Sonata in C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - Beethoven Liszt wide-open Schmalz for divided strings

wide-open Schmalz for divided strings

the piano reduction offers a very playable arrangement of the orchestral setting

It was notably Robert Hausmann’s advocacy of the work which seems to have contributed greatly to its promotion

from the Suite in E-flat major

for the first time evaluates printed copies known to have been used by Bach and his closest circle and copies made by his circle of pupils

Sonata in C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - Beethoven Liszt wide-open Schmalz for divided stringsSonata quasi una fantasia was the title given to it by Beethoven, and yet the world of music knows it as the Moonlight Sonata an epithet that was already around during the composers lifetime. The lake rests quiet under the light of the moon at twilight; the wave thuds against the dark bank, wrote Ludwig Rellstab on the 1st movement in 1823. It is as if we catch sight of a colossal grave in the middle of a lonely plain, palely lit by the sickle moon,