Sonata in B minor

Album by Franz Liszt & Vladimir Horowitz

The Piano Sonata in B minor is a piano sonata by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, composed in 1853 and first published in 1854. It exemplifies Liszt's mature Romantic style through a single-movement layout that unfolds continuous sonata form via thematic transformation, featuring demanding virtuosic piano writing and occupying a central place among his late piano works and in 19th-century piano literature.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sonata in B Minor, Part 1: Lento assai - allegro energico - grandioso
  2. 2.
    Sonata in B Minor, Part 6: Allegro energico (concluded) - andante sostenuto - allegro moderato - lento assai

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Sonata in B Minor, Part 2: Allegro energico
  2. 3.
    Sonata in B Minor, Part 5: Allegro energico

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Sonata in B Minor, Part 3: Allegro energico (concluded) - andante sostenuto
  2. 4.
    Sonata in B Minor, Part 4: Andante sostenuto (concluded)

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