Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 "Pathétique"
Daniel Barenboim
Musical Performance Solo 0Composed in 1798, during his early years in Vienna, the eighth of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas still has the impact of a manifesto in sound. The Grande sonate pathétique—the title suggested by the publisher of Op. 13 and welcomed by the composer—embodies what the pianist and musicologist Charles Rosen characterized as “Beethoven’s first successful effort at the sublime.” The “Pathétique” is also the first of the sonatas to carry a familiar nickname. It opens with an explosive intensity that seems to distill an entire generation of Sturm und Drang emotionalism. Beethoven even puts a personal stamp on C minor, anticipating the defiant pathos of works to come that share that home key. In those heavy dotted chords, pain is seized and transformed, a stark snapshot of grief that is repeatedly juxtaposed against the throbbing energy of the Allegro. The slow movement glows with Beethovenian lyricism but cannot stem the despair to which he gives the final word.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano Sonata in C minor Op. 13 „Pathétique“ (1798)
I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio
II. Adagio cantabile
III. Rondo. Allegro
Daniel Barenboim, piano
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