The popular nickname of the 'Moonlight' for the second sonata of Op. 27 may be a fair title for the first movement, but the rest of the work contains some of the most turbulent music Beethoven ever ...
(12) Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Jill Crossland, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight' Jill Crossland, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer 6 ...
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Slowly spiralling chords in the right hand. Deep, sinking bass in the left. The opening to Beethoven’s ...
Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight' Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Annie Fischer, Piano (4) Scherzos, Movements: No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 (1839) Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Annie Fischer, Piano ...
Andras Schiff explores Beethoven's Piano Sonatas in an exclusive series of lecture recitals at London's Wigmore Hall. Listen to him dissect Piano Sonata no. 14, Opus 27 No 2 'Moonlight', in C sharp ...
It has been recorded by everyone from Geza Anda to Dieter Zechlin. Forward-looking, iconoclastic modern pianists record it; so do classicists, and big-name stars give it a try. With more than 80 ...
From a penny to 19 pawns, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz 1 What invention famously cost a penny at the 1851 Great Exhibition? 2 Who writes the blog A Don’s Life? 3 In what activity is the ...
Once upon a time, piano music was the social media of its day. The 19th and early 20th Centuries were the heyday of the piano. It was the primary entertainment for the evening in most middle-class ...
A wonderful box set of all 32 of Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas, performed by the veteran Italian virtuoso, Maurizio Pollini, has been issued on Deutsche Grammophon/ Universal Classics. His ...