Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto

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composer:Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1801)
referred to in medleys:Hooked on Romance
part of:Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight” (movement) (order: 1)
is the basis for:Alegato contra las armas
Mephistopheles
Moonlight (The Piano Guys)
Moonlight and Madness
Moonlight Sonata (Huge Version)
Moonlight Sonata (Lighter Version) (Ros Stephen's version)
Overture
What Is Eternal
月光 (Mondscheinsonate+drumloops)
orchestrations:Moonlight Sonata (orch. Stokowski)
arrangements:Adagio from the Moonlight Sonata, op. 27 no. 2 (for organ, Best)
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto (catch-all for arrangements)
music quoted in:Happy Birthday but 13 classical composers are fighting over the last slice of cake

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
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1922-06-16Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoFrederic Lamond3:58
1924-07Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2, “Moonlight”: I Adagio sostenutoWilhelm Kempff7:25
1933-04-10 – 1933-04-11Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoArtur Schnabel4:56
1933-04-10 – 1933-04-11Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2 "Moonlight": Adagio sostenutoArtur Schnabel5:01
1933Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2, "Moonlight": I: Adagio sostenutoArnold Dolmetsch5:07
1936-03-15Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoJosef Hofmann5:27
1941-05-08Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor “Moonlight”, op. 27 no. 2: 1. Andante sostenutoWilhelm Kempff6:09
1941Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor for Piano, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight" / I. Adagio sostenutoRudolf Serkin?:??
1945-06-21 – 1945-07-09Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoSolomon7:26
1946-11-21 – 1946-11-26Sonata in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoVladimir Horowitz5:59
1947-04-28Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp minor op. 27/2 "Moonlight", I Adagio sostenutoliveVladimir Horowitz?:??
1947-04-28Sonata no. 14 for Piano in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoliveVladimir Horowitz6:06
1949-05-25Sonate n°14, Op.27 n°2, "Clair de lune", en ut dièse majeur: Adagio sostenutoWalter Gieseking5:38
1949-12-05Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, quasi una fantasia, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoLudwig van Beethoven5:56
1949-12-07 – 1949-12-08Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, quasi una fantasia, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoLudwig van Beethoven5:56
1950-11-01Piano Sonata 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight" Op. 27 No. 2: Adagio sostenutoClaudio Arrau6:48
1950-11-01Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoClaudio Arrau6:38
1950Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoHeinrich Neuhaus5:14
1951Piano Sonata no.14 in C-sharp minor, op.27/2 "Moonlight": Adagio sostenutoRudolf Serkin6:49
1952-08-21Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoSolomon8:33
1952-10Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 'Moonlight': I. Adagio sostenutoWilhelm Backhaus5:21
1953-10 – 1954-01Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia Nr. 14 Cis-Moll Op. 27/2 "Mondschein-Sonate": I Adagio SostenutoFriedrich Gulda7:09
1954Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-Sharp minor, op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoClaudio Arrau6:50
1955-05-23Sonata No. 14 in cis-moll, op. 27"Moonlight" 1: Adagio sostenutoWilhelm Kempff5:45
1955-06-24Sonata for Piano No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoYves Nat5:20
1956-04-11Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27/2: 1. Adagio sostenutoliveWilhelm Backhaus5:15
1956-05Piano Sonata no.14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoWilhelm Kempff6:20
1956-10-17 – 1956-10-22Piano Sonatas no. 14, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight" C-sharp minor: Adagio sostenutoWalter Gieseking6:35
1956Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoВладимир Самойлович Горовиц6:31
1956Sonate No. 14 en do dièse mineur, Op. 27 No. 2 "Clair de Lune"Wilhelm Kempff6:24
1957-12-16 – 1957-12-20Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27/2: I. Adagio sostenutoFriedrich Gulda7:28
1958-04-16Sonate no. 14 en ut dièse mineur, op. 27 no. 2 « Clair de lune » : I. Adagio sostenutoAldo Ciccolini5:39
1958-10-22 – 1958-10-26Klaviersonate Nr. 14 cis-moll op. 27 Nr. 2 "Mondschein-Sonate": Adagio sostenuto - attaccaWilhelm Backhaus5:42
1958-11-02Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op.27 no. 2 "Moonlight" : I. Adagio sostenutoAnnie Fischer6:53
1958-11-18 – 1959-02-06Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoAnnie Fischer6:26
1959Sonata for Piano No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoWilhelm Backhaus5:16
1959Sonata no. 14 cis-moll Quasi una fantasia, op. 27, no.2, Moonlight: Adagio sustenutoMaria Grinberg5:48
1960-04-01Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27/2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoEugene Istomin7:02
1960-05Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor “Moonlight”, op. 27 no. 2: 1. Adagio sostenutoWilhelm Kempff5:47
1961Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": 1. Adagio sostenutoBenno Moiseiwitsch5:16
1962-04-06Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27/2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoArthur Rubinstein6:11
1962-04-06Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoArthur Rubinstein6:11
1962-06Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" (Adagio sostentuto)Claudio Arrau6:47
1962-12-14Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoRudolf Serkin6:30
