Soloist: Giltburg, Boris

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Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79

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Venue: Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile

Date of Concert: 2020

Playing Time: 00:10:08

Television Director: French, Stewart

Catalogue Number: NVF1244

UPC: 730099624411

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The genesis of this sonata is closely tied with that of Sonata No. 24, as both were commissioned by Muzio Clementi, an Italian-born, London-based pianist, composer and publisher. The contract for those and other works was signed on 20 April 1807, with Beethoven agreeing to compose the two sonatas 'in an unspecified time and at his leisure'. This finally happened in the second half of 1809, and both sonatas were published by Clementi in mid-1810.

The G major sonata, Op. 79, is a work light both in spirit and in technical difficulty, recognized as such by Beethoven, who asked the German publisher to call it Sonata facile ('Easy Sonata') or Sonatine.

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