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A new series developed by Maurice Hinson that contains the most popular selections by favorite composers and features performance suggestions and analyses.
Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas have been referred to as the "New Testament" of music by Hans von Bülow. However, our selection adopts a less reverent approach, allowing us to explore the more "earthly" aspects of the composer. This includes lively dances, charming bagatelles, the distinctive character piece "Lustig und traurig" ("Happy and sad"), and the ever-popular "Für Elise." Consistent with our series "At the piano," all pieces are arranged in a progressive manner, ranging from easy to medium difficulty. There is no need to feel intimidated by Beethoven's piano sonatas; for instance, the Classical sonata in G major, which is essentially a sonatina, serves as an excellent introduction to the diverse realm of Beethoven's works. Additionally, we present Beethoven as the "poet at the piano" through the first movement of his "Moonlight" Sonata in C-sharp minor, alongside the funeral march from the Sonata in A-flat major—visionary pieces that foreshadow the Romantic era.
This distinguished volume features the later string quartets of Beethoven, presented in accurate and high-quality transcriptions. It includes Op. 74 in E-flat major; Op. 95 in F minor; Op. 127 in E-flat major, noted for its "overflowing vitality and brilliance of technique"; Op. 130 in B-flat major, characterized by "a flood of fresh melodies and large-scale designs, along with technical effects previously unseen in music"; Op. 131 in C-sharp minor, widely acknowledged as "the musically finest of them all"; Op. 132 in A minor, where "the Adagio is particularly regarded as one of the pinnacles of achievement in quartet composition and indeed in all music"; Op. 133 in B-flat major; and Op. 135 in F major, which features "the Adagio as one of the most profound expressions of Beethoven's genius that his oeuvre can provide."
Author : Nils Franke, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johann Nepomuk Hummel