Beethoven piano sonatas

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The Beethoven piano sonatas are a landmark collection of 32 works for solo piano that trace Ludwig van Beethoven’s stylistic evolution and are central to the core repertoire of Western classical music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work collection
piano sonata cycle
catalogCode Opus numbers 2 to 111
composer Ludwig van Beethoven
coreRepertoireFor concert pianists
countryOfOrigin Austria
endTime 1822
frequentlyRecordedBy classical pianists
genre piano sonata
hasPart Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major, Op. 22
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 12 Op. 26
surface form: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26

Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 "Quasi una fantasia"
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight"
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 "Pastoral"
Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest"
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3
Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78
Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 7
Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique"
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
influenced Romantic piano music
instrumentation solo piano
language instrumental
movementCountRange 2 to 4 movements per sonata
notableWork Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight"
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique"
numberOfWorks 32
partOf Western classical piano repertoire
period Classical period
early Romantic period
principalPlaceOfComposition Vienna
publisher Artaria
Breitkopf & Härtel
Cappi & Diabelli
startTime 1795
stylisticRange early classical style
late experimental style
middle heroic style

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Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" inBeethovenPianoSonataCycle Beethoven piano sonatas
this entity surface form: Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas
Murray Perahia notableRecording Beethoven piano sonatas
Jonathan Biss notableWork Beethoven piano sonatas
this entity surface form: Beethoven piano sonata recording cycle
Sviatoslav Richter hasRecordingOf Beethoven piano sonatas
Pathétique partOf Beethoven piano sonatas
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3 partOf Beethoven piano sonatas
Moonlight catalogue Beethoven piano sonatas
Artur Schnabel notableWork Beethoven piano sonatas
this entity surface form: complete Beethoven piano sonata recordings