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Bookended by two famous sonatas, the Waldstein op. 53 and the Appassionata op. 57, the F-major Sonata op. 54 has always lived in the shadows, regrettably. In this first large-scale two-movement sonata, Beethoven experiments with striking character contrasts in the first movement and a virtuosic perpetuum mobile duet in the second.
In both interpretation and mastery of technical difficulties, this sonata therefore poses a considerable challenge for pianists and might have been avoided for this reason as well.
The sonata shares the fate of many early works by Beethoven in one respect: no autograph exists. Murray Perahia and Norbert Gertsch have thus only been able to examine an original edition as a source for their new edition. As always with the new editions of Beethoven sonatas from Henle, Maestro Perahia also provides the fingerings – and his own commentary on the meaning of this sonata.
The Complete Chopin
A New Critical Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444691
(Piano Sonata)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693420
Nebst Czerny's "Erinnerungen an Beethoven"
for: Piano
Study book
Item no.: 113056
Transkriptionen berühmter Opernarien und Originalkompositionen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 648167
Volume 1 and 2
First Publication
for: Piano
2 music scores
Item no.: 393465
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition – New Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 646068
Musikführer
Serie Musik
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 633208