Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein was the young Beethoven's first great patron in Bonn - and his name will live for ever as the dedicatee of Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata opus 53. Count ...

Beethoven dedicated his Piano Sonata No. 21 to his friend and patron Count Ferdinand von Waldstein. It’s considered one of his most technically challenging piano sonatas. Hear American pianist Garrick ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. "There is a time in the piano music world: before the 'Waldstein' Sonata and after the 'Waldstein' ...

The first instalment of Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's chronological journey through Beethoven's sonatas, which appeared in 2012, got as far as the end of the 18th century, and the two sonatas of Op 14. Those ...

Considering that the BBC Legends series has the corporation's entire archive at its disposal, its choices of performers and repertoire remain disappointingly limited - far too fixated on big-name ...

Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight' Steven Osborne, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 8, 'Pathétique' Steven Osborne, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No.

Concerts that stand out from the rest are often memorable for the unity between performer, programme and audience. The Hong Kong piano recital by Igor Levit was one such concert. The Russian-born ...