Ludwig van Beethoven
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Thomas Beecham devoted himself to discovering the lost works of the French composer, a favourite of Napoleon, and as instrumental as Beethoven. It’s time we did the same
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Sotheby’s hits out at ‘irresponsible’ academic who publicly questioned legitimacy of work credited to Beethoven’s hand, despite not inspecting it in person. But Professor Barry Cooper says he is backed by other scholars
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19 August 1840: Will has been sent to England for the purpose of being sold to help the widow and family of Beethoven’s brother
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Beethoven’s often overlooked songs were the focus of Matthias Goerne and Kristian Bezuidenhout’s thoughtful and thought-provoking recital
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Clouds from a huge volcano plunged the world into endless winter in 1816. Crops failed, famine and disease spread – and great poets and composers of the day responded with works of gloomy genius
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From the archive, 23 April 1827: Following the death of Beethoven, the Observer publishes a personal account of the eccentric and prodigiously talented composer
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Sebastian Bohren (violin), Chaarts Chamber Artists
(RCA Red Seal)
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For all the fine playing of Rattle and his Berlin Philharmonic, the performances don’t convey the musical journey charted by these symphonies
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Beethoven takes 19 places in top 300 chart of works to best Mozart’s 16 in Classic FM’s Hall of Fame poll – world’s biggest public vote on classical music tastes
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David Matthews pays homage to Beethoven, with thrilling results
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The Quartetto di Cremona come into their own in the radiant Op 29 String Quintet
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Letters: All they will achieve is a decline in the number of opportunities for established and new authors to present their work
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A page of the notebook in which the composer worked on King Stephen has been sold for $100,000
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In an all-Beethoven programme, Ax’s fleet fingerwork and the integrity of his interpretation mesmerised his audience
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We asked five musicians taking part in the Barbican’s Sound Unbound festival to create a playlist for a newcomer to classical music. Composer Anna Clyne moves from Bach to Stravinsky to Caroline Shaw’s contemporary explorations
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With Kirriemuir in Scotland set to unveil a statue of AC/DC’s Bon Scott, we look back at some abominations of the artform …
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Three concerts into his Beethoven piano sonata cycle, Buchbinder’s brio was impressive and bracing, but often at the expensive of detail and nuance
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Austria’s own Beethoven addict is working his way towards a 50th performance of the complete 32 sonata cycle in Vienna with a 49th in Edinburgh this month – but the pianist is still moved to tears each time he plays it
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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?
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The Norwegian pianist brought his Beethoven project to a triumphant close with flawless, sensitive performances of the second and fifth piano concertos
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