The third movement is a driving, energetic rondo with long, complex phrases, requiring careful articulation and inflection. Here great attention is needed to voicing the thick textures in order to bring out the beautiful cantabile melody, one of Beethoven’s most beloved creations. The second movement in A-flat major, far more familiar to the casual listener, is a soothing contrast. A third theme, which returns slightly transformed in the last movement of the sonata, has the right hand jumping back and forth from treble to bass. The slow introduction gives way to a fast and explosive rising staccato motif, with a very fast broken octave accompaniment in the left hand. The ensuing Grave section requires interpretative maturity and careful considerations of the complex rhythms. Sign up to listen & download > The start of a new piano eraThe first, dramatic and almost aggressive movement of the Pathétique starts with a massive, loud c minor chord that must have come as a shock to contemporary listeners.

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