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 ...

In 2005, legendary pianist Daniel Barenboim performed the complete Beethoven piano sonatas over 8 concerts in 2 weeks at the Staatsoper in Berlin. These definitive performances were lavishly filmed ...

The 32 piano sonatas that Beethoven composed between 1799 and 1824, including some of his most recognized works like the "Moonlight" and "Appassionata" sonatas, are often considered among the German ...

If a single body of works can be said to have defined Daniel Barenboim’s remarkable career as a pianist, it’s the 32 piano sonatas of Beethoven. Written over a period of 23 years and representing ...

In this recording, seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas, composed ...

From the early Op. 2 set of sonatas to the famous 'Moonlight', find out why Beethoven's piano sonatas broke the mould - and hear from pianists themselves about how they approach performing them.

Conductor, pianist and peace advocate Daniel Barenboim first recorded all five of Beethoven's piano concertos in 1967. Barenboim, a brash and fantastically smart 24-year-old, was paired with an elder ...

Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas are venerated for their range, originality and depth. The 19th-century pianist Hans von Bülow famously dubbed them the New Testament of the pianistic Bible (the Old ...

The flamboyant pianist's concert series, starting tomorrow, will be London's most thrilling musical event for many years, says Damian Thompson. Daniel Barenboim's cycle of the Beethoven Piano ...