This work; in two movements and dating from 1804; is clearly among the lesser-known of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. The lack of a sonata-movement form; the old-fashioned heading “in Tempo d'un Menuetto” of the opening movement; and the motor rhythm of the following finale perplexed Beethoven's friends and students. While even in the 19th century people were convinced that external circumstances had caused Beethoven to publish a “torso”; today we belive that the composer was following a particular formal concept that consciously heightened the contrast between the two sections so powerfully that composition of a further movement was unnecessary for the balance of the sonata.

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	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor Op. 57 : Appassionata : (ed. Bertha Antonia Wallner; fing. Conrad Hansen) : # HN58
	Piano Sonata in F Major K332 (300k) : Piano Solo : (ed. Ernst Herttrich; fing. Hans-Martin Theopold) : # HN178
	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor; Op. 2 : (ed. Bertha Antonia Wallner; fing. Conrad Hansen) : # HN183
	Piano Sonata in G minor; Op. 22 (with Original Last Movement) : Revised Edition : (ed. Ernst Herttrich; fing. Hans-Martin Theopold) : # HN331
	Piano Sonata in F Sharp minor Op. 11 : Piano Solo : (ed. Wolfgang Boetticher; fing. Hans-Martin Theopold) : # HN337
	Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 14 : with Early Version: Concerto without Orchestra Revised Edition : (ed. Ernst Herttrich; fing. Hans-Martin Theopold) : # HN346
	Piano Sonata in G Major Hob.XVI:40 : Piano Solo : (ed. Georg Feder; fing. Hans-Martin Theopold) : # HN358
	Piano Sonata in G Major K283 (189h) : Piano Solo : (ed. Ernst Herttrich; fing. Hans-Martin Theopold) : # HN601
	Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major Op. 2; No. 3 : (ed. Bertha Antonia Wallner; fing. Conrad Hansen) : # HN622
	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat Major Op. 26 : Piano Solo : (ed. Bertha Antonia Wallner; fing. Conrad Hansen) : # HN696
	Piano Sonata No. 26 in E Flat Major Op. 81a : Les Adieux : (ed. Bertha Antonia Wallner) : # HN723
	Piano Sonata No. 13 in E Flat Major Op. 27; No. 1 : Piano Solo : (ed. Bertha Antonia Wallner; fing. Conrad Hansen) : # HN724
	Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major; Op. 28 (Pastoral) : Revised Edition Piano Solo : (ed. Murray Perahia and Norbert Gertsch; fing. Murray Perahia) : # HN725
	Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major Op. 31 : (ed. Murray Perahia & Norbert Gertsch; fing. Murray Perahia) : # HN754
	Piano Sonata No. 18 in E Flat Major Op. 31 : La Chasse : (ed. Murray Perahia & Norbert Gertsch; fing. Murray Perahia) : # HN755
	Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor Op. 31 : Tempest Sonata : (ed. Murray Perahia & Norbert Gertsch; fing. Murray Perahi) : # HN784
	Piano Sonata in G Major WO 14 : Piano Solo : # HN817
	Piano Sonata No. 10; Op. 70 : (ed. Valentina Rubcova; fing. Michael Schneidt) : # HN856
	Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major; Op. 26 (Funeral March) : ed. Norbert Gertsch and Murray Perahia fing. Murray Perahia : # HN892
	Piano Sonata in F Major K280 (189e) : (ed. Ernst Herttrich; fing. Hans-Martin Theopold) : # HN1040
	Piano Sonata in F Major K533/494 : (ed. Ernst Herttrich; fing. Hans-Martin Theopold) : # HN1041
	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor; Op. 27; No. 2 (Moonlight) : (ed. Norbert Gertsch; Murray Perahia; fing. Murray Perahia) : # HN1062
	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor; Op. 6 : (ed. Valentina Rubcova; fing. Michael Schneidt) : # HN1107
	Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor; Op. 19 : (Sonate-Fantaisie) : (ed. Valentina Rubcova; fing. Michael Schneidt) : # HN1108
	Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor; Op. 23 : (ed. Valentina Rubcova; fing. Michael Schneidt) : # HN1109
	Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor; Op. 90 : (ed. Norbert Gertsch; Murray Perahia; fing. Murray Perahia) : # HN1124
	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor; Op. 2; No. 1 : Piano : (fing. Murray Perahia) : # HN1203
	Piano Sonata No. 26 E-flat Major Op. 81a (Les Adieux) - Revised Edition : # HN1223
	Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor; Op. 36 : 1913 & 1931 Versions : ed. Dominik Rahmer; fing. Marc-Andre Hamelin : # HN1256
	Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor; Op. 2 : (ed. Katrin Eich; fing. Andreas Boyde) : # HN1289
	Piano Sonata in F Minor; Op. 5 : Piano : ed. Katrin Eich; fing. Andreas Boyde : # HN1290
	Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major Op. 2; No. 2 : Piano Solo : (ed. Bertha Antonia Wallner; fing. Conrad Hansen) : # HN1308
	Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major; Op. 22 : Piano Solo : (ed. Bertha Antonia Wallner; fing. Conrad Hansen) : # HN1310
	Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major; Op. 78 (A Therese) : (ed. Bertha Antonia Wallner; fing. Conrad Hansen) : # HN1312
	Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major; Op. 106 (Hammerklavier) : (ed. Bertha Antonia Wallner; fing. Conrad Hansen) : # HN1314
	Piano Sonata in E-flat Major; Hob. XVI:52 : (ed. Georg Feder; fing. Hans-Martin Theopold) : # HN1324
	Piano Sonata in F Major; Hob. XVI:23 : (ed. Georg Feder; fing. Hans-Martin Theopold) : # HN1326
	Piano Sonata No. 13 E-flat Major Op. 27 No. 1 : # HN1330