He was only 30 when he composed the Violin Sonata No. 5. Shortly after writing it, he would go deaf, fall hard and fail in love, have marriage proposals rejected and face a tough, grueling life. That ...

From the evocative 'Spring' sonata to a rondo and German dances, two top-class musicians explore the breadth of Beethoven's works for violin and piano.

Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson end their cycle of Beethoven violin sonatas with energised and immaculate performances Viktoria Mullova began her cycle of the Beethoven violin sonatas partnered ...

Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer David Breitman, Fortepiano Elizabeth Wallfisch, Violin Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 Elizabeth Wallfisch, Violin David Breitman, ...

Beethoven is lionized as a composer and artist. His music is treated with a reverence that can sometimes hide the intellect and passion he intended to convey to the audiences of his era. The first ...

For Beethoven's 250th birthday, James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong are giving us the gift of a complete violin-sonata cycle over the course of the season. These ten beloved works are cornerstones of the ...

Violinist Alena Baeva and pianist Vadym Kholodenko’s Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 ‘Spring’, 9 ‘Kreutzer’ & 3 is this week’s Album of the Week on ABC Classic Breakfast. We acknowledge Aboriginal ...

Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien, on period instruments, offer zest-filled and elegant readings of four Beethoven sonatas Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien get their ...

Maurice Ravel famously said of his own Sonata for violin and piano that both instruments are “essentially incompatible”. But when German violinist Isabelle Faust and Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov ...