About This Song
About "Piano Sonatina in D Major, Op. 37, No. 2: II. Minuet" by Balazs Szokolay
The Minuet from Diabelli's Sonatina is a stately, powdered-wig affair, but Szokolay finds the human pulse beneath. The piano's phrasing is poised yet warm, the dance's formal steps yielding to a quiet, almost private tenderness. A miniature of controlled grace and hidden sentiment.