Piano Sonata- category -

Emotional Expressiveness and the Subtle Art of Repeating a Theme

I revisited Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 to burn it onto the fourth CD. It's a piece connected to the Austrian War that erupted in Central Europe in 1809. The three movements depict Archduke Rudolph, Beethoven's pupil, fleeing Vienna to escape the war and returning home...

This piece, like No. 24, is a short piano sonata. It's famous as the "Cuckoo Sonata." In a letter to his publisher, Beethoven apparently specified that it should be titled "Sonatina" upon publication. Meaning, a small sonata. Piano Sonata...

On the evolution of Beethoven's musical expression

　I burned my third CD.　This time it is two pieces, "Waldstein" and "Passion". 　These two pieces are also considered masterpieces, and it seems that a new piano, a French Erard, was used for composing them.　The range of the sound was widened and the width of the dynamics was increased, and the pi...

　I burned my second CD.　This time it is Beethoven's "Pathetique", "Moonlight", and "Tempest", which are considered masterpieces.　Under the supervision of my teacher, I reviewed the three pieces that I had previously typed.　The review is a strange thing; at the time, I thought it was fine, but...

　I am reviewing the Beethoven piano sonatas I have been working on to burn them to CD under the guidance of my teacher again.　This time it is No. 14, "Moonlight". 　It's a strange thing, when I re-listen to the piece I uploaded to this blog thinking it was good enough, I find that there are various...

　I have been listening again to the "Piano Sonata No. 8" that I had performed before, in order to burn it to CD. 　First of all, I would like to talk about the fp, which is indicated in the symbolic chord from the beginning of the first movement.

　I've finally finished inputting No. 17 "Tempest", with my musical advisor's comment, "Let's listen to it again in a while".　The composition of the three movements is well calculated, and even so, each of them is full of unique beauty.

　Now, finally, "Moonlight". 　The title "Moonlight" is not quite right for the first movement, but for the rest of the piece, it is far from the impression it gives.　The title "Moonlight" is not given by the maestro, so it is not surprising.　However, the first movement is so famous that everyone...