Appasionata and Ballade No.4

[chopianist123]

In your opinion does the Appasionata Sonata by Beethoven or the Ballade No.4 by Chopin express more inner emotions when being played ?

[healdie]

i guess it depends on how you feel about the pieces i will confess to not been the biggest Chopin fan in the world so my performance of any chopin piece would not convay any emotion so i guess which ever of the two you have more personall ties with

[mike_lang]

I suppose it is proportional to the identification of the performer with the composer in question?

[twiltot]

I mean...you can't compare, appasionata is passionate, at least I get different feelings.

[cloches_de_geneve]

In your opinion does the Appasionata Sonata by Beethoven or the Ballade No.4 by Chopin express more inner emotions when being played ?

What do you mean? Which piece emotes or moves the listener more? Or the performer? Or do you mean which communicates more emotion, such that they may be recognized but not felt or induced? And what do you mean by "inner" emotions (are there any outer or external ones)? I guess I cannot answer the question, or even comment on it, as long as it is not formulated more precisely.

[thetamman]

I personally find Beethoven's later works "deeper" - is that what you mean by emotion? than anything chopin's ever written. But Chopin died young, so perhaps, that is an unfair judgement. Yet ultimately of course, it depends on the performer of the work - both pieces are just manuscript until they are played - only then do they become - music.

thetamman