András Schiff - Beethoven, Sonata No. 26, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”

András Schiff plays beautifully Beethoven’s Sonata in E flat major known as “Les Adieux” or, as Maestro prefers, “Das Lebewohl”.
This is the last Sonata of the so-called “middle period”. Published in 1811 by Breitkopf & Härtel Verlag, is dedicated to his friend and patron, the Archduke Rudolph von Österreich.
Japan, March 2020.
00:00 - I. Adagio/Allegro, “Das Lebewohl” (The Farewell)
07:08 - II. Andante espressivo, “Abwesenheit” (The Absence)
10:17 - III. Vivacissimamente, “Das Wiedersehen” (The Return)
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