattle’s introduced violinist Veronika Eberle aged just 16 to a packed Salzburg Festpielhaus at the 2006 Salzburg Easter Festival, and brought her to international attention. She performed the Beethoven Violin Concerto. Key orchestra …
Introducing: Violinist Alena Baeva
Ms. Baeva was born in Russia to a musical family in 1985, and she took her first violin lessons at the age of five under renowned pedagogue Olga Danilova. From 1995, she studied in Moscow with …