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Beethoven: The Final Sonatas, Op. 109, 110, 111
Ludwig van Beethoven, Anton Kuerti
Beethoven: The Final Sonatas, Op. 109, 110, 111
Genre: Classical
 
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* Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op.109 * Few works make such a powerful impact in such a short space of time as the Sonata in E Major, Op.109. Each movement is like a haiku, beautifully formed, not wasting a word, yet making a...  more »

     
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All Artists: Ludwig van Beethoven, Anton Kuerti
Title: Beethoven: The Final Sonatas, Op. 109, 110, 111
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Label: Analekta
Release Date: 4/3/2007
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Romantic (c.1820-1910)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 774204318222

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* Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op.109 * Few works make such a powerful impact in such a short space of time as the Sonata in E Major, Op.109. Each movement is like a haiku, beautifully formed, not wasting a word, yet making a very significant point. The first movement gives us perhaps the finest integration of Beethoven's formal and improvisatory styles, molded into a very tightly compressed, yet smooth sonata form. This results in an uncanny sensation of the utmost freedom superimposed on absolute order and organization - ** Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op.110 ** Op. 110 is the most accessible and the most popular of the late sonatas. Its unabashedly melodic opening tenderly sings out two consecutive full-fledged tunes, something almost unique among the Beethoven sonatas, which with rare exceptions start with ideas, motives or patterns, rather than singing melodies.