Might I ask for some kind recommendations for lesser known Beethoven piano sonatas that are particularly worth knowing. Not the foremost-known ones like the Appassionata, Moonlight, Pathetique, Hammerklavier, Les Adieux, and the late ones, but some others I may not have heard which are especially good. Also which are his most important violin/piano sonatas to know, please. Thanks in advance.
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Originally posted by Peter View PostHello Chaszz - good to hear from you again! Op.26 in Ab is a lovely work (Chopin's favourite Beethoven sonata). Op.28, Op.31/3, Op.78 and Op.90 are less well known but very fine works. Of the violin sonatas Op.24, Op.47 and Op.96 are essential listening!
Beethoven wrote a lot of piano sonatas. But really, each one of them is worth spending time with. I cannot think of another composer and genre with a comparable number of works for which this is also true. The Mozart piano concertos? Great works, but I don't think skipping a few of them would be a great loss. The Haydn piano trios? Also great, but not all of them are essential.
But any piano sonata of Beethoven is worth knowing, and I would not be surprised to hear any one of them named as someone's favorite work.
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Thank you all. Now which interpreter? (Rudolf Serkin is my personal favorite for Beethoven sonatas.) And Chris, please mention a few of the greatest Haydn trios.Last edited by Chaszz; 07-24-2012, 10:46 PM.See my paintings and sculptures at Saatchiart.com. In the search box, choose Artist and enter Charles Zigmund.
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Originally posted by Chris View PostThe Haydn piano trios composed from the 1780s onward are all great works. No. 39, the "Gypsy", is probably the most famous and would be a good place to start if you are not familiar with the works.See my paintings and sculptures at Saatchiart.com. In the search box, choose Artist and enter Charles Zigmund.
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Originally posted by Chaszz View PostThank you all. Now which interpreter? (Rudolf Serkin is my personal favorite for Beethoven sonatas.) And Chris, please mention a few of the greatest Haydn trios.
Wilhelm Kempff's 1st complete recordings.
Charles Rosen sonatas 27-32
Claude Frank - relatively unknown but fine performances worth checking out.
Paul Komen - HIP Fortepiano.'Man know thyself'
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