Beethoven Piano Sonata No.27 in e minor Op.90 (Henle)

?It is, aside from two passages, one of Beethoven?s easiest;but as far as the performance of individual passages and itswhole spirit is concerned, requires every kind of care?, thus wrote a contemporary critic. And it is for this reason that Beethoven?s Sonata op. 90 is extremely popular today, both with piano students and also with professional pianists. It provides enough challenges: for example the notorious tenth figures in the left hand and ? in the words of a contemporary ? ?uniqueness, striking twists and turns and an unfamiliar, yet no less stringent, composition?. Murray Perahia?s remarks and fingerings provide assistance in all of these areas from a very practised hand.