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Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatas

The Beethoven Sonatas have been called the New Testament of the piano repertoire (the old being Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier).
Spanning the length of his compositional career, they illustrate Beethoven’s musical development, and show both the piano as an instrument and the piano sonata as a genre undergoing an extraordinary evolution.
Unsurprisingly, the most famous sonatas are those with nicknames, mostly invented by other people than the composer: Pathétique, the earliest of the "name" sonatas was a complete shock to the musical world with the unprecedented violence of its expression.
Moonlight derives its name from the critic Ludwig Rellstab’s likening of the first movement to moonlight as reflected on the surface of Lake Lucerne. When asked about the meaning of the Sonata Op. 31 no 2, Beethoven replied: "Read Shakespeare’s Tempest".
The gigantic Hammerklavier Sonata, simply named after the German word for piano, occupies a pivotal position in Beethovens oevre: this work begins the transcendent spiritual odyssey of Beethoven’s late period.
The last three sonatas, with opus numbers 109-111 are some of his most forward-looking and experimental works.


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Title Key Published Type Level
Sonata 1 - op 2 no 1F Minor 1795 Sonata 8
Sonata 2 - op 2 no 2A Major 1795 Sonata 8+
Sonata 3 - op 2 no 3C Major 1795 Sonata 8+
Sonata 4 - op 7E-flat Major 1797 Sonata 8+
Sonata 5 - op 10 no 1C Minor 1798 Sonata 8
Sonata 6 - op 10 no 2F Major 1798 Sonata 8
Sonata 7 - op 10 no 3D Major 1798 Sonata 8+
Sonata 8 (Pathétique) - op 13C Minor 1798 Sonata 8+
Sonata 9 - op 14 no 1E Major 1798 Sonata 8
Sonata 10 - op 14 no 2G Major 1799 Sonata 8
Sonata 11 - op 22B-flat Major 1800 Sonata 8
Sonata 12 - op 26A-flat Major 1801 Sonata 8
Sonata 13 - op 27 no 1E-flat Major 1801 Sonata 8+
Sonata 14 (Moonlight) - op 27 no 2C-sharp Minor 1801 Sonata 8+
Sonata 15 (Pastorale) - op 28D Major 1801 Sonata 8+
Sonata 16 - op 31 no 1G Major 1802 Sonata 8
Sonata 17 (The Tempest) - op 31 no 2D Minor 1802 Sonata 8+
Sonata 18 - op 31 no 3E-flat Major 1802 Sonata 8
Sonata 19 - op 49 no 1G Minor 1797 Sonata 6
Sonata 20 - op 49 no 2G Major 1797 Sonata 5
Sonata 21 (Waldstein) - op 53C Major 1804 Sonata 8+
Sonata 22 - op 54F Major 1804 Sonata 8+
Sonata 23 (Appassionata) - op 57F Minor 1805 Sonata 8+
Sonata 24 - op 78F-sharp Major 1809 Sonata 8
Sonata 25 - op 79G Major 1809 Sonata 7
Sonata 26 (Les Adieux) - op 81E-flat Major 1810 Sonata 8+
Sonata 27 - op 90E Minor 1814 Sonata 8
Sonata 28 - op 101A Major 1816 Sonata 8+
Sonata 29 (Hammerklavier) - op 106B-flat Major 1818 Sonata 8+
Sonata 30 - op 109E Major 1820 Sonata 8+
Sonata 31 - op 110A-flat Major 1822 Sonata 8+
Sonata 32 - op 111C Minor 1822 Sonata 8+



Posts in the piano forum about Sonatas by Beethoven:

xx Easier Beethoven Sonatas
August 02, 2010, 11:18:47 PM by quirky

I was just wondering waht would be a good Beethoven piano sonata to learn as my first. Which would be easiest from both technical and stylistic viewpoints, other than the two little sonatas Opus49?

As regards my level on piano, I could play any of them...

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xx beethoven sonatas
June 05, 2010, 12:07:43 PM by sjeon

I've played mozart sonata k.310, chopin prelude no.16 and learning the Rach moment musical no.4. Now I'm trying to get started on beethoven sonatas. Which one should I play?

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question Beethoven Sonata
April 01, 2010, 06:39:54 PM by edward130603

I am looking for a slow movement from Beethoven's early sonatas (before op.49) to play for next year.

For a competition (in about 11months) I will need to play 2 movements (not neccesarily from the same work) that are of contrasting styles.

For the fast movement, I have chosen Sonata n.18 op.31 No.3 (Presto con fuoco) so I am wondering if you guys have any suggestions for the other one...

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xx The most powerful Beethoven piano sonata
August 05, 2009, 04:04:44 PM by mcdiddy1

What do you feel is the most powerful Beethoven Piano Sonata ?

For me I love the grand Waldstein Piano Sonata because it is very lyrical nad is swarming with enthusiastic themes. I also love the great strenght and energy it requires. I also love movement three of the Moonlight sonata which i find is very exciting and melancoly

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