Beethoven’s unfinished symphony is set to be completed by artificial intelligence, in the run-up to celebrations around the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. A computer is set to complete ...

Not so long ago, every pianist of real stature would make a pilgrimage on record through Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. Pianists nowadays tend to pick and mix their discs - recording a bit of Schubert ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. During the lockdown Daniel Barenboim said he had more time to play the piano than for 50 years. One of the ...

The French record label Naïve has released a new Beethoven Symphony cycle as a single 5-CD unit, forgoing individual releases of the symphonies, which have typically come out two to a disc, with the ...

Well, not quite complete – there’s no Op.64, Beethoven’s arrangement of his early Piano Trio. But all five sonatas and three sets of variations are here. Alfred is the dominant force throughout, a ...

Sonata for Piano No. 11 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 12 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 13, 'quasi una fantasia' Jean-Efflam ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Director, Piano Swedish Chamber Orchestra Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Director, Piano Swedish Chamber ...

Trio Wanderer celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and this survey of all the Beethoven piano trios testifies to the ensemble’s communicative panache and to its confident handling of the ...