Your Favorite Named Beethoven Sonatas!

[invictious]

These are what I personally think what are his major piano sonatas, and greatest too, although I personally haven't played all of them yet.

Here it is, vote away PS'ers!

[arensky]

Tempest. My favorite of all the 32.

[pianogeek_cz]

Of these probably Appassionata, but I still stick with op. 111 as my all-time Beethoven favorite.

[imbetter]

Of these probably Appassionata, but I still stick with op. 111 as my all-time Beethoven favorite.

agreed

[sevencircles]

I thought Beethoven only named "Pathetique" the rest of them are named by others without him having anything to do with it.

Pathetique is the best I think

The adagio movement I play with an accelerando just for variation.

I get bored by it otherwise

[pita bread]

Hammerklavier, but not the sonata commonly associated with that name.

The Op. 101 was also named "Hammerklavier"

[imbetter]

what about pastorale?

[arensky]

what about pastorale?

Yes, it should be added.

[pianowolfi]

I thought Beethoven only named "Pathetique" the rest of them are named by others without him having anything to do with it.

Pathetique is the best I think

The adagio movement I play with an accelerando just for variation.

I get bored by it otherwise

Interesting. Do you know this one particular Kempff recording where he plays the first mvt. of the so called "Moonlight" sonata and suddenly gets distinctly faster in the recapitulation?

[sevencircles]

Interesting. Do you know this one particular Kempff recording where he plays the first mvt. of the so called "Moonlight" sonata and suddenly gets distinctly faster in the recapitulation?

By Willhelm Kempf, never heard it sorry.