"I would never have believed that I could be so lazy as I am here. If it is followed by an outburst of industry, something worthwhile may be accomplished." So wrote Beethoven from the Austrian spa ...

TEN years ago, pianist Peter Serkin made a Beethoven recording that included the “Moonlight” Sonata and the “Appassionata.” Moonlight was evidently on, or in, his mind, since even the agitated and ...

You have to hand it to the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth for trying something different once in a while. Saturday afternoon’s concert, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, featured the ...

Beethoven thought that his Waldstein and Appassionata sonatas for solo piano were some of the best he ever wrote. History agrees with him: These famous masterpieces have been studied and worshiped by ...

Even as he struggled with the onset of deafness, Beethoven took the piano sonata into new realms of expressive power and beauty. Beethoven composed his Moonlight Sonata in 1801, the same year that — A ...

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata': I. Allegro Assai Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata': II. Andante con moto Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata ...