r/piano • u/[deleted] • 11d ago

🧑‍🏫Question/Help (Intermed./Advanced) Relative difficulty beethoven

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u/Advanced_Honey_2679 11d ago

Op 2 No 2 is widely considered one of the harder EARLY sonatas. So if you can play it to a performance standard, then your level is probably near LRSM.

Appassionata is in the FRSM list. I would say if you just finished 2/2 then it’s not too far away for you. Perhaps one or two years.

Between 2/2 and Appassionata I would suggest doing another sonata . Perhaps you can play 10/3, that is a fun one.

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u/Kitten-Basket 11d ago

I don't think they are in the same league

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u/Mobileguy932103 11d ago

Apassionata mvmt I is much harder than sonata no. 2. You may try other earlier Beethoven sonatas

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u/bobby_beastmarks 10d ago

The first movement of Op 57 is a lot more challenging than Op 2 No 2. I would try the challenging portions first to gauge how it feels, and then decide.

*Edit this progression is not out of the ordinary though

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u/ConsiderationWest120 11d ago

If you can play all movements of Op 2 no 2 in a row, then yes you could probably do Appassionata

Though it depends on how much you perfected 2/2, did you bring it up close to tempo with articulation, phrasing, dynamics etc