Pianist Glenn Gould popularized Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations with his landmark 1955 recording. Might Moisés Kaufman’s Tony-nominated play “33 Variations” — running this month at the Ahmanson Theatre ...

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In 1819, Anton Diabelli, a Viennese music publisher, composed a little waltz and sent it to dozens of composers—he wanted each of them to write and send him a single variation, which he’d publish ...

Igor Levit’s first recording for Sony was of Beethoven’s last five piano sonatas, and his second of Bach’s six keyboard partitas. His latest release features monumental works by both of those ...

The pianist’s clarity and dexterity brings humour and insights to Beethoven’s contradictory colossus of a work It has taken until now for Mitsuko Uchida to lay down a recording of Beethoven’s Diabelli ...

An often-overlooked piano work of Ludwig van Beethoven has a starring role in a new play in Washington, D.C. Characters in 33 Variations include Beethoven himself, and a 21st century musicologist ...

Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1: I. Molto allegro e con brio Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1: II. Adagio molto Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Steve Smith Long before Beethoven’s “Diabelli” Variations became the springboard for Moisés Kaufman’s 2009 play, “33 Variations,” the ...

SW’s Gavin Borchert reviews Beethoven: Diabelli Variations; Variations in A Major, WoO 71, Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianoWhen: 2:45 to 2:55 p.m., todayWhere: KUOW, 94.9In Brief, Gavin Says: Two sets of ...

Daniel Müller-Schott and Angela Hewitt begin their Beethoven recital with the variations on See, the Conqu’ring Hero Comes from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus. As Müller-Schott says in his eloquent and ...