Barenboim: Beethoven - Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109

At Palais Rasumofsky, Vienna, 1983-1984 Daniel Barenboim - piano Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 0:20 I. Vivace ma non troppo 4:41 II. Prestissimo 7:19 III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo Watch other Beethoven Sonatas performed by Barenboim: Watch other performances of Daniel Barenboim: Subscribe to EuroArts: Though Beethoven’s Sonatas No. 30, No. 31 and No. 32 were promised to publisher Adolf Martin Schlesinger as a set, they would eventually be published separately in three successive years, beginning in 1821. The three works bear the hallmarks of Beethoven’s late style: complex, tortured counterpoint, challenging harmonic relationships and prominence of variations forms. In the case of Op. 109, the scale of the closing variations movement is such that it dwarfs the first two movements combined. The sonata was dedicated