1st movement - Allegro assai
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, opus 57, colloquially known as the Appassionata, is considered one of the three great piano sonatas of his middle period (the others being the Waldstein sonata, opus 53 and Les Adieux, Opus 81a). It was composed during 1804, 1805, and perhaps 1806, and is dedicated to Count Franz von Brunswick. The first edition was published in February 1807 in Vienna.
While the early Sonata No. 8, Pathétique, was named by Beethoven himself, the Appassionata was so labeled in 1838 by the publisher of a four-hand arrangement of the work.
The Appassionata was considered by Beethoven to be his finest piano sonata ever, described as a "brilliantly executed display of emotion and music".
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