Soloist: Giltburg, Boris

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Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"

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Venue: Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile

Date of Concert: 2020

Playing Time: 00:24:38

Television Director: French, Stewart

Catalogue Number: NVF1242

UPC: 730099624213

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Beethoven, in his core, is a composer of light, his music uplifting and life-affirming. But in a few works he addressed the darkness with a mastery just as absolute, giving us within the sonata cycle the Pathetique, Moonlight, and perhaps most vivid of all, the Appassionata. These three are without doubt among the most popular of his works, attesting to some irresistible attraction these dark soundscapes must exert on us. Perhaps it is also an attestation to Beethoven's mastery of dramaturgy and his profound, relatable humanity: he knows how to grip us in a dark narrative, but we constantly feel that he lived through the same experience as us, felt the same emotions, possibly more strongly than we do. Trusting him, we willingly lower our defences and submit ourselves to this white-knuckle ride.

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