Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1792)
Adagio in B minor K.540 (March 1788)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in A major K.576 (July 1789)
Allegro
Adagio
Allegretto
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata No. 62 in E flat Major Hob. XVI/52 (1794)
Allegro
Adagio
Finale (Presto)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata in F minor Op. 2 No. 1 (1795)
Allegro
Adagio
Menuetto (Allegretto) – Trio
Prestissimo
Ludwig van Beethoven
Five Variations in D major on ‘Rule Britannia’ from Alfred (Thomas Arne) WoO 79 (1803)
Thema – Tempo moderato
Variations I-V
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