During 2020, many musicians will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven. He was born in 1770, and many of us listen in wonderment to the music created by this man so long ago.
On this recording we have the opportunity to listen to the following:
Works:
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathetique’
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 ‘March Funebre’
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 ‘Tempest’
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’
All of these are performed by the late Sviatoslav Richter.
Here is Mr. Richter in the Sonata #1, Opus 2 by Beethoven:
