Well, not quite complete – there’s no Op.64, Beethoven’s arrangement of his early Piano Trio. But all five sonatas and three sets of variations are here. Alfred is the dominant force throughout, a ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Howard Shelley, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Opera North Orchestra Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Howard Shelley, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 Omri Epstein, Piano Ori Epstein, Cello Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 Omri Epstein, Piano Ori Epstein, Cello Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. During the lockdown Daniel Barenboim said he had more time to play the piano than for 50 years. One of the ...

Stewart Goodyear (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Constantine (Orchid Classics) Beethoven will not suffer from the collapse of his 250th anniversary celebrations. How much harder for the ...

OF all the many projects to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, this nine-disc boxset of all 32 of his Piano Sonatas will surely stand at the end of the year as one of ...