now playing

start of Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDHrR28rkWw&list=OLAK5uy_lowJ7A-_OwhKXbvLXumHGiYFPcPSHR-xo&index=2

start of Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9bWdAY1-lk&list=OLAK5uy_lowJ7A-_OwhKXbvLXumHGiYFPcPSHR-xo&index=6

start of Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7 "Grande Sonate"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NVL_IvNGwI&list=OLAK5uy_lowJ7A-_OwhKXbvLXumHGiYFPcPSHR-xo&index=1

start of Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLRsw-v0Kyg&list=OLAK5uy_lowJ7A-_OwhKXbvLXumHGiYFPcPSHR-xo&index=14

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lowJ7A-_OwhKXbvLXumHGiYFPcPSHR-xo

After a lifetime of neglect toward Beethoven's earlier piano sonatas (approx. the first 16 or so), I find myself lately utterly ensorcelled by them.