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Piano Sonata no. 24, op. 78
- Beethoven’s Piano Sonata no. 24, op. 78, is frequently overlooked, but it remains one of his greatest.
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5 of Beethoven's most underrated piano sonatas. Beethoven was arguably one of the greatest composers of the sonata. While most composers seemed to write with either quality or quantity, Beethoven achieved a balance with both. One of the perks of this ability is that he left us with 32 brilliant sonatas. A major downfall is that certain sonatas ...
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What is the most underrated Beethoven piano sonata? Lucas Debargue - A Matter of Life or Death. Pianist Lucas Debargue recently recorded the complete piano works of Gabriel Fauré on the Opus 102, a very special grand piano by Stephen Paulello. Eric Schoones from the German/Dutch magazine PIANIST had a conversation with him. Read more >> Print.
Jun 28, 2024 · Here we are going to be talking about what makes this piano sonata by Beethoven so great. This is one of the best sonatas, and most difficult ones that is lessor known. It is not even one...
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- Pathétique
- The Moonlight
- Waldstein
- Appassionata
- Hammerklavier
- Piano Sonatas, Opp.109, 110, 111
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 opening chord breaks once and for all with Haydn and Mozart. You are in Beethoven’s world now. Among Beethoven’s few clos...
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]. For the first time he put the slow movement first (something neither Haydn or Mozart ever did). Just like the opening bars of the Fifth S...
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. That was not Beethoven’s original intention. The middle movement was a long complete piece with an instantly catchy tune. He realised it w...
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. The entire work has such nobility and passion it is small wonder the publisher gave it the name by which...
We come to the most monumental of all the Piano Sonatas, the Hammerklavier. This was the work that Beethoven composed at the height of the traumatic court case, when he was composing little else. What spurred him to do it? More than likely the thoroughly prosaic fact that at the beginning of the year he had received a remarkable gift. The famous Lo...
The Hammerklavier is often taken to signify the start of Beethoven’s Late Period. Certainly everything that now follows – Missa Solemnis, Ninth Symphony, Piano Sonatas, String Quartets– are on an entirely different plane to what has gone before. Profoundly deaf, deeply miserable, failing health – and the greatest works of all. The final set of Pian...
Jun 7, 2024 · 1. Hammerklavier, Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 106. And finally, despite debates about other sonatas, there’s no doubt which is the greatest and most challenging: Beethoven’s Hammerklavier, Piano Sonata no. 29 in B-flat Major.
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Aug 6, 2018 · Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas are considered probably his greatest piano sonatas. But did you know that it's possible to objectively rank them from worst to best? You won't BELIEVE number 17! #32: Sonata No. 11 in Bb major, Op. 22.
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote 32 mature piano sonatas between 1795 and 1822. (He also wrote 3 juvenile sonatas at the age of 13 [ 1 ] and one unfinished sonata , WoO. 51.) Although originally not intended to be a meaningful whole, as a set they comprise one of the most important collections of works in the history of music . [ 2 ]
