It's from earlier in Beethoven's life and isn't quite as epic, but it's full of great tunes and interesting developments. It's also worth noting that when Beethoven himself premiered the piece in 1803 ...

With extra notes added to the bass and treble, and the new sustaining pedal, this modern piano opened up fresh possibilities of resonance, dynamic range and attack. However, typically, Beethoven’s ...

By the time Beethoven wrote his later works the number of keys on the piano had expanded. An octave (12 notes) was added to the upper keys. Listen to the high notes from his Waldstein Sonata.

After the formal strides forward in his Op. 26 Sonata (see Recital 6) and the 'sonate quasi fantasie' pair of Op. 27 (see Recital 3), Beethoven appears to step back again with his next work in the ...

Beethoven only had about 70 keys on his piano and would surely have used more notes if he'd had them, he says. But don't focus too much on the keys, Willems says.

I played them from memory confidently and never dropped a note. ... Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, composed between 1795 and 1822, are deservedly touchstones. Hans von Bülow, ...

During 2003, renowned Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro performed an epic 8-concert cycle of all 32 Beethoven Sonatas at St ...

BSO performs all 5 Beethoven piano concertos this weekend (review, photos) Updated: Jul. 30, 2022, 5:13 p.m. ... his hands seemed to pirouette from one note to another. Overall, ...