Bartje Bartmans | Carl Maria von Weber - Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 39 (1816) @bartjebartmans | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 1786 – 5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school.
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in A-flat major, Op. 39 (1814-16)
Dedication: Franz Lauska (1764-1825)
1. Allegro moderato, con spirito ed assai legato (0:00)
2. Andante (9:44)
3. Menuetto capriccioso. Presto assai (16:19)
4. Rondo. Moderato e molto grazioso (20:29)
Michael Endres, piano
Description by James Leonard
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) composed his Piano Sonata No. 2 in A flat major in 1816, four years after his Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major and just before his Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor. Like Weber's other piano works, his Sonata in A flat major is a virtuoso work with singing melodies and dramatic structures. The opening Allegro moderato, Con spirito ed assai legato is a large-scale sonata with lyrical themes and stormy developments. The following Andante is a weird graceful theme with a set of spooky variations. The following Menuetto capriccioso/Presto assai is a fast and witty virtuoso scherzo and a grandly lyrical trio. The closing Rondo (Moderato e molto grazioso) is warmly lyrical and expansively dramatic. And like Weber's other piano works, his Piano Sonata in A flat major is pretty much ignored by most pianists.
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 1786 – 5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school.
Please support my channel:
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in A-flat major, Op. 39 (1814-16)
Dedication: Franz Lauska (1764-1825)
1. Allegro moderato, con spirito ed assai legato (0:00)
2. Andante (9:44)
3. Menuetto capriccioso. Presto assai (16:19)
4. Rondo. Moderato e molto grazioso (20:29)
Michael Endres, piano
Description by James Leonard
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) composed his Piano Sonata No. 2 in A flat major in 1816, four years after his Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major and just before his Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor. Like Weber's other piano works, his Sonata in A flat major is a virtuoso work with singing melodies and dramatic structures. The opening Allegro moderato, Con spirito ed assai legato is a large-scale sonata with lyrical themes and stormy developments. The following Andante is a weird graceful theme with a set of spooky variations. The following Menuetto capriccioso/Presto assai is a fast and witty virtuoso scherzo and a grandly lyrical trio. The closing Rondo (Moderato e molto grazioso) is warmly lyrical and expansively dramatic. And like Weber's other piano works, his Piano Sonata in A flat major is pretty much ignored by most pianists.
