As one of the most powerful sonatas from Beethoven’s early years, no. 7 in D major captivates with its enormous spectrum of moods and highly elaborate interplay of motivic elements. At the centre is the famous “Largo e mesto”, mournful, plaintive and almost tragic in the profundity of its emotion.
– from the successful editorial workshop of Murray Perahia/Norbert Gertsch
– with a text by Murray Perahia on the importance of the sonata