Soloist: Giltburg, Boris

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Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1

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Venue: Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile

Date of Concert: 2020

Playing Time: 00:14:56

Television Director: French, Stewart

Catalogue Number: NVF1228

UPC: 730099622813

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Op. 14 - the utterly lovely, fresh, charming couple of short sonatas, are not just an antithesis but an antidote to the Pathetique, as if Beethoven needed to cleanse his spirit with limpid tones after the extreme dark intensity of the preceding sonata. Both are chamber works in nature, content with a restrained emotional and aural palette, for once not straining against the boundaries of the instrument. Beethoven seems more relaxed here, softer, at times genuinely happy.

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