Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Beethoven's 32 numbered piano sonatas make full use of the developing form of piano, with its wider range and possibilities of dynamic contrast.

Opus 2 no 1: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor (1796)
Dedicated to Joseph Haydn
Allegro
Adagio
Menuetto & Trio: Allegretto
Prestissimo

Opus 2 no 2: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major (1796)
Dedicated to Joseph Haydn
Allegro vivace
Largo appassionato
Scherzo & Trio: Allegretto
Rondo: Grazioso

Opus 2 no 3: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major (1796)
Dedicated to Joseph Haydn
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Scherzo & Trio: Allegro
Allegro assai

Opus 7: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major (1797)
Dedicated to Countess Babette von Keglevics
Allegro molto e con brio
Largo, con gran espressione
Allegro
Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso

Opus 10 no 1: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor
Dedicated to Countess Anne Margarete von Browne
Molto allegro e con brio
Adagio molto
Finale: Prestissimo

Opus 10 no 2: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major
Dedicated to Countess Anne Margarete von Browne
Allegro
Allegretto
Presto

Opus 10 no 3: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major
Dedicated to Countess Anne Margarete von Browne
Presto
Largo e mesto
Menuetto & Trio: Allegro
Rondo: Allegro

Opus 13: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor "Pathetique" (1799)
Dedicated to Prince Carl von Lichnowsky
Grave - Allegro di molto con brio
Adagio cantabile
Rondo: Allegro

Opus 14 no 1: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major
Dedicated to Baroness Josefine von Braun
Allegro
Allegretto
Rondo: Allegro commodo

Opus 14 no 2: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major
Dedicated to Baroness Josefine von Braun
Allegro
Andante
Scherzo: Allegro assai

Opus 22: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major (1800)
Dedicated to Count Johann Georg von Browne
Allegro con brio
Adagio con molto espressione
Menuetto
Rondo: Allegretto

Opus 26: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major
Dedicated to Prince Carl von Lichnowsky
Andante con variazioni
Scherzo & Trio: Allegro molto
Marcia funebra sulla morte d'un eroe
Allegro

Opus 27 no 1: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major
Dedicated to Princess Josephine von Liechtenstein
Andante - Allegro
Allegro molto e vivace
Adagio con espressione
Allegro vivace - Presto

Opus 27 no 2: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight" (1801)
Dedicated to Countess Giuletta Giucciardi
Adagio sostenuto
Allegretto & Trio
Presto agitato

Opus 28: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major "Pastoral"
Dedicated to Joseph Edlen von Sonnenfels
Allegro
Andante
Scherzo & Trio: Allegro vivace
Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

Opus 31 no 1: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major (1802)
Allegro vivace
Adagio grazioso
Rondo: Allegretto

Opus 31 no 2: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor "Tempest" (1802)
Largo - Allegro
Adagio
Allegretto

Opus 31 no 3: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major (1802)
Allegro
Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
Menuetto & Trio: Moderato e grazioso
Presto con fuoco

Opus 49 no 1: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor (1792?)
Andante
Rondo: Allegro

Opus 49 no 2: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major (1792?)
Allegro ma non troppo
Tempo di menuetto

Opus 53: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major "Waldstein" (1803)
Dedicated to Count Waldstein
Allegro con brio
Introduzione: Molto Adagio
Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo

Opus 54: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major (1804)
In tempo d'un menuetto
Allegretto

Opus 57: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" (1805)
Dedicated to Count Franz von Brunsvik
Allegro assai
Andante con moto
Allegro ma non troppo

Opus 78: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major (1809)
Dedicated to Countess Therese von Brunsvik
Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
Allegro vivace

Opus 79: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major (1809)
Presto alla tedesca
Andante
Vivace

Opus 81a: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major "Les Adieux" (1809)
Dedicated to Archduke Rudolph
Adagio - Allegro
Andante espressivo
Vivacissimamente

Opus 90: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor (1814)
Dedicated to Count Moritz von Lichnowsky
Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen

Opus 101: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major (1816)
Dedicated to Baroness Dorothea Ertman
Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
Lebhaft. Marschmaessig
Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll - Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit

Opus 106: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major "Hammerklavier" (1818)
Dedicated to Archduke Rudolph
Allegro
Scherzo: Assai vivace
Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento
Largo - Allegro risoluto

Opus 109: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major
Dedicated to Maximilliane Brentano
Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo
Prestissimo
Andante, molto cantabile ed espressivo

Opus 110: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major
Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo
Allegro molto
Adagio, ma non troppo - Fuga: Allegro, ma non troppo

Opus 111: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor
Dedicated to Archduke Rudolph and to Antonie Brentano in the English Edition
Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile