After the formal strides forward in his Op. 26 Sonata (see Recital 6) and the 'sonate quasi fantasie' pair of Op. 27 (see Recital 3), Beethoven appears to step back again with his next work in the ...

Sonata for Piano No. 15, 'Pastoral' Tatyana Nikolaieva, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Impromptus, Movements: No. 3 in G flat Franz Schubert, Composer Tatyana Nikolaieva, Piano Sonata for Piano ...

Beethoven’s publishers often gave nicknames to his sonatas without asking him. His Sonata No. 15 is called the 'Pastoral.' But is that about its connection to nature, or maybe its calm and simple feel ...