which is your favourite beethoven sonata? (Read 1877 times)

_chops · « on: October 23, 2007, 10:57:32 PM »

im looking for the right to play on my audition..!

mcgillcomposer · «Reply #1 on: October 24, 2007, 01:10:36 AM »

Quote from: _chops on October 23, 2007, 10:57:32 PM

im looking for the right to play on my audition..!

So then why don't you go with YOUR favorite? BTW - with a post like this, you're bound to have all 32 named by the end.

amelialw · «Reply #2 on: October 24, 2007, 01:30:05 AM »

well, what's your current rep?

soliloquy · «Reply #3 on: October 24, 2007, 01:55:35 AM »

op. 109

But... don't try to play that. Play op. 81a

thierry13 · «Reply #4 on: October 24, 2007, 04:27:11 AM »

I'm having a kick over op.31 no.3 rigth now ! So amazing , and I'll be playing it next semester! I don't think it's a bad choice either for auditions, op.81a is definitely a great option too.

christiaan · «Reply #5 on: October 24, 2007, 09:13:28 AM »

No. 21 Opus 53 (Waldstein)

rallestar · «Reply #6 on: October 24, 2007, 09:39:56 AM »

No. 17 - Tempest

invictious · «Reply #7 on: October 24, 2007, 11:50:06 AM »

Pathetique

*runs away*

Kassaa · «Reply #8 on: October 24, 2007, 01:21:28 PM »

Hammerklavier, tied with Waldstein, Appassionata and now also op. 26.

viking · «Reply #9 on: October 24, 2007, 03:44:03 PM »

101
amazing...

zheer · «Reply #10 on: October 24, 2007, 06:09:17 PM »

Quote from: invictious on October 24, 2007, 11:50:06 AM

Pathetique

*runs away*

LOL, seriously though Volume 1 Pathetique, volume 2 Moonlight/Tempest sonata,Volume 3 Appassionata.

alpacinator1 · «Reply #11 on: October 25, 2007, 09:51:16 PM »

Haven't heard a lot, but I do love the fourth movement of OP 1, # 2

amelialw · «Reply #12 on: October 25, 2007, 10:02:44 PM »

Quote from: alpacinator1 on October 25, 2007, 09:51:16 PM

Haven't heard a lot, but I do love the fourth movement of OP 1, # 2

op 2 no.1 you mean?

mcgillcomposer · «Reply #13 on: October 25, 2007, 10:06:24 PM »

Quote from: alpacinator1 on October 25, 2007, 09:51:16 PM

Haven't heard a lot, but I do love the fourth movement of OP 1, # 2

That is a really fun movement, but it's not a sonata for solo piano - it's a piano trio.

Nightscape · «Reply #14 on: October 25, 2007, 10:13:20 PM »

Yes, op.1 no.2 last movement is a lot of fun. More fun, I think than the last movement of op.2 no.1.

alpacinator1 · «Reply #15 on: October 26, 2007, 08:19:33 PM »

No, it's not for a piano trio. It is a solo piano piece.

http://www.music-scores.com/music-scores/sibtemp.php?more=be2_1d

WAIT, actually, I was referring to op 2. number 1. Maybe op1, number 2 is a trio piece. Sorry

lazlo · «Reply #16 on: October 26, 2007, 10:02:45 PM »

This is slightly off topic, but does anyone know if its possible to get into a music school with anything other than a beethoven piano sonata?? I mean, yeah, they say you can play mozart or haydn, but do people actually get in with those?

amelialw · «Reply #17 on: October 26, 2007, 10:58:00 PM »

yes, it is possible...in fact there might be more of a chance.

My teacher said that so many play Beethoven sonatas that nowadays judges often get tired of listening to them and they may prefer to listen to a Mozart/Haydn or Schubert sonata instead.

chopininov · «Reply #18 on: October 27, 2007, 03:53:34 AM »

Here you go sport. Now you can listen to all 32.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FzWJ-Cjg6io

_chops · «Reply #19 on: October 27, 2007, 10:54:23 AM »

I really can't decide. I dont want it to be too famous either... I was thinking of pathetique and then I changed my mind.
But my teacher wants me to play n 15 op 28 (pastoral) in d major. Do you think its good?
I've been thinking of no 10 in g major (op 10:2)...
help me i dont know what to do!