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Category Archives: Piano Sonata (Beethoven)
Tempest – Les Adieux – Hammerklavier. Sense and nonsense regarding the names given to Beethoven’s piano sonatas, Part 2
In the first part of my blog on the famous … Continue reading
Tempest – Les Adieux – Hammerklavier. Sense and nonsense regarding the names given to Beethoven’s piano sonatas
It’s so much easier to say “The Tempest”, “Pathétique” and … Continue reading
Is it OK to add them? – The “missing” low notes in Beethoven’s piano sonatas
Here’s a topic that pianists have been discussing since the … Continue reading
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Listeners are also only human
Observations on the necessity of body language in piano playing … Continue reading
Posted in Alfred Brendel, Beethoven, Ludwig van, Hungarian Rhapsody (Liszt), Lang Lang, Liszt, Franz, Marc-André Hamelin, Monday Postings, piano solo, Piano Sonata op. 31 nr. 3 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 7 (Beethoven), Piano Sonata op. 81a Les Adieux (Beethoven), Victor Borge
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‘Come sopra’ – clearly ambiguous!
The autograph of Beethoven’s piano sonata, Op. 90, is part … Continue reading
Hit and miss? – A purportedly wrong note in Beethoven’s Sonata op. 14 no. 2
For almost ten years now I’ve been working with Murray … Continue reading