Which is the greatest piano work composed by Beethoven?
I personall think it’s the Opus 53: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major (« Waldstein »).
The « Waldstein » Sonata was the first composition to be written by Beethoven on a bolder and more resonant instrument than any he had previously owned, it had an extended keyboard which allowed for another five notes to be added.
In the « Allegro con brio » Beethoven builds a movement of astonishing richness and nonchalant bravado. The « Adagio molto » forms no more than a bridge between the extended structures of the outer movements and the finale is one of the most sublimely radiant pieces Beethoven ever penned, so that even the brief excursions into minor key territory emerge as positively amiable.
And of course the Sonata op. 106, « Hammerklavier », one of the composer’s most important piano sonatas and certainly his most technically demanding. As Beethoven informed his publisher, a sonata which « will give pianists something to think about when they play it fifty years from now ». This Sonata does indeed mark the transition from Beethoven´s middle to late period.
1/6 Hamelin Beethoven Sonatas Op.109 and Op.110 (incl. interview)
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