With typical assertiveness, Beethoven once asked, “With whom need I be afraid of measuring my strength?” You might, indeed, measure the strength of his genius with a number of other great composers.

A wonderful box set of all 32 of Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas, performed by the veteran Italian virtuoso, Maurizio Pollini, has been issued on Deutsche Grammophon/ Universal Classics. His ...

Seventy-eight years before Thomas Edison gave the world the light bulb, Ludwig van Beethoven composed “Moonlight Sonata,” one of the most popular compositions in classical music. I read somewhere that ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, the German composer who created some of the world’s most beloved music. It’s an opportunity to celebrate his genius, a gift manifested ...

Here’s how Beethoven inspired the Beatles’ ‘Because’... When Yoko Ono was mucking about with Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, John Lennon asked her to play him the chords again, but backwards. And when ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Slowly spiralling chords in the right hand. Deep, sinking bass in the left. The opening to Beethoven’s ...