Beethoven Sonata(s)

[jennbo]

I was wondering.  I am thinking about doing the "Tempest" sonata by Beethoven.  The 1st and 3rd movement don't seem horrible, the 2nd seems a bit draggy, anyway, is it easier than Moonlight, Waldstein, Pathetique?
Anyway what are other suggestions for Beethoven sonatas besides the ones I played?  [moonlight, waldstein, pathetique, op. 31 no. 3]

[JK]

The tempest is an excellent sonata, dramatic first movement, an absolutely beautiful slow movement (only "draggy" if played too slowly or unterestingly!) and a last movement that has a kind of perpetual motion. If you have already learnt and played the Waldstein then you will have no problems with the tempest which in comparison is quite a bit more straight forward (no octave glissandi in this one! ).

There are so many great Beethoven sonatas to try, for example if you want drama try the Appassionata, or one of my personal favourites is in A major opus 101 (quite tricky though) and A flat major opus 110.

[f0bul0us]

I was wondering.  I am thinking about doing the "Tempest" sonata by Beethoven.  The 1st and 3rd movement don't seem horrible, the 2nd seems a bit draggy, anyway, is it easier than Moonlight, Waldstein, Pathetique?
Anyway what are other suggestions for Beethoven sonatas besides the ones I played?  [moonlight, waldstein, pathetique, op. 31 no. 3]

Next to the third movement of Op. 106 "HammerKlavier", the second movement of Beethoven's Op. 31 No. 2 Sonata is the greatest slow moving movement he ever wrote (I.M.O ofcourse ). The only other Sonatas I can really recommend are the other two in Op. 31 (the only ones I've done :-/)

[bernhard]

Have a look here where there is a discussion on the relative difficulty of ALL Beethoven sonatas:

https://www.pianoforum.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=repo;action=display;num=1081594962

Best wishes,
Bernhard

[Hmoll]

Next to the third movement of Op. 106 "HammerKlavier", the second movement of Beethoven's Op. 31 No. 2 Sonata is the greatest slow moving movement he ever wrote (I.M.O ofcourse ). The only other Sonatas I can really recommend are the other two in Op. 31 (the only ones I've done :-/)

IMO the second movement of Op10#3 is his "best" slow movement of the 32 - outside the 3rd movement of op 106 of course.

[JK]

Op.10 no.1 in Cminor has a good slow movement too!

[Dave_2004_G]

I'd say moonlight, tempest and pathetique are fairly similar - waldstein is far harder

Dave

[benbenben9752]

waldstein is 100 times harder than it looks especially the first mvt

my favorite sonata tho, im learning the 1st mvt

[larse]

I never played the tempest, however, when I played the third movement of Moonlight, I was horrified. It's quite a piece.

But 4th mvt from No 13 must be one of the hardest Beethoven pieces I've tried. (I've not tried the late sonatas). How is actually the 3rd from Appassionata? I'm learning the 1st mvt now, and planned on continuing the quest.