Well, not quite complete – there’s no Op.64, Beethoven’s arrangement of his early Piano Trio. But all five sonatas and three sets of variations are here. Alfred is the dominant force throughout, a ...

Jane Jones hosts a special week on the Full Works Concert during which, every night, she’ll profile each of Beethoven’s five piano concertos. In a special week of the Classic FM Full Works Concert, ...

This collection of Beethoven’s works for violin, cello and piano, a five-volume series in the making since 2015, is played by the Swiss Piano Trio with real freshness and verve. Rather than record ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. During the lockdown Daniel Barenboim said he had more time to play the piano than for 50 years. One of the ...

Getting a head start on the impending Beethoven 2020 festivities, Canada's Jan Lisiecki has today surprised us with Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos, his fifth ...

French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov present Beethoven in a way that keeps virtuosity well to the fore and is full of unexpected touches. Queyras moves at times ...

OF all the many projects to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, this nine-disc boxset of all 32 of his Piano Sonatas will surely stand at the end of the year as one of ...

Viennese pianist Rudolf Buchbinder is reaching another milestone this summer: for the 49th time in his career, he will perform all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas. He’ll accomplish this at the Edinburgh ...