Tag Archives: Beethoven

Beethoven Piano Donate No 6 in F Major by Jandro Lortie

Posted on August 9, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

This YouTube page says that a lot of people consider this one of Beethoven’s less important sonatas. https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=Beethoven+piano+sonata+6 Does anyone have an opinion on that?

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Beethoven Piano Sonata 5 in C Minor

Posted on May 8, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

We continue our explorations of Beethoven Sonatas.  This is performed by Daniel Barenboim.  The Adagio has a lovely delicate quality.  Though the sonata does not end as much as stop.

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Beethoven Piano Sonata 4 in E Flat Major

Posted on February 12, 2020 by emmasrandomthoughts

We are still in the early sonatas.  The music starts and it still sounds very much like the classical music (Haydn, Mozart) that came before Beethoven.  I don’t know Beethoven’s sonatas very well (which is why I am doing this) … Continue reading →

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Beethoven Piano Sonata 3 in C Major

Posted on December 11, 2019 by emmasrandomthoughts

The pianist is Lang Lang.  My mom is really impressed with his ability.  

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Beethoven Piano Sonata 2 in A Major

Posted on September 11, 2019 by emmasrandomthoughts

The pianist is Daniel Barenboim. According to one of the comments on this video, by the time Beethoven wrote his sonatas, the professional pianist was much more of a thing than it was in Mozart’s day, and this helps to … Continue reading →

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Beethoven Piano Sonata No 1

Posted on April 23, 2019 by emmasrandomthoughts

I have decided to start publishing Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.  I have been posting a lot of music for orchestra, but I rarely get to hear music composed for one instrument or chamber type music. So, I am going to listening … Continue reading →

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Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto Number 2 and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto Number 4

Posted on October 17, 2016 by emmasrandomthoughts

I went to the finale of the International Piano Competition in July.  Three musicians played these two pieces.  The first and third competitors played Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto Number 2. Here it is performed by Yuja Wang.   The second competitor … Continue reading →

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Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

Posted on December 14, 2014 by emmasrandomthoughts

Last weekend I went to the Cleveland Orchestra for the first time in almost ten years. The last time I went I heard The Lord of the Rings Symphony, and my friend proudly proclaimed that she had died and gone … Continue reading →

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