Automatically translated · original

3 Sonatas Op. 10

Roberto Prosseda

Label: Hyperion
Catalogue number: CDD22057
EAN / barcode: 034571120577
Release date: 30 July 2026
Format: Digital

Beethoven's three sonatas op. 10, composed between 1796 and 1798, mark a decisive step away from the classical clarity of Haydn and Mozart towards a bolder, more individualized language. Each sonata has its own character: the C minor Sonata no. 1 combines tragic urgency with structural concentration; the F major Sonata no. 2 reveals Beethoven's emerging humor and rhythmic inventiveness; and the expansive D major Sonata no. 3 unfolds an unprecedented emotional and architectural dimension, crowned by the visionary Largo e mesto. The unifying rhythmic motif "short-long" runs through the entire work and is a harbinger of the composer's later dramas. Roberto Prosseda's interpretation, performed on a Conrad Graf fortepiano from 1820, recreates the raw contrasts, eloquent timbral colors and anti-rhetorical gestures of the music that modern pianos often flatten.

Order Spotify Apple Music

Tracklist

01 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro molto e con brio 05:33
02 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Adagio molto 07:56
03 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Finale 04:45
04 Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2: I. Allegro 09:13
05 Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2: II. Allegretto 04:05
06 Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2: III. Presto 04:09
07 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: I. Presto 07:27
08 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: II. Largo e mesto 10:06
09 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: III. Menuetto 03:00
10 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: IV. Rondo 04:23

Source: MusicBrainz

Also on Hyperion

Sonate Accademiche

Eva Saladin, Daniel Rosin, Johannes Keller

Hyperion · 2007

Brahms - The Three Violin Sonatas

Andrew Wan, Charles Richard-Hamelin

Hyperion · 1991

Music for Clarinet & Piano

Julian Bliss, James Baillieu

Hyperion · 1989

Clarinet Quintets

Eduardo Dell’Oglio, Elisa Schack, Enrico Maria Baroni

Hyperion · 1981