"BEETHOVEN: "Appassionata" Sonata (i)" genre: Piano
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	Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (1808). Notes by Paul Badura-Skoda. The epithet "Appassionata" only began to be applied to this sonata after Beethoven's death, and yet it is a fitting word for the most passionate of his sonatas. Beethoven himself considered it to be one of his greatest works, which depicts the course of a tragedy in instrumental terms. The first movement is based on a rhythmic motif that appears in a variety of guises ranging from quiet restraint to the unleashed fury of a thunderstorm.
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