I've heard that this is controversial, whether or not the Introduction to the first movement of the Pathetique Sonata should be repeated when the exposition repeats. I personally am of the camp that it should be repeated. I mean, after all, Beethoven brings back the slow, introductory material once in the development and once again in the Coda, so it's likely that the repeat of the Introduction with the exposition repeat was Beethoven's original intent, right? And it just fits with the title of Pathetique. It's supposed to have those emotional swings from a melancholic, almost lamenting state of the slow material to a powerfully dramatic Allegro, back and forth throughout the first movement.
So what if it's unconventional to repeat the Introduction? The Pathetique Sonata is unconventional for its time, very Romantic era style. I can understand why a lot of people don't repeat the introduction and even get told that it shouldn't be repeated, but I think it should be repeated and I have always repeated the Introduction when I play the exposition repeat of the first movement.
So what if it's unconventional to repeat the Introduction? The Pathetique Sonata is unconventional for its time, very Romantic era style. I can understand why a lot of people don't repeat the introduction and even get told that it shouldn't be repeated, but I think it should be repeated and I have always repeated the Introduction when I play the exposition repeat of the first movement.
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