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Topic: Favorite classical sonatas  (Read 5707 times)

Offline wwalrus

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Favorite classical sonatas
on: September 07, 2013, 05:19:31 AM
What are your guys' favorite classical sonatas? i.e. Mozart, Hadyn, Scarlatti (mostly those 3 composers I'm looking at).

I'm going to pick 2 sonatas from 2 separate composers (preferably Mozart and Hadyn) to play in a concert with the Emperor concerto.
My thoughts, so far, are these:

Hadyn c minor sonata
Mozart a minor sonata k310

I'm looking for some other options though as well.

Offline promusician

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Re: Favorite classical sonatas
Reply #1 on: September 07, 2013, 07:31:07 AM
You can try out sonatas by Ries or Woefl.

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Re: Favorite classical sonatas
Reply #2 on: September 07, 2013, 07:15:02 PM
Woelfl is an excellent suggestion. I have a couple of his sonatas in my rep at the moment. Contemporary to Beethoven, but perhaps closer to Clementi musically.

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Re: Favorite classical sonatas
Reply #3 on: September 08, 2013, 03:50:58 AM
Czerny wrote some of the finest piano sonatas imaginable. Like a more refined, super smooth, less-of-a-real-a$$hole version of his teacher, Beethoven. But just as devilishly skillful!
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