Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, No. 1 ( Jumppanen, Jando, Korstick)

This is one of B. s most approachable sonatas its not that difficult to play (unless you are absolutely determined to take the last movement at tempo), and comes close to matching the Pathetique for dramatic power (rhetorical silences, material presented in unison, dynamic contrasts). Like the other sonatas, the first movements development section is largely built around new material. The second movement one of B. s prettiest slow movements, built around an ABAB sonatina form, and the last movem