L.V. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata #8 in C minor ~ Rondo (Allegro)

Sonata "Pathétique", Opus 13, III movement.
Daniel Barenboim, Piano [Album : Beethoven, The Complete Piano Sonatas]
1798: Beethoven is 27 yo when he writes this Piano Sonata #8 in C minor commonly known as Sonata Pathétique (as named by LVB himself). It's dedicated to his friend Prince Karl von Lichnowsky. The sonata closes with this Rondo, "a cut time movement in C minor. The main theme closely resembles the second theme of the Allegro of the first movement: its melodic pattern is identical for its first four notes, and its rhythmic pattern for the first eight. There is also a modified representation of the melody from the second movement, so it connects all three movements together. The movement's sonata rondo form includes a brief coda. The three rondo episodes are in E♭ major, A♭ major, and C major. The common use of sforzando creates a forceful effect."