Classical Music I Adored As A Teenager 4—Beethoven's Pathetique Piano Sonata

Even during Beethoven’s own time, the Pathétique was all the rage. Piano students demanded to learn it, even as their teachers scoffed at for its modern dissonance. What did I love about it? That it was dramatic, fierce, brilliant, and super expressive. Along with the Moonlight Sonata, the Pathétique experimented with dramatic sonic possibilities for the piano that set young Beethoven apart from…