Beethoven: Sonata in G Major, Cuckoo ( Goode, Lewis, Kovacevich)
Ive got a real soft spot for this sonata: its the shortest of the threemovement sonatas and contains no emotional extremities, no bravura, no structural extravagance, no demonstrations of new technique or sonority (despite coming after the radically new Appassionata). And yet this sonata is beautiful, because what it is is a completely spontaneous and unforced expression of joy (listen to 23:52 the whole coda is wonderful). Its the kind of thing you enjoy from the first listen and love from the second
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