Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 14 c sharp minor op. 27,2 [Moonlight]

Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” is quite probably one of the most frequently played piano sonatas.

Its name – not given by Beethoven – derives from the mysterious first movement in C sharp minor. It is said that amateurs find this first movement relatively easy to play but the presto last movement extremely difficult; but for professionals it is the other way around.

Beethoven’s manuscript, the valuable basis for our Urtext edition no longer survives in its entirety; it is today in the collection of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn.

Urtext Edition, paperbound