From symphonies to string quartets, we select and explore the 21 greatest works from Beethoven's frankly awesome output ...

Almost 200 years after his death, Ludwig van Beethoven is still considered one of the most famous composers in history. We ...

A few weeks ago I outlined some binge listening plans. I’ve completed two of them. The first was all 32 of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. The second was a survey of Baroque music. The Beethoven took about ...

No other composer wrote music that speaks more eloquently of human triumphs over adversity than Ludwig van Beethoven. It was, therefore, fitting that the Chicago Symphony Orchestra returned to the ...

The Philharmonia Orchestra will present all nine Beethoven symphonies paired with contemporary works across nine concerts led ...

It is the artistic human-interest story to end them all. The most famous "Classical" composer spent the better part of his late composing period almost completely deaf, in the process completing a ...

EPFL researchers are investigating Beethoven's composition style using statistical techniques to quantify and explore the patterns that characterize musical structures in the Western classical ...

The Boston Symphony Orchestra and music director Andris Nelsons presented an all-Beethoven program Friday and Saturday, consisting of his Symphonies No. 4 and No. 5. Possibly the shortest BSO offering ...

You’re one of the greatest guitarists of all time. You want a song that really shows what you can do. You want a tune that demonstrates why you’re considered a Rock God. You want a song like “Voodoo ...

Swafford, who is also a composer, wrote Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph, a 1000-page biography of Beethoven that scrubs some of the myth off the composer. The book shows Beethoven as a fairly regular ...