Description

Beethoven's contemporary Carl Czerny accurately described the three movements of this expressive sonata as "decisive and manly," "most profound sentiment and delicacy," and "imaginative humour." With no autograph manuscript surviving, the revised Urtext edition of the Sonata in C minor is based solely on the first edition of the three sonatas Op. 10, published in Vienna in 1798. This sonata is yet another jewel stemming from the collaboration between Beethoven specialist Norbert Gertsch and star pianist Murray Perahia.