András Schiff is a compact man with a large head. He walked onto the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage Wednesday night like a cross between an absent-minded professor and Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp.

Beethoven reportedly said that the three piano sonatas he published as Op. 31 represented a "new path" for his compositional style. That remark may or may not tell us much - it comes down to us from ...

We feature Murray Perahia in concert in Portland, Ore., with music by Beethoven. From this concert, part of Perahia's current American tour, we feature the Piano Sonata, Op. 31, No. 1.

Beethoven, Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 in F minor (opus 2, No.1), 6 in F major (opus 10, No. 2), 12 in A-flat major (opus 26), 13 in E-flat major (opus 27, No. 1), 16 in G major (opus 31, No. 1), 21 ...