One of the most unique (and rewarding) things about Beethoven (and classical music in general) is that it functions as music to be listened ...

Keyboards piled up at the Pearl River Piano factory (BBC) Marches are good fun, at least musically.  Beethoven hated war of course, and h...

(David Oistrakh) I've been looking for some good performances of Beethoven's early Violin Sonatas and recently alexcello1981   sh...

Here's a great concert featuring conductor Frans Brüggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century ( Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw ). Maest...

(Courtesy "Frederick Johnson's Used Pianos") This past week's theme seemed to be "piano sonatas" - so I migh...

(Kandinsky) Here are a couple of Beethoven's most important and engrossing piano sonatas, the first "titanic" sonata Beetho...

Beethoven's most powerful piano sonata may be the "Appassionata", Sonata #23, Opus 57.  It has a couple of interesting stories...

(Bagelletes vs Bagatelles) A couple of my favorite Beethoven piano pieces not part of the monumental 32 Sonatas: 7 Bagatelles Op.33 No....

(Follow this analysis or be haunted by the Ghost of Rubinstein forever) Piano Sonata #8 in Cm, Op.13, "Pathétique" (1798) - 1....

Beethoven's Cello Sonatas 1-3 UPDT: Previously all 5 sonatas but #2, 4 and 5 got deleted off YT... Here's an historic meeting ...

It's been said that J.S. Bach wrote the "Old Testament" with the Well-Tempered Clavier, and Beethoven wrote the "New Test...

Here's a full-length film on one Youtube video, " The Art Of Piano: Great Pianists Of The 20th Century" ,(107 min) . I actual...

Today's post will be "and More" (from the "LvB and More" title of this blog). My favorite pianist is Sviatoslav R...