Sarah Walker surveys the available recordings of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.13 (Pathétique) to make a recommendation. Written in the late 1700s when Beethoven was 27, the 'Pathétique' ...

This is one of a set of 4 video analysis podcasts that goes through the introduction section of the Pathetique Sonata up to the start of the exposition. It includes verbal analysis, score visuals and ...

Thirteen was Beethoven’s lucky number—his lucky opus number, that is. “Opus” means work, and classical composers (or their publishers) frequently number their scores in chronological order using the ...

I rented a grand piano and played the third movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8, the 'Pathetique.' It has been over a year since I started practicing it.My old, beat-up digital piano at home ...

Beethoven's 'Pathetique' Sonata Audio will be available later today. Pianist Louis Lortie plays the last movement from the Piano Sonata No. 8, by Beethoven.

Even as he struggled with the onset of deafness, Beethoven took the piano sonata into new realms of expressive power and beauty. Beethoven composed his Moonlight Sonata in 1801, the same year that — A ...

George Harliono is a terrifyingly talented young pianist. Here he is aged 11, impressing a crowd of fans with a Beethoven sonata. In the summer of 2012, The City of London Festival – which sadly ...

Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight' Steven Osborne, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 8, 'Pathétique' Steven Osborne, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No.

This is one of a set of 4 video analysis podcasts that goes through the DEVELOPMENT section of the Pathetique Sonata up to the start of the recapitulation. It includes verbal analysis, score visuals ...

This Sonata represents one of the few cases in which the popular title came from the composer himself - its full name is 'Grande sonate pathétique' (pathetic in the sense of 'suffering', rather than ...