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Which sonatas have you played?

Brahms Sonata no. 1 in C, Op. 1: 0 (0%)
Brahms Sonata no. 2 in F# minor, Op. 2: 2 (11.1%)
Brahms Sonata no. 3 in F minor, Op. 3: 3 (16.7%)
Chopin Sonata no. 1 in C minor, Op. 4: 1 (5.6%)
Chopin Sonata no. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 35: 4 (22.2%)
Chopin Sonata no. 3 in B minor, Op. 58: 5 (27.8%)
Schumann Sonata no. 1 in F# minor, Op. 11: 0 (0%)
Schumann Sonata no. 2 in G minor, Op. 22: 1 (5.6%)
Schumann Sonata no. 3 in F minor, Op. 14: 0 (0%)
Mendelssohn Sonata no. 1 in E, Op. 6: 1 (5.6%)
Mendelssohn Sonata no. 2 in G minor, Op. 105: 0 (0%)
Mendelssohn Sonata no. 3 in B♭, Op. 106: 1 (5.6%)

Total Members Voted: 10

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Topic: Which sonata is the hardest? (Read 1815 times)

cygnusdei

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Which sonata is the hardest?

on: April 28, 2011, 02:10:52 PM

JUST KIDDING!

No, the question is quite objective: which sonatas have you played? "Have played" could mean different things (sight-read through, learned one movement, performed complete sonata etc.) - take it however you mean it!

I just though it interesting that these Romantic composers felt content to contribute but 3 sonatas to the repertoire, whereas the genre figures more prominently in the output of Classical masters.

(Note on Mendelssohn: new discoveries have uncovered a handful more sonatas, from his even more youthful period).

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