ExclusiveBeethoven: Piano Sonata No.1, Op.2 No.1 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) 4. Prestissimo

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.1, Op.2 No.1, 4. Prestissimo. This beautiful piece was played by Paul Pitman. It has creative commons license (Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0), and is provided through imslp.org.

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1, was written in 1795 and dedicated to Joseph Haydn.

The fourth movement, like the first and third, is in F minor, and is built using a modified sonata form (the development is replaced by new thematic material), but the music was marked as common, not cut, time. The exposition is accompanied by ceaseless eighth-note triplets. The first theme is based on three staccato quarter note chords. A transitional passage leads to a more lyrical but still agitated theme in C minor. The chords of the first theme return to close the exposition. Where the development would be expected to start, there is a completely new theme in A flat, with the first respite from the eighth-note triplets. This is followed by an extended retransition based on alternating motives from the first theme and the "development" theme. The recapitulation presents the first and second themes in F minor. There is no coda, only a fortissimo descending arpeggio—in eighth-note triplets -- to conclude the piece.

REference: Michael Steinberg: 'The Beethoven Piano Sonatas', Notes from the Richard Goode recording of the complete Beethoven Sonatas, Elektra Nonesuch label, 1993

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