Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor Op. 13 (Grande Sonata Pathétique) HN44 featuring: Accurate

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stands out amongst chamber music works on account of the wealth of expressive and tonal nuances

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor Op. 13 (Grande Sonata Pathétique) HN44 featuring: AccurateIn a span of only eight years, between 17941802, Beethoven composed twenty piano sonatas, among them his so called Grande Sonate Pathtique op. 13. It marks the consummation of his Classical style, yet also already alludes to his Heroic Period with its intensely Romantic characteristics. Composed in the tragic key of C minor, it foreshadows the expressive drama of later masterworks such as the Fifth Symphony or the Coriolan Overture. Of the famous