She was referring, of course, to Franz Liszt, the Hungarian composer, and his Piano Sonata in B minor, which soon became one of the most popular and influential works of the piano repertoire.

In this vast, single-movement composition, Franz Liszt achieved a synthesis of ... but Stephen Hough's performance of the Piano Sonata in B minor sets him apart from the rest.

The Music: Claire-Marie Le Guay established her Liszt credentials with her debut recording of the 12 Transcendental Etudes in 2004. Here she plays three of his greatest masterpieces for solo piano ...

Music researcher and writer Katy Hamilton chooses her favourite recording of Liszt's Sonata in B minor. When Clara Schumann described Liszt's 1854 Piano Sonata in B minor as 'truly terrible' it ...

From the outset of his career, Liszt was considered the greatest of all pianists. But his road to victory as a composer has been rocky. Today, his Sonata in B Minor is acclaimed as one of the ...

His program played to one of Li’s great strengths, the Liszt Sonata in B Minor. About 20 years ago, this massive sonata became an obligatory part of every pianist’s arsenal, and it was hard to ...

Despax’s approach to the B minor Sonata is impressive – even grandiose – creating a highly personal sound world with tremendous scale and power yet with finesse and subtlety ...

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Danny Driver’s wonderful new CD points up Liszt’s influence in the broad technical palette deployed, say, in the outer sections of the B minor Scherzo or in the finale of the Piano Sonata.

She was referring, of course, to Franz Liszt, the Hungarian composer, and his Piano Sonata in B minor, which soon became one of the most popular and influential works of the piano repertoire.