Daniel Barenboim is among the few artists with sufficient clout to keep summer music cooling its heels in the wings while he takes care of a few last bits of winter-season business. At his recital ...

Ever since his Buenos Aires recital debut as a prodigy in 1950, Daniel Barenboim has been an old soul at the piano, inspired by venerable models such as the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler. As such, ...

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 ...

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.

Since the first concert last week, perhaps all the ingredients had settled in a five-way exchange, with artist, piano, audience, hall and music each coming to terms with all of the others and finding ...

Damian Thompson reviews Barenboim on Beethoven: Nine Symphonies That Changed the World, a BBC Two programme featuring conductor Daniel Barenboim. Maestro: conductor Daniel Barenboim was the star ...