Soloist: Giltburg, Boris

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Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique"

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Venue: Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile

Date of Concert: 2020

Playing Time: 00:17:37

Television Director: French, Stewart

Catalogue Number: NVF1227

UPC: 730099622714

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The Pathetique! One of Beethoven's most-loved and most popular works, it sent shock waves throughout the music world of the late 18th century, and its gripping power hasn't diminished in the 220 years since. The immediacy and intensity of emotion is staggering, right from the opening C minor chord. And just in the first-page introduction we are confronted with pain and pathos, nobility and hope, despair and crushing of said hope - a cry straight out of Beethoven's heart and soul, hurled at us without any protective barriers. I can barely imagine the impact this music must have had on its first listeners.

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