
Hard to beat his recordings of his own works, though. I've heard Rachmaninov's recording of the B-flat minor sonata, and while it's certainly very good (if not technically flawless - but then which pianist is/was? Even Hamelin isn't perfect ), some of his interpretations didn't quite sit well with me. He tends to make a specific point of making repeated sections sound different second time through, and though he overdoes it sometimes (he really stabs some of his accents), it's still better than hearing the same thing played the same way twice. Although it's probably not what Chopin intended, he takes the tempo of the scherzo from the B minor sonata down a step for the B major section, which I think makes a nice contrast with the E-flat major sections. The Marche funèbre exists in countless arrangements and has been performed at funerals all over the world (including Chopin's own), having become an archetypal evocation of death.I bought Katsaris' recording of all three sonatas in 1994 and it's served me well over the years my only quibble is that he omits the repeat in the first movement of the C minor sonata (he takes the repeats in the first movements of the B-flat minor and B minor sonatas). The work has been recorded by numerous pianists and is regularly programmed in concerts and piano competitions. 35 (Cho) Score This is Seong-Jin Cho's spectacular performance of Chopin's second sonata at the second stage of the 2015 International Chopin. Robert Schumann, among other critics, argued that the work was structurally inferior and that Chopin "could not quite handle sonata form", a criticism that did not withstand time. 2 in B flat minor the approved title of Sonata fnebre, however more unkind titles were also. 2 gained instant popularity with the public, critical reception was initially more doubtful. The famous Funeral March earned the Piano Sonata No.

A typical performance of Chopin's second sonata lasts between 21 and 25 minutes, depending on whether the repetition of the first movement's exposition is observed. 12 also has a funeral march as its third movement. Bach and by Ludwig van Beethoven Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.


2 carries allusions and reminiscences of music by J. 2 is Chopin's famous funeral march ( French : Marche funèbre Polish : Marsz żałobny) which was composed at least two years before the remainder of the work and has remained, by itself, one of Chopin's most popular compositions. The third movement of the Piano Sonata No. Watercolour of Chopin by Maria Wodzińska, 1836 Download and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music for Piano Sonata No.2, Op.
