Elisabeth Leonskaja review – piano legend’s unerring sense of architecture reveals connections and kinships

In her recital programme of Beethoven, Schoenberg, Chopin, Webern and Schubert, the Austrian pianist brought new insights and expected delights ...

Piano Lunch brings classical music to midday

Imagine attending a concert where a renowned pianist/composer expertly plays the works of Beethoven, Mozart and Scarlatti.
The New York Times

Playing Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Changed How I Hear Them

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by critic’s notebook Our chief classical critic took on the daunting Opus 110 in college, and now relishes risky recordings. By Anthony Tommasini For my ...
Bachtrack

Rereading Beethoven’s sonatas: Olli Mustonen performs in Sydney

Olli Mustonen’s playing never permits a passive response. One can enthusiastically nod or one can profusely object, but the listener is asked to take a side and react.
Gramophone

Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas

Sonata for Piano No. 1 Aldo Ciccolini, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Aldo Ciccolini, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven, ...
Colorado Public Radio

He Wanted Larger And Louder: The Pianos Of Beethoven’s Time Weren’t Enough For Him

Ludwig van Beethoven came on the heels of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn. Those great composers had reached the peak of their expression, and music — all arts, in fact — needed to move along ...
Gramophone

Beethoven Lieder & Volkslieder

(8) Lieder, Movements: No. 4, Maigesang: Mailied (wds. Goethe) Love Derwinger, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Barbara Hendricks, Soprano (8) Lieder, Movements ...