So wrote Beethoven from the Austrian spa town of Baden ... without singing any definite notes. When questioned as to what it was he answered, 'A theme for the last movement of the sonata [Op.

Comprehensive programme notes on each Sonata are available below ... You can also read a general introduction to Beethoven's piano sonatas.

But there are exceptional cases, and the case of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas is certainly one of them ... this cycle is presently available on Nuova Era/New Note (CD) 90034/41). Nowadays, though, ...

After listening to pianist Jon Batiste’s most recent record album, Blues, for the umpteenth time, I reveled in the fact that this is “easy listening” music that could provide the soundtrack for the ...

The first thing we should do in approaching this musically remarkable and, in terms of its exploration of the composer’s tempest-tossed inner life, extraordinarily fascinating addition to the ...