BBC

Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2 No. 2

Beethoven's first three piano sonatas were dedicated to the figure who had inspired him to move from his home town of Bonn to Vienna, Joseph Haydn. No. 2 is notable for the way we see Beethoven ...
Gramophone

Beethoven Piano Sonata No 32; Chopin Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat

Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movements: C minor, Kk11 (L352) Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli, Piano Domenico Scarlatti, Composer Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movements: B flat (LS40) Arturo ...
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 ...
The New York Times

The Woman at the Heart of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Beethoven at 250 A coming novel tells the story of the piano student who was the dedicatee of one of classical music’s most famous works. By Patricia ...
Bachtrack

Marc-André Hamelin surveys two centuries of piano sonatas in Cleveland recital

From Haydn and Beethoven to Weinberg and Rachmaninov, Marc-André Hamelin reveals the piano sonata as a form of breadth, ...