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Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev, Schubert, and Liszt
- We look at five of the greatest piano sonatas of all time, including works by Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev, Schubert, and Liszt.
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Click Here. 1. Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Op. 27 No. 2. This list of the best piano sonatas would not be complete if I did not mention the “Moonlight” Sonata. This is perhaps one of Beethoven’s famous pieces ever written, although Fur Elise might have the slight edge.
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- Mozart Piano Sonata No 11. Mitsuko Uchida pf. (Decca/Philips) 'By common consent, Mitsuko Uchida is among the leading Mozart pianists of today, and her recorded series of the piano sonatas won critical acclaim as it appeared and finally Gramophone Awards in 1989 and 1991.'
- Haydn Piano Sonata No 62, HobXVI/52. Alfred Brendel pf. (Decca) 'Brendel reserves a special boldness for the E flat major Sonata. One could imagine Beethoven relishing this performance of it.
- Beethoven Piano Sonata No 14, 'Moonlight' Murray Perahia pf. (DG) 'One of the many problems presented by the meditative opening movement is that there is no ready-made solution to the question of the speed at which the music should move, other than that which the accomplished interpreter discovers for himself, be it Ignaz Friedman in one of the earliest of all recordings (Columbia, 2/27) or Murray Perahia today.
- Schubert Piano Sonata No 21, D960. Krystian Zimerman pf. (DG) 'Every element of these two sonatas has been thought out, considered; in the hands of a lesser artist the results could have been pernickety but instead they tend towards the transcendent.'
Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Op. 27 No. 2. Scarlatti Piano Sonata K380 L.23. Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor. Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor. Haydn Piano Sonata No. 47 in B Minor. Mozart Sonata No. 16 in C major, K545 (Sonata Facile) Prokofiev Sonata No. 7. Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 5. Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178.
- Scarlatti: Sonata in E Major, L 23. Our first example was taken from an earlier era when this form hadn't yet crystallized. The piano sheet music of Scarlatti's over five hundred sonatas is an amazing treasure-trove of short, charming pieces.
- Haydn Sonata in C, Hob. XVI:50. Without Joseph Haydn, the history of the piano sonata would have looked a lot different. In his around sixty sonatas, the piano sonata evolved into the well-balanced, three or four-movement form that Mozart and Beethoven would continue to develop.
- Mozart "Alla Turca" K 331. Mozart wrote 18 piano sonatas, of which this is the most well known. The last movement especially belongs to the most recognizable pieces in the whole piano literature.
- Beethoven: Appassionata. Beethoven's piano sonatas are certainly the most important collection of sonatas ever written, and to be honest, probably several of the 32 should make their way into the top 10 of all time.
- Pathétique. To single out just a few. The most important of the early Sonatas is the Pathétique. For the first time Beethoven uses a slow introduction, and an introduction of such weight you know something truly significant is going on.
- The Moonlight. The most famous movement of any of the 32 Piano Sonatas is the opening movement of The Moonlight – the Sonata he composed for the woman he wanted to marry, Giulietta Guicciardi [see Chapter 6, Beethoven’s Women].
- Waldstein. We already know the origin of the Waldstein from Chapter 3, The Spaniard. The gloriously spacious theme of the final movement is prefaced by a mysterious, fragmented middle movement, which presages it perfectly.
- Appassionata. Wagner’s favourite was the Appassionata. He loved playing it, and marvelled at the theme of the first movement rising from the depths. Once again, as with the Pathétique, the middle movement is simplicity itself, almost a theme on a single note.
Mar 7, 2024 · Regardless, the Waldstein is one of the most frequently performed sonatas and serves as an antipode to the Appassionata, another major middle-period work. 2. Appassionata, Piano Sonata Number 23, Op 57. The Appassionata Sonata is widely regarded as one of Beethoven’s signature works.
Mar 4, 2021 · Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight” – I. Adagio sostenuto (Murray Perahia, piano) Chopin: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op 35 ‘Funeral March’. The most famous of Chopin’s three piano sonatas, this four-movement work was written in 1839.
