This piece, like Sonata No. 24, is also a short piano sonata. It is well known as the “Cuckoo” Sonata. In a letter Beethoven wrote to his publisher, he reportedly instructed that the work be labeled a Sonatine upon publication ? meaning a “small sonata.”
Among Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, this one is a gentle miniature that evokes peaceful scenes of nature and offers a sense of calm. Rather than telling a story from beginning to end, the music simply gives the feeling of being quietly immersed in nature itself.
Title: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79, “Cuckoo”
Source: SYNCHRON CONCERT D-274
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