Beethoven demands utmost restraint from the orchestra in the bars leading up to that surge, as the music rises in pitch ... The ‘Goddess’ of the Piano: At 83, Martha Argerich is at the ...

At other times, as in Sonatas 1 and 8, the unison helps the pianist sound more orchestral. And in Sonata 4, the violinist gets to manufacture the illusion of the ... through this music involves ...

One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness. Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was attacked by jaundice, his limbs and ...