Type: Piano Solo
Location: Baroque Palace of Vienna, Austria
Pianist: Daniel Barenboim
Year: 2016

This work is performed by Daniel Barenboim in an Austrian palace. Quite brilliant, playful, poised, and gently subversive, beneath its graceful surface you can see that Beethoven is tugging at the seams of Classical form, turning a polite minuet into a mischievous dance. This sonata doesn't shout like his later grand sonatas; instead, it smiles knowingly, offering a wink and a smile. Sonata No.6 whispers the future of Beethoven's voice; always spirited, surprising, and utterly his own.