(Few pianists today lead from the keyboard as Beethoven did when presenting his concertos.) There are moments when one wishes for greater tension in the music-making, as in the otherwise beautiful ...

Whilst Gilels was alive, Pollini was one of the heirs apparent; now that Gilels is gone he is king—in Beethoven, at least. There may be more individual and idiosyncratic interpreters of the music but ...

Miss Lily Dumont's performance of Beethoven's fourth piano concerto last Friday demonstrated nicely how amatcurish professionals can be. With the collusion of Henry Swoboda's ill-prepared ...

First time the attraction was the young pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason playing Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, followed by ...