The great Russian pianist Emil Gilels plays the opening movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata — the Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor.
Nowhere are Beethoven's gifts as a composer more evident than in his sonatas for the piano. They contain what was, from the start, his most personal musical expression. The piano was his instrument, ...
Robert Schumann's three Violin Sonatas are the epitome of Romanticism -- deeply atmospheric works full of song, but haunted by the ghost of Beethoven and the pull between tradition and innovation, not ...
101 Beethoven, Ludwig v.: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 5 8: Allegro Moderato / Piano 102 Beethoven, Ludwig v.: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 5 8 ...