579.Beethoven Sonata 7, op. 10/3, music 音乐

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Similar to the trios Op. 1 and the sonatas Op. 2, it's the third work of the sonatas Op. 10 – the sonata No. 7, in D major – which Beethoven intended as the high point of the trilogy. He returns there to the expanded, four-movement structure of his first four sonatas, and abandons – perhaps with the exception of the finale – the concise, sometimes even abrupt manner of composition he used in the fast movements of sonatas Nos. 5 and 6.

If we were to judge this sonata by its fast movements – inventive, fresh, brilliant and imaginative, assured, full of humor and surprises – it would feel as a natural development and intensification of a musical path Beethoven followed in his earlier works. But Beethoven went not a step, but a leap forward in the second movement (6:55) – perhaps the earliest undisputed mature masterpiece in his output.

This movement, a great tragic utterance, shows Beethoven's understanding of the human psyche and soul on an incredibly intuitive level; his fearlessness in presenting emotion so raw, so naked; and the sheer compositional and musical mastery he commanded in capturing this emotion in notes. From the first bar, there is an unadorned sincerity to the music which catches one's breath – I couldn't think of a bigger and less expected contrast to the fun-filled ingenuity of the opening movement. This music for me is both an embodiment of loss, despair and resignation and a show of great empathy from Beethoven to those who have experienced these emotions.
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Beethoven Sonata #7, Op.10 No.3 in D Major. Valentina Lisitsa

1. Presto 0:00 （急板）
2. Largo e meste  （悲伤的缓慢庄严广板）6:02 / 12-most-beautiful-movements-from-beethoven...  
3. Minuet. Allegro （小步舞曲。快板）15:15
4. Rondo. Allegro （回旋曲。快板 ）18:01


Hello all. Another Complete Sonata performance form the same session as Moonlight and "Hammerklavier" that was split in multi-file to meet 10 min limit at a time and drowned in a swamp of YouTube bits and pieces. Playlist does not work in the opposite way. So I am finally posting it the way it was meant originally. Enjoy! I think when performed complete the concept of the performance is different.


Beethoven Piano Sonata analysis (Sonata no. 7)
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Right off the bat, we can already tell this sonata is gonna be a weird one (and hard). This sonata is in D major. The opening feels like a broken play in American football where the players are forced to improvise and put something together, but it doesn’t stop there. We start to see more syncopated melodies. After the frolicsome exposition, we get a passionate, dramatic development that heroically works its way back to the recapitulation. In a way this movement feels more like a finale than an opening movement, with a fair amount of grandiose and speed. To say this sonata is already very innovative would be an understatement. We’re hearing harmonies and musical textures not seen before. This movement is in sonata form.

The second movement couldn’t be any more different from the first. It is in the parallel minor. This is probably the darkest movement we have seen so far, with a gothic sound that is reminiscent of a baroque funeral mass. The harmonic progressions and modulations remind me a lot of music from his late period. With all that in mind, we head to the coda. I have to say, if someone told me if this was written by Rachmaninoff, I would believe them (if I didn’t know this piece). The music is absolutely swarming. While the rest of the movement was the calm before the storm, this was the storm.

At first glance, it seems like we are in for another slow movement, but it doesn’t take long to realize that this is a scherzo. This movement resembles a Viennese waltz, with some rich harmonies that foreshadow a lot of the music in the romantic era. This movement is in ternary form.

The final movement begins with a harmonically ambiguous motif that totally sounds like a ringtone on a cellphone, certainly Beethoven was thinking about that when he was writing this in the late 18th century. This rondo is, you guessed it, weird. Another very angular piece, almost as if it were a 4 minute improvisation session. Not much else to say about this movement, it’s just weird in all the right ways.

This piece is definitely a wild card. Although structurally and form wise it is still very classical, more so than the last sonata, Beethoven is starting to use tonality in a whole new way, opening the door for much more music to come. With the cult classic that follows this piece, this piece is often overshadowed, and that’s unfortunate, as this work is truly an enigma.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OIArTfmdds

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largo e cantablle：如歌似的缓板

largo e mesto：悲伤的缓慢庄严广板

largo e pianissimo sempre：很轻的广板

largo：adj. , adv. 〔意大利语〕【音乐】缓慢，宽广。 n. 【音乐】广板。


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András Schiff - Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10/3 - Beethoven Lecture-Recitals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XN42VKiSMM