December 16, 2012.Beethoven!Today is the day to celebrate the 242nd anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birthday.Here’s Sviatoslav Richter’s performance of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata no. 1 in f minor, op. 2, no.1.The very first one of the eventual 32, the set that is still the pinnacle of piano literature, this sonata was written in 1795.The young Beethoven dedicated it to his teacher of several years, Franz Joseph Haydn.The portrait, by Carl Traugott Riedel, was made a bit later, in 1801.
Beethoven 2012
December 16, 2012. Beethoven! Today is the day to celebrate the 242nd anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s
birthday. Here’s Sviatoslav Richter’s performance of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata no. 1 in f minor, op. 2, no.1. The very first one of the eventual 32, the set that is still the pinnacle of piano literature, this sonata was written in 1795. The young Beethoven dedicated it to his teacher of several years, Franz Joseph Haydn. The portrait, by Carl Traugott Riedel, was made a bit later, in 1801.