“I need to play the notes in such a way that we can recreate the feelings of the listeners which Beethoven would have wanted to invoke in his audience, rather than playing it exactly how we wanted it ...

Lavish Beethoven box sets continue to appear. I’ve enjoyed Chailly’s symphony cycle, and another good one with Christian Thielemann and the Vienna PO has just dropped into the intray. Symphonic ...

1770: Ludwig van Beethoven is born to a family of musicians in Bonn, Germany. His Ninth Symphony will play a role in determining the length of the music CD. Exactly how big a role is a matter of ...

The relevant question about a new recording of standard repertoire (e.g., anything by Beethoven) is whether it justifies its existence by adding something new to our understanding of familiar work.

The British pianist Paul Lewis has been reaping extravagant praise - particularly from his countrymen - for his Beethoven recordings, including a complete cycle of the sonatas and now this set of the ...

Thu 19 Oct 2017 10.30 EDT Last modified on Mon 3 Dec 2018 10.18 EST Philippe Jordan is to be the next music director at the Vienna State Opera, but the city’s audiences already know him well as the ...

Because composers today aren't falling over one another to write music for the lute, lutenists occasionally engage in creative borrowing — adapting music meant for other instruments. Here, one of ...

Between the 2009 recession and the growth of music streaming, the early 21st-century flood of classical music compact discs has dwindled to a trickle. That makes new CDs from musicians with ...

A happy birthday to Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the biggest giants of classical music, born Dec. 16, 1770. (He died March 26, 1827. An old joke: a fan opens Beethoven's grave in Vienna and sees him .