Watch Daniel Barenboim discussing Beethoven’s piano sonatas with Italian conductor and pianist Giuseppe Mentuccia in his four-part series Conversations On Beethoven available on YouTube. There is no ...
A forgotten gem by Emilie Mayer gave way to Beethoven's monumental Archduke Trio as Amalia Hall, Edward Neeman and Patrick ...
Ludwig Van Beethoven's piano music is some of the most popular, and constantly played by performers everywhere. But if you're a first-time listener, where do you start? Like much of Beethoven's work, ...
Of all his early sonatas, Beethoven was most proud of this work in B flat, though it has perhaps never had the popularity of some of its companions in the cycle. It was completed in 1800 and published ...
In our series Decoding the music masterpieces, music experts explain key works of classical music. Without question, the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony contains one of the most famous ...
Deutsche Grammophon’s Beethoven 2020 campaign features major new releases, including a remarkable box set, celebrating Beethoven’s 250th birthday. Today Deutsche Grammophon unveiled its major new ...
Legend has it that Ludwig Beethoven would meticulously count out 60 coffee beans each morning to fuel his creative genius.
Beethoven composed some the most recognisable classical music in the world, from his monumental "Choral" Symphony to intimate solo piano music like the "Moonlight" Sonata. In 2019, ABC Classic ...
The increasing deafness that Beethoven suffered during the closing years of his life gives the masterpieces that he wrote in that period, like the late String Quartets, a mystical aura, especially for ...
New research published in the journal Current Biology uses DNA sequencing to uncover that the great composer did not die from lead poisoning after all... In 1802, at the age of just 32, Ludwig van ...
Ludwig van Beethoven is just as famous for his music — and his hair — in death as he was in life. Beethoven died 196 years ago, almost to the day, at the age of 56 A team of scientists sequenced his ...