The pianist Jeremy Denk tests three Steinways that the Frick Collection is considering for its auditorium. Watch, listen and guess which the museum picked.

Seasoned collectors will readily warm to the beautifully recorded piano even if the brass section is placed rather distantly in the empty concert hall ambience. That said, a wealth of often obscured ...

Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was born into a musical family, learnt the piano and violin, and was performing publicly at the age of just 8. Beethoven was a brilliant keyboard ...

KOMONO, Mie Prefecture--Pianos from the time of Beethoven and Mozart form part of a collection here that was lovingly put together by a piano tuner who is now retired. Despite being more than 200 ...

Beethoven’s music is full of burning questions ... We know that he relished beating his rivals in after-dinner piano duels sponsored by his aristocratic patrons. No-one could match his volcanic ...

Gerard Willems was the first Australian to record the complete piano music of Beethoven. Hear the complete fifth Piano Concerto, the 'Emperor', recorded here with Sinfonia Australis and Antony Walker.

This installment of the Classic Archive series captures renowned American pianist Murray Perahia at one with his art form, interpreting the works of Ludwig van Beethoven with unrivaled virtuosity ...