Beethoven Archive

Mendelssohn and Beethoven: Violin Concertos The compositions on this recording include the following: Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002: Sarabande Sarabande from Partita No. 2 in D minor …

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 Performed by Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), with the Tapiola Sinfonietta, Osmo Vänskä conducting. On two previous CD’s …

Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 and variations. Performed by Ralph Kirshbaum (cello) and Shai Wosner (piano) Beethoven’s sonatas for cello and piano span his entire creative life. The Op.5 sonatas date from the late 1790s …

I am a huge admirer of pianist Grigory Sokolov In my view he is one of the three top pianists on the planet today, Let me Illustrate how I arrived at this conclusion. Music is …

I confess that I do not listen to pianist Mikhail Pletnev all that often. However, whenever I do hear him play I am always impressed by his excellence. On this recording we get to enjoy …