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Offline la_leggierezza

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Sonata Help!!!
on: November 20, 2006, 10:56:47 PM
hello!!

I have to chose a new sonata. The last sonata I played was Beethoven´s "Moonlight" (complete!!!).
I ´m playing Bachs Partita nº1, Chopin etudes op10 nº5, op25 nº1,nº2 and nº7, Debussy´s "Les collines D´Anacapri", Liszt "soneto 104 del petrarca", Shumann´s Papillons and Chopin´s Nocturne op 27nº1.

So, which sonata should I play next? I have a preference for Beethoven ones...

thanks for advise :)

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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #1 on: November 20, 2006, 11:00:33 PM
I would suggest you either op.2/3 C major or maybe E flat major op.31/3 (my favourites).. these are virtuozo sonatas but if you wish some more musicaly difficult then you can choose op.28 Pastoral or op.31/2 d minor

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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #2 on: November 21, 2006, 02:05:11 AM
Either Appasionata, Waldstein, or Pathetique. Those are my favorites :)


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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #3 on: November 21, 2006, 02:09:56 AM
Op.7, Op.54, or Op.90.

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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #4 on: November 21, 2006, 05:08:29 AM
Op. 7, I concur!
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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #5 on: November 21, 2006, 03:26:40 PM
Op. 79 in G
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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #6 on: November 21, 2006, 08:16:23 PM
Op. 79 in G

this is too easy I think on this level...

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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #7 on: November 21, 2006, 09:11:19 PM
Op. 27 no. 1 in Eb is very beautiful too. The sibling of the so called moonlight (Which name leads to misinterpretation btw)

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Reply #8 on: November 25, 2006, 08:19:27 PM
Pathetiquel; that is what i did. :)
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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #9 on: November 26, 2006, 12:37:41 AM
Either Appasionata, Waldstein, or Pathetique. Those are my favorites :)


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I believe that Appassionata and Waldstein are perhaps a bit much for this level.

Out of the 32 Sonatas, here are my suggestions:


Op.78 in F# major
Op.28 in D major
Op.22 in Bb major
Op.90 in E minor
Op.2 No.2 in A major
Op.31 No.1 in G major

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Offline verywellmister

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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #10 on: November 26, 2006, 06:13:05 PM


Op.28 in D major
Op.22 in Bb major
Op.90 in E minor
Op.2 No.2 in A major
Op.31 No.1 in G major

Phil


those are good.  i'm doing 2/2 myself.

op.31 no.2 and 3 are musically difficult and virtuosic but are really good.  Op.7 and Op.10/3 are also good.

Either Appasionata, Waldstein, or Pathetique. Those are my favorites :)


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I wouldn't recommend those since they're a little overplayed.
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Offline la_leggierezza

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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #11 on: November 30, 2006, 12:07:02 AM
thanks for your replies!!! :)

i ve been thinking and i ve "restricted" my choices to 8 sonatas... eheheh but... i can only chose one  :( and that´s difficult part because i like them all...  ;D

these are the sonatas in my "restricted selection":

-op22
-op26
-op28
-op31/2
-op53
-op57
-op81a
-op91

what do you think? could you advise me? :) which are hardest/easiest etc... and of course what seems to you more apropriate for my level...

and of course you personal opinion in terms of beauty...  :)


thanks

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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #12 on: November 30, 2006, 04:06:36 AM
thanks for your replies!!! :)

i ve been thinking and i ve "restricted" my choices to 8 sonatas... eheheh but... i can only chose one  :( and that´s difficult part because i like them all...  ;D

these are the sonatas in my "restricted selection":

-op22
-op26
-op28
-op31/2
-op53
-op57
-op81a
-op91

what do you think? could you advise me? :) which are hardest/easiest etc... and of course what seems to you more apropriate for my level...

and of course you personal opinion in terms of beauty...  :)


thanks



Opp.53 and 57 take 1st place for difficulty by far, Op.81a coming in second to them.

Op.26 is the easiest.

For your level? As I said before, go with Op.28 or Op.90, or if you want a bigger challenge maybe Op.22

Personally, I don't think that it gets any better than Op.28 and Op.90, save for possible the late sonatas and Op.7. The 'Pastorale' Sonata happens to be my favorite, and I'm learning it right now.

Phil

Offline sirpazhan

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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #13 on: November 30, 2006, 09:42:18 AM
I'd go for the appassionata,, I don't think it's a big step from moonlight.

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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #14 on: November 30, 2006, 03:09:39 PM
I'd go for the appassionata,, I don't think it's a big step from moonlight.
Believe me, it is.

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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #15 on: November 30, 2006, 03:40:53 PM

-op28


  Is a great piece to play after the moonlight sonata, a reall contrast a breath of fresh air. :)
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Offline la_leggierezza

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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #16 on: December 01, 2006, 03:50:35 PM
and what about Tempest (op31 nº2). no opinions?

i ve narrowed once more my choices and in this moment they are:

op22
op26
op32/1
op53 (perhaps too difficult)
op57
op90

thanks for your replies

i m eager to read more opinions from you...

Offline la_leggierezza

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Re: Sonata Help!!!
Reply #17 on: December 02, 2006, 04:28:44 PM
and what about Tempest (op31 nº2). no opinions?

i ve narrowed once more my choices and in this moment they are:

op22
op26
op32/1
op53 (perhaps too difficult)
op57
op90

thanks for your replies

i m eager to read more opinions from you...



uppss!! not op31/1 but op31/2

sorry

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