Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 31.reviewI am very happy to have been able to play this sonata. Among the 32 piano sonatas, I think many people like this No. 31. It is also often featured in concerts. However, it is quite a difficult piece...not only in terms of piano playing technique, but also in terms of how to express and connect each movement and each part.
This was the third time for me to review this piece, and I think that many of my teacher's comments were detailed enough to make those who follow the score or who want to play this piece well think, "I see. When I listen to the music without looking at the score, I wonder what the problem is.... So, it took me a long time to figure out how to play the two "Kragender Gesang" (Lamentations) and Fuga in the third movement in particular.
In this context, I would like to introduce my master's masterpiece comment on the treatment of vocal parts in terms of piano playing technique. For example, about the first movement, bar 47,
"...I can feel it when I prick it with a toothpick, like there is still a core left in the daikon radish in the (oden) pot. So the movement of the lower part in the right hand track, which is divided into two parts, does not accompany the inflection of the upper part well. The upper part dims in the bifurcation, but the lower part does not correspond well, so it remains as a core. How you play this lower part is important. Even in the orchestra, the key is whether the viola is good or not, and I hear the Vienna Philharmonic is terrific."
Indeed, "oden" is an odd thing to say. It was about the subtle application of pine needle decresc.
Title: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op.110
Sound Source: Vienna Synchron Concert D-274
Audio file format: mp3 (if you want to listen directly on your PC)reference(Please)
YouTube:.Beethoven Piano Sonata No.31
Now it's time to review Beethoven's final piano sonata, No. 32.