BEETHOVEN Horn Sonata in F major (Op. 17) Score

"Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 17 in 1800 for the virtuoso horn player Giovanni Punto. It was premiered with Punto as the soloist, accompanied on the piano by Beethoven himself in Vienna on April 18, 1800.
Beethoven was not well known outside of Vienna at the time of this composition, and after a performance of the piece in Pest, played by Punto and Beethoven, a Hungarian critic wrote, "Who is this Beethoven? His name is not known to us. Of course, Punto is very well known."
The piece was written originally for natural horn but is most often performed on the modern instrument with valves. However, to broaden the potential market for the work, an arrangement of the sonata for cello was made, probably by Beethoven, for publication. It was then published as "Sonate pour le Forte-Piano avec un Cor ou Violoncelle."
A further arrangement for string quintet, was made by oboist Carl Khym for the music publisher Simrock in 1817."
- Wikipedia 2020
Performed by Hermann Baumann and Leonard Hokanson
Allegro moderato - 00:05
Poco adagio, quasi andante - 08:23
Rondo Allegro moderato - 09:42

[@joesmith9920]

Played the first 8:30-ish of this for a competition a couple years back, was an absolute banger

[@nickk8416]

I had not heard this before and loved it. Wonderful performances too. If I hadn't known beforehand it was Beethoven I would have guessed it in a couple of measures. Quintessential Beethoven. What a genius, and his best was yet to come. Beethoven is responsible for me loving classical piano since I was 14 some 50 years ago. Thank You Ludwig.

[@martinplojhar]

what I have heard to this day , this is far the best performance of this sonata ... Hermann Baumann is genius...

[@johnsmith2715]

Dennis Brain's recording will always be the best. So pure and iconic.

[@sedefcankocak9523]

@@johnsmith2715 Thanks so much for this info. I went and listened and was just blown away. Beautiful tone and a great exposé at the beginning explaining sound production. Dennis Brain is indeed remarkable.

[@LeonardoGarcia-op6ox]

Sublime melodies from the piano

[@chrispalo5122]

Excellent little piece. Beethoven always delivers. I bet this would sound as good with a clarinet.

[@jeffgross6649]

There is a cello version!

[@classicalmusic1175]

Meh. Beethoven wrote 5 cello sonatas, so a clarinet would be more interesting to hear.

[@thejils1669]

Bassoon would get my vote!

[@erika6651]

Alphorn.

[@dylanxylan1662]

Thank you for uploading. I really love this piece.

[@steve.schatz]

Thanks for including scores!

[@luisrafaelcompositor]

Mi sonata favorita a mis 33 años, no dejo es escucharla...💙

[@cmrmusic4998]

13:11 sounds jazzy

[@shy5837]

Such a Healing part!

[@kkkangjoo.NM.cembalo]

It's so lovely piece~ ! :)

[@chessematics]

Oh man it's amazing!

[@elias69420]

I enjoy listening to grand pieces with complex counterpoint (e. g. Bach's Clavier-Uebung III), but sometimes it's nice to find a relatively small (10-20 min) and simple piece and just listen

[@MisterTayTay]

The first part of this is such a Beethoven theme and I love it. What a fabulous composer especially considering the newness of this instrument when composed. Fabulous.

[@MisterTayTay]

Also I feel like he did for the French horn at the time what Mozart did for operatic ingénues- pushed the limits lol what an intense work for Frenchies lol

[@MisterTayTay]

Although we all know LVB always pushed the envelope of progress in his time, even in his later years. He gets credit for B9.4 all the time, but there are many works and pieces (like this one) that were truly revolutionary for the time. Such a thematic command. If he were alive today I feel like he would love so many different genres of music we have created in his absence. I would hope at least. Also if anyone is in Texas, or houston more specifically, I’m always looking for friends to gush over compositions and impressive music regardless of era. (However I’m personally biased towards late 18th to mid-late 19th compositions(like 1870’s at the top end), ESPECIALLY the move from classical to romantic in approach. Just putting it out there lol

[@Adair9800]

Thanks, I listen to this so many times. Now will try on my own horn.

[@user-fu8bi5ol2n]

Incrível!!! 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@fredhoupt4078]

can't say that I recall hearing this before. Sparkling tunes, well played.

[@Sshooter444]

As a horn player, I always got the feeling that Beethoven wrote this whole piece in 2-3 days. It is not up to his usual standards.

[@PianoScoreVids]

Thanks for putting a score vid together. Maybe not one of Beethovens best works.

[@Aristaeuss]

Thanks for uploading. Also came to say I like your username (though not sure if Schubert would lol)

[@annaherbrechtsmeyer9097]

Bookmarks: Section #2: 4:57 Fast ending: 8:05

[@loganfruchtman953]

This piece had a triumphant premiere with Beethoven and the virtuoso horn soloist Ponti. The audience is said to have given several bursts of applause and encores so they had to play it again.

[@texwiller4029]

A very good composition for horn. I would recommandate also Richard Strauss 1. Horn concerto, that sounds surprisingly viennese.

[@mbadiapamies4850]

0:26 - 1:10 Res no pot contra ella Res no pot contra la dama Res de res no pot contra la dama

[@evanhurst1429]

8:07

[@bradleyscarffpiano2921]

Any chance of Beethoven's late quartets??

[@Schwammerl]

I am planning on completing my Beethoven String Quartet series so should get round to them at some point

[@FelipeFerreira7]

really good performance, just one problem, it wasn't written for valves

[@texwiller4029]

Hän sävelsi sonaatin käyrätorvi-virtuoosille, mutta vain piano-osuus kuulostaa virtuoosiselta.

[@linyuling6262]

😂❤

[@chessematics]

0:29 i suddenly thought that i was hearing Indian film music.

[@wamotherwiseknownashtw5258]

pickle