Schubert’s Piano Sonata in A-Major
The Sonta in A-major by Schubert was written in 1819. This work, with but three concise movements, is the most direct and economical of the Schubert sonatas; it surely is one of the most endearing. …
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Seong-Jin Cho Plays Beethoven’s Piano Sonata Opus 110
Of the 32 piano sonatas by Beethoven, the #31 is my favorite, and today you have an opportunity to listen to this music again. Composed in 1821, the Opus 110 shares the same humanity and …
Pianist Yeol Eum Son Plays Mozart’s Sonata K283
At the age of 19 Mozart was chafing at the bit in Salzburg. He was subject to the will of his father and of Prince-Archbishop Colloredo, both moralizing traditionalists and severe authoritarian figures. During a …
Janine Jansen Performs the Violin Sonata by Cesar Franck
César Franck’s Violin Sonata in A was composed in 1886, and was offered as a wedding present to the violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. The sonata has become one of the most performed violin works in the …
Mozart’s Piano Sonata KV 333
Until fairly recently the Sonata K. 333 by Mozart was considered a Parisian work, but musicological investigation has placed it chronologically in 1783, later than Mozart’s Paris time, and geographically in Linz and Vienna. The …