The instrument's slim legs and trim body make it look like a harpsichord - until pianist Timothy Hester starts to play. The sounds that emerge don't have the harpsichord's jangle or the modern piano's ...

Brautigam bridged Wilms and Beethoven at the fortepiano, while Farrenc’s First Symphony added symphonic breadth, all shaped ...

There have been fortepianists before Ronald Brautigam and Kristian Bezuidenhout upon whose shoulders those two might be said to stand. But none had managed so convincingly to bring the fortepiano into ...

Last Sunday I reviewed a new double album by Andras Schiff, featuring Sonatas and other pieces by Schubert. It's a major release which may, in some quarters, be controversial. Why? It's not the way ...

Renowned fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout made his directorial debut with the Handel and Haydn Society on Valentine’s weekend, performing works by C.P.E. Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. H+H has ...