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For her new Beethoven cello sonatas album, Alisa Weilerstein has characteristically absorbed other interpretations before throwing it all away to find her own path, finds Andrew Farach-Colton

Each of the three works on this ICO program comes with a fistful of mixed reviews.

The pianist’s breathless three-part recital mixed the baroque and the modern, taking on sonatas from the Bachs to Soler

From Mozart to Prokofiev, here's a beginner's guide to 10 of the greatest piano sonatas ever written

50 of the finest Beethoven recordings available, complete with the original Gramophone reviews and an exclusive playlist

Do you have a favourite piece and want to explore further? We suggest some musical journeys that venture beyond the most familiar works, with some recommended versions. Geraint Lewis’s point of departure is Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’ Sonata

 On two consecutive Sunday afternoons last month at the Union College Memorial Chapel,...

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As the semi-finals run their course, I’ll focus on pianists whom I’ve not yet written about, or pianists who seem to be emerging as potential finalists. The problem is that such a high standard of pianism makes it difficult to distinguish between different levels of excellence

Grabbing the audience and never letting go at the start of the London Piano Festival. Classical music review by David Nice