All music – indeed all art itself – is a conceit in which the artist perpetrates one or another act of beautiful or decorous vanity upon...
“Don’t only practice your art, But force your way into its secrets For it and knowledge can raise men to The Divine.” Ludwig van Beethoven The...
For Ludwig van Beethoven, there was but one way to create art, “Don’t only practice your art,” he said, “But force your way into its secrets...
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) – Late Piano Sonatas D 784, 958, 959 and 960– Paul Lewis: pianoforte Schubert’s last three piano sonatas–958 (no. 19), 959...
In The Night: Stephen Hough – Piano Stephen Hough has an impressive resume as a pianist, with some of the worlds’ finest Symphonies and Philharmonics. He...
Ludwig Beethoven: Complete Works for violoncello & piano: Jean-Guihen Queyras: cello; Alexander Melnikov: piano Beethoven’s first two sonatas for violoncello and piano Opus 5 No. 1...
Beethoven’s first published works—his Opus No.1—were three trios for piano, violin and cello and already they show a marked advance on Haydn’s trios in the comparative...
This album of concerti 3 and 4 is a profound recording. It creates a palimpsest of Beethoven’s creative mindset during the last years when he had...