This period sees Beethoven reaching into his soul for stunning results. • Beethoven makes his last appearance as a pianist in an 1814 performance of the Archduke Trio; one observer notes "there was ...

His parents die and Beethoven receives lessons from Mozart and Haydn. • Contact with the wealthy von Breuning family brings Ludwig an emotional and intellectual solace he never had at home. He begins ...

The author lets the music do the talking in this pithy new biography, which uses the composer’s works to shed new light on his life A book about the most famous composer in the western canon, a “dead ...

Few musicians in the world are as intimately familiar with Beethoven's piano sonatas as Daniel Barenboim, who has been exploring these works since the earliest days of his career - a musical novel in ...