In a period of only eight years, Beethoven created 20 piano sonatas between 1794-1802, including his so-called "Grande Sonate Pathétique" op. 13. It brings the classical style to perfection and at the same time, with its strongly romantic character, indicates his heroic phase . Composed in the "tragic" key of C minor, it points to the expressive drama of later masterpieces such as the 5th symphony or the overture to Coriolan. Among the famous, the sonata is the one that is technically most manageable and is therefore extremely popular among advanced piano students. The new Urtext edition by G. Henle Verlag comes from the successful Beethoven workshop of Norbert Gertsch and Murray Perahia     Pages: 24Language: English. German, FrenchPublisher: G.Henle Verlag