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Play — Beethoven: Sonata No.12 in A-flat Major, Op.26, "Funeral March" (Lewis, Kovacevich, Buchbinder) · Ashish Xiangyi Kumar (the player loads on click)
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Play — Piano Sonata No. 12 in A Flat Major, Op. 26 "Funeral March": Variation 5 · Ludwig van Beethoven, Daniel Heide (the player loads on click)
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This A-flat sonata feels like a sequence of lyrical reveries and puckish episodes, with sudden shifts of character between sections that call for clear delineation of musical lines. The skill Connaissance des formes (3.6/5) is crucial here to shape repeats, contrapuntal episodes and transitions, and Analyse harmonique (3.6/5) helps you anticipate the quick modulations and displaced basses so you adjust fingerings and pedalling at the right moments. Placed in the Romantic period, it reflects Beethoven's move toward greater expressive freedom and formal experimentation. I do not list a reference recording because I prefer not to give names unless I can be certain of them.