Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 13, 22 And 19-20, Op. 49

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Cat No: 8550167

Release Date: 12 January 2000

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

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Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: BEETHOVEN

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Sonata No.4 in E Flat Major, Opus 7Sonata No.19 in G Minor, Opus 49,No.1Sonata No.20 in G Major, Opus 49, No.2 Sonata No.22 in F Major, Opus 54 Sonata No.13 in E Fait Major, Opus 27,No.1 (Sonata quasi una fantasia)Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn inDecember, 1770, the son of Johann van Beethoven, a singer in the service of theArchbishop of Cologne, and, more important, the grandson of Ludwig vanBeethoven, Kapellmeister to the same patron. It was the very distinction andstrength of character of the head of the family that lay at the root of Johannvan Beethoven's inadequacy as a father and final professional incompetence. Theelder Ludwig died in 1773, but was to remain for his grandson a powerful posthumousinfluence, while Johann slid further into habits of dissipation, with Ludwig,his eldest surviving son, assuming in 1789 the role of head of the family, withresponsibility for his two younger brothers.In Bonn Beethoven received erratic musicaltraining at home, followed by a much more thorough course of study withChristoph Gottlob Neefe, who was appointed court organist in 1781. In 1784Beethoven entered the paid service of the Archbishop as deputy court organist,employed as a viola-player or as cembalist in the court orchestra, and turninghis hand increasingly to composition. A visit to Vienna in 1788 for the purposeof study with Mozart led to nothing, cut short by the illness and subsequentdeath of his mother, but in 1792 he was to return to the imperial capital,again with his patron's encouragement, to take lessons with Haydn.Beethoven came to Vienna with the highestrecommendations and was quick to establish himself as a pianist and composer.From Haydn he claimed to have learned nothing, but he was to undertake furtherstudy with Johann Georg Albrechtsberger in counterpoint and with the courtKapellmeister Antonio Salieri in vocal and dramatic setting. More important hewas to attach himself to a series of noble patrons who coupled generosity withforbearance throughout his life, the latter quality often much needed.As a young composer in Bonn Beethoven hadfollowed the trends of his time. In Vienna he was increasingly to develop hisown unmistakable and original musical idiom, sometimes strange and uncouth bythe standards of the older generation, but suggesting completely new worlds toothers. It was an apparent stroke of fate that played an essential part in thisprocess. By the turn of the century Beethoven had begun to experience bouts ofdeafness. It was this inability to hear that inevitably directed his attentionto composition rather than performance, as the latter activity becameincreasingly impossible. Deafness was to isolate him from society and toaccentuate still further his personal eccentricities of behaviour, shown in hissuspicious ingratitude to those who helped him and his treatment of his nephewKarl and his unfortunate sister-in-law.In Vienna Beethoven lived throughturbulent times. The armies of Nap
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