HENLE BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.1 F Minor Op.2 No.1 Revised Edition
- Catalog #: 51481203
- URTEXT EDITION
- PIANO SOLO
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no. 1 f minor op. 2 no. 1
Editor: Murray Perahia, Norbert Gertsch
Fingering: Murray Perahia
Urtext Edition, paperbound
revised edition
replaces HN 183
Pages: 26 (V, 21), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Order no. HN 1203 · ISMN 979-0-2018-1203-8
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 6)
ABRSM: DipABRSM
ABRSM: Grade 8
Beethoven’s three piano sonatas op. 2 were the first works in this genre to which he gave an opus number, thus signalling to the musical world the special importance that he assigned to them. He wrote them during his first years in Vienna and, along with his op. 1 piano trios, they helped to establish his reputation as one of the most significant composers of his time. These three sonatas - all of them small masterpieces - are arranged in ascending order of difficulty and virtuosity. The four-movement Sonata in f minor is often called the “Little Appassionata” because it shares with the famous Sonata op. 57 not just its key, but also its impassioned mood - especially in the last movement.
Murray Perahia’s fingerings have been tried and tested over several decades of performing these works, and offer a new approach to these milestones of the piano repertoire.