1962 – 1964Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 ‘Moonlight’: I. Adagio sostenutoAlfred Brendel6:02
1963-01-25 – 1963-01-30Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoArthur Rubinstein6:11
1963-04-29 – 1963-04-30Sonate n°14 en ut dièse mineur op. 27 n°2 "Clair de Lune" : I. Adagio SostenutoSamson François5:01
1964-11Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27, No. 2 -"Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoPaul Badura-Skoda5:53
1964Sonata No.13 'Quasi Una Fantasia' In C Sharp Minor ('Moonlight') Op. 27/2 Adagio SostenutoIvan Moravec6:40
1965-01Sonate pour piano No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 "Clair de lune": I. Adagio sostenutoWilhelm Kempff6:01
1965Piano sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Allegro sostenutoDaniel Barenboim6:21
1966-09-19 – 1966-09-29Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoDaniel Barenboim7:06
1966Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoMaria Grinberg5:44
1966Piano Sonata no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoMaria Grinberg5:44
1967-05-15Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoGlenn Gould4:11
1967Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Mondschein": I. Adagio sostenutoFriedrich Gulda6:30
1967Sonate Nr. 14 cis-moll, op. 27,2 „Mondscheinsonate“: I. Adagio sostenutoElly Ney7:29
1967 – 1969Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoClaude Frank5:44
1967 – 1973Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoÉric Heidsieck5:42
1968-05ピアノ・ソナタ 第14番 嬰ハ短調 作品27の2 《月光》: I. Adagio sostenutoTakahiro Sonoda7:51
1968-12-21 – 1968-12-23Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": Adagio sostenutoEmil Gilels7:10
1970-12Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 "Mondschein" I. Adagio sostenutoliveЭмиль Гилельс6:34
1972-02-23 – 1972-02-25Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoAlfred Brendel6:03
1972-04-20 – 1972-04-27Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoVladimir Horowitz5:58
1972-06-13 – 1972-06-16Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoRadu Lupu7:08
1975-12Piano Sonata no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoMaria João Pires5:28
1977-09Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoVladimir Ashkenazy6:09
1977 – 1978Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Mondschein”: I. Adagio sostenutoAnnie Fischer6:38
1979-07Klaviersonate Nr. 14 cis‐Moll, Op. 27 Nr. 2 “Mondscheinsonate”: I. Adagio sostenutoRudolf Buchbinder4:46
1980-02-24Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoliveLazar Berman7:05
1980-09-09 – 1980-09-17Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoEmil Gilels6:06
1982-04-25Sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight” (Sonata quasi un fantasia): I. Adagio sostenutoBernard Roberts6:50
1982Sonate für Klavier Nr. 14 in cis-Moll, Op. 27 Nr. 2 "Mondschein": I. Adagio sostenutoPeter Rösel5:28
1983-12Klaviersonate Nr. 14 cis-Moll, Op. 27 Nr. 2 "Mondschein": I. Adagio sostenutoDaniel Barenboim6:38
1983 – 1984Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoliveDaniel Barenboim6:45
1984-01-25Sonata no. 14, op. 27 no. 2, in C-sharp minor, "I Moonlight": Adagio sostenutoliveTatiana Nikolayeva6:02
1985-05-15 – 1985-05-17Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoJohn O’Conor5:50
1986-04Mondschein Sonate op. 27, No. 2 in cis‐Moll: Adagio sostenutoDubravka Tomšič6:04
1987-04-21 – 1987-04-23Piano Sonata no. 14 in C‐sharp minor ‘quasi una fantasia’, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutocoverJenő Jandó5:18
1987-09-17 – 1987-09-21Moonlight Sonata: Adagio sostenutoPéter Nagy7:10
1987-10-26 – 1987-10-27Piano Sonata no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: Ⅰ. Adagio sostenutoGelber6:39
1988-06Sonate en ut diése mineur, quasi una Fantasia, op.27/II: I. Adagio sostenutoPaul Badura-Skoda6:01
1989-04Sonata for Piano No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoSteven Lubin5:22
1989-06Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoVladimir Ashkenazy5:25
1989-08Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoTamás Vásáry6:47
1989-10-27"Moonlight" Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2: I. Adagio sostenutoAnton Kuerti6:13
1991-06Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto – attaccaMaurizio Pollini6:22
1991-07Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto – attaccaMaurizio Pollini6:22
1994-04Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoAlfred Brendel5:43
1994-11 – 1995-01Sonata for piano (quasi una fantasia) No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 No. 2 'Moonlight': I. Adagio sostenutoMichael Houstoun7:04
1995-06-27 – 1995-06-29Sonata in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 ("Moonlight"): I. Adagio sostenutoGarrick Ohlsson6:54
1995-11 – 1998-02'Moonlight' Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2, 1st movementRoger Woodward5:18
1995Sonate no. 14, op. 27 no. 2 en ut dièse mineur “Clair de lune” : 1. Adagio sostenuto – attaccaAldo Ciccolini6:16
1996-03-23 – 1996-03-25Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Quasi una fantasia": I. Adagio sostenutoPeter Serkin7:10
1997-05-12Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2: I. Adagio sostenutoJohn Khouri4:50
1997-08-20 – 1997-08-26Sonata in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": Adagio sostenutoEvgeny Kissin6:17
1997-10Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 17 nr. 2: Adagio sostenutoAnne Øland6:34
1998-11-30 – 1998-12-03Piano Sonata no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenutoLouis Lortie7:22
1999-12Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenutoStephen Kovacevich6:33
2000-06Piano Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight": 1. Adagio SostenutoMaria João Pires6:53
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