Piano sonatas! - naqt

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor (Op. 27 No. 2), “Moonlight”

quasi fantasia, Adagio sostenuto first movement, slow triplets, D-flat Allegretto minuet, Presto agitato finale, Chopin-inspired

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major (Op. 106), “Hammerklavier”

Allegro first movement, Assai vivace scherzo, Adagio sostenuto, complex B-flat fugue finale, unplayable at premiere, Liszt performed

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (Op. 13), “Pathétique”

Grave–Allegro first movement, Adagio cantabile second, Rondo allegro third, “Nimrod” inspiration, dramatic contrasts

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor (Op. 57), “Appassionata”

Allegro assai first, Andante con moto variations, Presto coda, intense dynamics, Beethoven considered most difficult before Hammerklavier

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major (Op. 31, No. 3), “The Hunt”

four movements, no slow movement, Allegro first with dotted-eighth sixteenth motif, Scherzo double-time, Minuet third, hunting horn theme

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major (Op. 81a), “Les Adieux”

programmatic, three movements “Farewell,” “Absence,” “Return,” Adagio chords spell “lebewohl,” inspired by Dussek sonata

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331

Andante grazioso theme and variations, minuet second, Rondo alla turca third, janissary band imitation, popular “Turkish March”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545, “Simple”

Allegro first movement, ascending C-E-G motif, Alberti bass, beginner-friendly, Grieg composed duet part inspired by this sonata

Frédéric Chopin, Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor (Op. 35)

Grave opening, doppio movimento, third-movement “Funeral March,” Presto fourth movement, chromatic flurries, pedal creates wind-over-graves effect

Franz Liszt, Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178

single-movement sonata with four sections, double-function form, premiered by Hans von Bülow, initially panned, cornerstone of piano repertoire, inspired ballet Marguerite and Armand