Beethoven composed several concertos during his teens – the piano score of a complete concerto in E flat dating from 1784 is the only one to have survived. But it is the five piano concertos he wrote ...

Bernard Haitink celebrates his 90th birthday this week, and so we nod to the great conductor with a magnificent recording of his. Here, he conducts Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2, Triple Concerto ...

Watch American pianist Emmanuel Ax and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven’s Piano Concertos 1 and 2 from the Sydney Opera House. Although published after Piano Concerto No 1, Beethoven’s ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Martha Argerich, Piano Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Lahav Shani, Conductor Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Martha Argerich, Piano Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Andrew Manze, Conductor Berlin German Symphony Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Martin Helmchen, Piano Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, 'Emperor' ...

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Stormy, emotionally charged harmonic shifts. Flowing classical lyricism interrupted by lightning bolt chords. Propulsive rhythmic themes swept along by avalanches of rapid scales and arpeggios.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. An upstart composer from a small town, ready to make his mark on the world... Beethoven moved ...

From time to time, the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes decides to orientate his professional life towards certain specific projects. Back in 2008 he revisited and reassessed the music of his fellow ...

Beethoven completed five piano concertos in under 20 years, earning considerable amounts of money by performing them himself in concert. Celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has performed the ...

Andsnes and the MCO’s fresh and sensitive performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos have been an early Proms highlight. But is there such a thing as ‘authentic’ Beethoven? In the glittering wake of ...

The Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) is set to welcome one of the towering figures of classical music, as legendary pianist Rudolf Buchbinder takes centrestage for a landmark Beethoven piano ...