Kempff plays Beethoven Sonata No.7, no.3 (II)

Piano Sonata no. 7 in D major, the last of the three piano sonatas in his tenth opus, was dedicated to the Countess Anne Margarete von Browne, and written in 1798. In the late 18th century it was customary to publish works in multiples of three and Beethoven worked on his sonatas simultaneously between about 1796 and 1798 which usually are described as angular or experimental, as Beethoven began moving further and further away from his earlier models. The third sonata of this set is the longest, and it is the only one that has 4 movements: PART 1: I. Presto PART 2: II. Largo e mesto PART 3: III. Menuetto. Allegro IV. Rondo. Allegro ~~~