Beethoven is known for crossing all sorts of musical boundaries, and the opening to his "Kreutzer" Sonata for Violin and Piano is a brilliant example. Beethoven himself said that the sonata is written ...

Celebrating a major anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth, a new composition and arrangements add to a cycle of creativity that follows one of the brilliant composer’s most popular works. Colin ...

Violin Concerto In D, Op.61: 1. Allegro ma non troppo Violin Concerto In D, Op.61: 2. Larghetto - Violin Concerto In D, Op.61: 3. Cadenza Fritz Kreisler Sonata for Violin and Piano No.9 in A, Op.47 - ...

A fascinating study in comparisons, and an auspicious DG debut for Vadim Repin and Riccardo Muti. Muti’s conducting of the Concerto is leisurely, at times even a mite imperious, though always flexible ...

Rodolphe Kreutzer is not a name that'll leap out from a compendium of the great composers. Yet the 'Kreutzer Sonata' is one of the most significant creations in the classical canon. It's Beethoven's ...

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is Artist-in-Residence at San Francisco Symphony in 2020, and she is scheduled to give three appearances here this year in celebration of the 250th anniversary of ...

Any composer is lucky to write something that performers want to play and audiences love hearing, but there’s a catch. Their most popular works overshadow their other compositions, no matter how ...

THERE’S a story about Beethoven, that one of his violinist friends complained about the endless note-spinning and other technical tortures of the great man’s works. Hearing this, Beethoven turned to a ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. "The Mount Olympus for all who perform it..." International violin superstar Midori isn't alone in ...

Beethoven whittles the world down to its essence in his "Kreutzer" Sonata for violin and piano. Commentator Rob Kapilow demonstrates how, with... Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata Connections Beethoven's ...

Beethoven is known for crossing all sorts of musical boundaries, and the opening to his "Kreutzer" Sonata for Violin and Piano is a brilliant example. Beethoven himself said that the sonata is written ...