When Beethoven is said to be “one of the greatest” composers, or “the greatest” composer, those who make the claim do so ...

Nikolaj Znaider, music director in Lyon, speaks of “Beethoven’s elegance, exuberance and sense of wonder”. That nails it for me. The Seventh is Beethoven at his most human, his least forbidding.

On its 200th anniversary, much was made about this seminal achievement of a composer routinely touted as the greatest master who ever lived. In an essay for The New York Times, conductor Daniel ...

Beethoven is considered by many the greatest classical music mind of all time. From his symphonies to his sonatas, I’m going to count down this extraordinary composer’s most memorable pieces of music.

We put on a brave face and dare to rank the nine remarkable symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven – from great to the very greatest. From the iconic knocks of fate in Beethoven’s Fifth, to the unbridled ...

Alfred Brendel, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, died peacefully at his London home at the age of 94. Known ...