Beethoven At the Piano - 9 well-known original pieces

Beethoven�s 32 piano sonatas are the �New Testament� of music, according to Hans von B?low. Our selection here does not take things quite so solemnly, because we have also taken the opportunity to show the more �worldly� side of the composer, with dances, bagatelles, the unusual character piece �Lustig und traurig� (�Happy and sad�), and of course the indestructible �F?r Elise�. As usual in our series �At the piano�, all the pieces are arranged progressively from easy to medium level of difficulty. And you do not have to be in awe of Beethoven�s piano sonatas either: the highly Classical sonata in G major (essentially a sonatina) offers an ideal introduction to the many-facetted world of Beethoven�s sonatas. In contrast to this, we also show Beethoven the �poet at the piano�, with the first movement of his �Moonlight� Sonata in c-sharp minor, along with the funeral march from the Sonata in A-flat major � visionary creations that already point far ahead into the world of Romanticism.