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Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2 No. 2

Beethoven's first three piano sonatas were dedicated to the figure who had inspired him to move from his home town of Bonn to Vienna, Joseph Haydn. No. 2 is notable for the way we see Beethoven ...
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Beethoven Sonata Series

Beethoven Sonata SeriesThe young Japanese pianist Hiroko Sasaki is in the spotlight today as our series of the Beethoven piano sonatas continues. She plays the Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1, No. 2 in ...
The Guardian

Immense. Harrowing. Exhilarating: pianist Igor Levit on Beethoven's sonatas

As a student, Levit spent years meticulously polishing a single piano sonata. In many ways it taught him all he knows about this ‘no bullshit’ composer who wrote music of the future Opus 2, No 2. The ...
Gramophone

BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 2, Nos 11 - 21

Sonata for Piano No. 11 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 12 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 13, 'quasi una fantasia' Jean-Efflam ...
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Beethoven Sonata Series

Onward and upward with Beethoven. Our complete series of Beethoven's piano sonatas continues today with a performance by Natalie Zhu. She plays the Piano Sonata No. 17, Op. 31 No. 2, known as the ...