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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung. Allegro ma non troppo

8/15/2025, 1 Track, 04:42

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  • Karim Said
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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Composer Biography

Beethoven's knowledge of the robust playing style of London-based composers like Muzio Clementi, Jan Ladislav Dussek, and Johann Baptist Cramer influenced the evolution of his piano works.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Beethoven often performed on instruments by Matthäus Andreas Stein and Nanette Streicher, which featured the 'Viennese action' invented by their father, Johann Andreas Stein, allowing for fine gradations of touch.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 premiered in April 1803 at the Theater an der Wien after just one rehearsal, with Beethoven himself playing the solo part mostly from memory.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37, was likely sketched in late summer 1802, shortly before he wrote his Heiligenstadt Testament, a confession of despair over his worsening hearing.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

By the time Beethoven arrived in Vienna in 1792, five-octave fortepianos were common, and Viennese piano makers soon produced instruments spanning five-and-a-half octaves.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

The critical response to the premiere of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 was lukewarm, with one newspaper reporting that he performed it 'not completely to the audience's satisfaction'.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Beethoven was generally more concerned with expression than keyboard range in his early works, though his later compositions increasingly explored the full compass of the Viennese piano.

Source: Booklet

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