This Sonata represents one of the few cases in which the popular title came from the composer himself - its full name is 'Grande sonate pathétique' (pathetic in the sense of 'suffering', rather than ...

Pianist Louis Lortie plays the last movement from the Piano Sonata No. 8, by Beethoven.

George Harliono is a terrifyingly talented young pianist. Here he is aged 11, impressing a crowd of fans with a Beethoven sonata. In the summer of 2012, The City of London Festival – which sadly ...

The titles of these sonatas summon up a stormy, blood-and-thunder vision of Beethoven. That isn’t Ingrid Fliter’s way. Her approach is grandly spacious, and full of the subtle pedal effects you ...

Ludwig van Beethoven and the piano were two of the most exciting new qualities of music in the 18th century and both are showcased in his Sonata Op.13 No.8 in C minor, Pathétique, first movement. In ...

Even as he struggled with the onset of deafness, Beethoven took the piano sonata into new realms of expressive power and beauty. Beethoven composed his Moonlight Sonata in 1801, the same year that — A ...

Happy Birthday, but inspired by one of the greatest classical piano sonatas. And it works suprisingly well. With its huge minor chords, dramatic contrasts and virtuosic runs, Beethoven's 'Pathetique' ...

Most pianists who come to our studios for live radio performances will ask for an hour or more to warm up and acclimate themselves to the piano and the room. But Rudolf Buchbinder was ready to start ...