Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was born into a musical family, learnt the piano and violin ... he moved to Vienna to be taught music by composer Joseph Haydn.

But there are exceptional cases, and the case of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas is certainly one of them. The sonatas make up a wonderfully diverse yet utterly cogent and self-contained body of work.

Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was born into a musical family, learnt the piano and violin ... he moved to Vienna to be taught music by composer Joseph Haydn.