Liszt's 'Dante' Sonata, Après une lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata, takes the first part of its title from a French poem by Victor Hugo, written after reading Dante's work.
Compositional Technique
Beethoven's 'Appassionata' Sonata takes advantage of the extended range of the latest Érard piano, beginning the first movement with a theme reaching down to the bottom note of F.
Album & Artwork
This album of piano sonatas from Georgian pianist Mariam Batsashvili begins and ends with two radically different approaches to the familiar sonata form.
Composer Biography
Joseph Haydn's Sonata in D No.37 is dedicated to sisters Katharina and Marianna von Auenbrugger, whose piano performances Haydn greatly admired.
Composition History
The title 'Appassionata' for Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57, was added by the publisher in 1838, after Beethoven's death.
Interpretation
Pianist Mariam Batsashvili programmed the pieces chronologically to take the listener on a journey through the evolution of the sonata form.
Composition History
Mozart's Sonata No.18 in D K.576, nicknamed the 'Hunt Sonata', was originally intended as the first of a set of six sonatas commissioned by the King of Prussia for his daughter, Princess Friederike.
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