performed by the Endellion String Quartet and David Adams, viola, or below by the Zurich String Quintet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md5qlgDHADU Composed in 1795, Beethoven’s op. 4 was originally an octet written for pairs of oboes, clarinets, bassoons and horns. That work was … Continue reading Beethoven String Quintet in E flat, op. 4
performed by Maurizio Pollini with the Vienna Philharmonic under Eugen Jochum So here we are at Beethoven’s second piano concerto. The analysis of his works up to this point has been at once incredibly enlightening, enjoyable, fulfilling, and exhausting. There’s … Continue reading Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
performed by András Schiff (or here by Daniel Barenboim, without the talking) I had been listening to the box set of sonatas from The Complete Beethoven Edition, played by the great Wilhelm Kempff. The above presentation, with performances of the … Continue reading Beethoven Piano sonata no. 1 in Fm, op. 2, no. 1
Fugue for Thought 