Saturday Noon Concert (23): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’

You’ll recognize this one easily. The sonata is really powerfull, quite violent in fact (no wonder Lenin liked Appassionata a lot ๐Ÿ™‚ – see here). Some might say it reveals a bit of Beethoven’s turbulent spirit. Gramo would prefer to say it was like heavy metal for the beginning of the 19th century. ๐Ÿ™‚ Anyway, here it is:

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. You can find some technical details and the previous sonatas from this series here.