Beethoven: Sonata Appassionata

Beethoven's Piano Sonata Number 23, in F minor, Opus 57, is called the Appassionata, and is generally thought to be one of the three great piano sonatas of his middle period (the others being the Waldstein, Opus 53, and Les Adieux, Opus 81a).

Beethoven considered the Appassionata to be his most tempestuous piano sonata until he composed his Piano Sonata Number 29, the Hammerklavier. A performance of the Appassionata usually lasts about twenty-three minutes.

The music of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) is one of humanity's greatest treasures. Unsurpassed in its power of expression as well as its depth and diversity of ideas and feelings, it provides boundless joy to listeners and performers.

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