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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata" : Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto (Recorded 1983) by Daniel Barenboim album cover

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata" : Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto (Recorded 1983)

by Daniel Barenboim

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About "Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata" : Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto (Recorded 1983)" by Daniel Barenboim

Barenboim's 1983 reading of the Adagio sostenuto is a moonlit tide: triplets ripple like silver on black water while the melody floats above, suspended between stillness and a slow, subterranean ache. The calm is deceptive; under the surface, grief gathers.