The Piano Sonatas - Session 4: The Late Period (1816 - 1822)

Pre-class Music:

         33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 (1819-1823), 51:30

                                Jianing Kong, piano  (link)



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   Beethoven's late period... "the forms are more complex, ideas more wide-ranging, 

   textures more polyphonic, and the treatment of the themes and motifs even more 

   sophisticated than before."


1.  What is a fugue  (5:00)



Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101  (1816)

            Emil Gilels, piano. 21:00  (link)

Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106   ( "Hammerklavier")  (1818)

              Jeremy Denk, piano. 38:11 (link)


              1.  Allegro

              2.  Scherzo: Assai vivace

              3.  Adagio sostenuto

              4. . Introduzione: Largo... Allegro – Fuga: Allegro risoluto





Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109  (1820)

               Claudio Arrau, piano 22:20   (link) 


Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab major, Op. 110  (1821)

               Hélène Grimaud, piano 21:30  (link)


Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111  (1821-22)   
              Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

                1.  Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato  (9:00)

                2.   Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile  (17:00)