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Browse: Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)Composed: 1804–06Genres:
Instrumental » Piano Solos » Piano Sonatas
Dedicated to: Count Franz von Brunswick
Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (colloquially known as the Appassionata, meaning "passionate" in Italian) is among the three famous piano sonatas of his middle period ; it was composed during 1804 and 1805, and perhaps 1806, and was dedicated to Count Franz von Brunswick. The first edition was published in February 1807 in Vienna.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._23_(Beethoven)
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What you will get is a new sense of the sheer physicality of the music…What’s fascinating about Levit’s whole cycle is the crazy tempos at which he takes the first Allegros and Prestos…Where... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Best-Seller of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Instrumental
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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All but one of these performances are exceptional, even by Kissin’s stratospheric standards, the odd one out being the Moonlight Sonata…But the most extraordinary track is that of the 32 Variations.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th August 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Wilhelm Kempff was the most inspirational of Beethoven pianists. Those who have cherished his earlier stereo cycle for its magical spontaneity will find Kempff's qualities even more intensely... — More…
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Kim has an unering sense of underlying harmonic tension and tonal design, plus the skill to apply colour and blend accordingly, which gives his playing both eloquence and architectural solidity... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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The first movement of his Appassionata is gracefully conceived, and he brings a properly Beethovenian authority to the variations of the slow movement, before seguing gracefully into whirlwind... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2010, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Instrumental
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…Brautigam… tempos in the outer movements are tremendously fast, and for the intervening episodes of the Waldstein's ronda finale, with their dizzying cascades of semiquaver triplets, he accelerates... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
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