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A sonata is a multi-movement instrumental composition that emerged during the Baroque era and reached its pinnacle in the Classical and Romantic periods. Typically written for solo piano or a solo instrument with piano accompaniment, it features contrasting movements that showcase technical virtuosity and emotional depth. The form emphasizes structured musical dialogue and development, making it a cornerstone of Western classical music performance and composition.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
98		1952	Wilhelm Kempff	Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 5: Piano Sonatas	piano sonata
12		1964	Stefan Askenase	A Tribute To Chopin	classical piano sonata waltz	waltz # 40
53		1964	Johann Sebastian Bach	Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (Nathan Milstein)	baroque classical sonata
45		1967-11-15	Johann Sebastian Bach	Bach: 6 Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord	baroque classical harpsichord sonata	harpsichord # 9
87		1973	Frédéric Chopin	Sonatas	classical piano sonata
33		1974	Christopher Hogwood	Vivaldi Trio Sonatas	baroque sonata
84		1975	Wilhelm Kempff	Wilhelm Kempff Plays Beethoven: Vol. II, Piano Sonatas
37		1976	Ilana Vered	Waldstein Sonata/Wanderer Fantasie	piano
100		1977	Claudio Arrau	Piano Vol. 2	classical piano piano sonata sonata	piano sonata # 97
57		1981	Bohuslav Martinů	Sonata No.1 for piano, Études and Polkas Book I-III, Sonata No.1 for flute and piano (Radoslav Kvapil, Gunilla von Bahr, Kerstin Hindart)		classical piano # 16 piano sonata # 18 czech classical # 64 classical composer # 73
31		1982	Franz Joseph Haydn	HAYDN: Sonatas for Fortepiano, Hob. XVI: 28, 29 and 32/ Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII:6
60		1983	Nikolai Demidenko	Chopin: Preludes - Sonata No. 3	classical piano russian sonata
63		1984	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Mozart: Violin Sonatas	classical sonata
97		1984	Ludwig van Beethoven	Sonatas For Violin And Piano	sonata
68		1985	Ludwig van Beethoven	Kreutzer: Sonata & Beethoven: Violin Sonatas 3 & 9	sonata
72		1985	Pierre Boulez	Boulez: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3	piano
14		1990	Alfred Schnittke	Schnittke: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, Musica nostalgica & Epilogue from Peer Gynt		serialism # 44
62		1990	Bohuslav Martinů	Cello Sonatas Nos.1-3	classical sonata instrumental	classical composer # 53
92		1990	Ludwig van Beethoven	BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 21 and 23
40		1991	Yehudi Menuhin	Violin Sonatas Nos.5 & 9	classical sonata
69		1991	Ludwig van Beethoven	BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas (Complete) (Kreisler) (1935-1936)	classical
76		1991	Richard Goode	Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas	sonata
85		1991	Ludwig van Beethoven	BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS: Cello Sonatas (Casals) (1930-1939)	sonata
41		1991	Michel Dalberto	Schubert: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 13
27		1993	Jan Dismas Zelenka	Trio Sonatas nos.1-3	baroque classical instrumental	czech classical # 84
59		1993	Jan Dismas Zelenka	Trio Sonatas nos.4-6	baroque classical instrumental	classical composer # 32 czech classical # 42
89		1993	Karol Szymanowski	SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Sonata / Mythes / Notturne and Tarantella	contemporary classical sonata violin sonata	violin sonata # 93
99		1993	Georg Philipp Telemann	TELEMANN: 6 Sonatas for Two Flutes without Bass	classical sonata
95		1996	Aaron Copland	COPLAND: Piano Sonata / Piano Fantasy / Piano Variations	chamber classical piano piano sonata	classical piano # 35 chamber # 88
67		1996	Ludwig van Beethoven	BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14-16 (Schnabel) (1933-1937)	classical piano sonata
93		1996	Frédéric Chopin	Chopin - Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor op.35 (Rachmaninoff)	classical
7		1996	Badinage	Boismortier: Grains Of Gold, Sonatas for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Harpsichord
29		1997	Various Artists	J.S. Bach: Violin Sonatas & Partitas	baroque classical sonata violin sonata	violin sonata # 62
24		1998	Various Artists	Best Of Beethoven	classical orchestral piano sonata sonata symphony	piano sonata # 31
8		1999	Hélène Schmitt	Carbonelli: Sonates pour violon & basse continue	baroque classical violin italian baroque sonata violin sonata	violin sonata # 42 classical violin # 48 italian baroque # 61
26		1999	Hélène Schmitt	Albertini: Sonates pour violon & basse continue	baroque italian baroque sonata violin sonata	violin sonata # 61 italian baroque # 73
71		1999	Domenico Scarlatti	Horowitz Plays Scarlatti	classical piano sonata
58		1999-04-01	Musica Antiqua Köln	Telemann: Flute Quartets	baroque classical flute sonata
55		1999-10-15	Johann Heinrich Schmelzer	Schmelzer: Sonatae a violino solo	baroque sonata violin sonata	violin sonata # 77
18		2000	Giuseppe Valentini	Italiane Baroque: Sonatas & Concertos	baroque italian baroque sonata	italian baroque # 65
4		2001	Francesco Geminiani	Italiane Baroque: Sonatas & Concertos	baroque italian baroque sonata	italian baroque # 56
3		2001	Rafal Lewandowski	Rafal Lewandowski : Sonaty	classical piano sonata
46		2003	Fabio Biondi	Georg Philipp Telemann: Triosonatas for recorder, violin and b.c.		recorder # 66
86		2003	Lambert Orkis	Mozart: Complete Violin Sonatas	classical piano sonata violin sonata	violin sonata # 92
65		2004	Yo-Yo Ma	Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord	baroque classical sonata
42		2005	Antonio Vivaldi	Vivaldi, A.: Oboe Sonatas		oboe # 15
16		2005	Pieter Wispelwey	Beethoven: Complete Sonatas and Variations for Piano and Cello	classical piano sonata
78		2005	Sergei Prokofiev	PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 7 and 8
22		2006	Christoph Schaffrath	Boismortier, J.B.: Sonata, Op. 8, No. 3 / Schenck, J.: Sonata No. 8 / Schaffrath, C.: Duetto in D Minor
39		2006	Wilhelmina Smith	Britten, Schnittke & Shostakovich
32		2007	Olga Kern	11th Van Cliburn Piano Competition	classical piano sonata
54		2007	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach	Bach: Sanguineus & Melancholicus	baroque sonata
91		2008	Simon Trpceski	Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 35 & 4 Scherzos	classical classical piano piano sonata	classical piano # 26
73		2010	Borromeo String Quartet	RAVEL-String Quartet and Sonata for Violin and Cello	classical piano sonata string quartet	string quartet # 8
52		2010	Johanna Martzy	Handel: Violin Sonata - Bach: Sonata No. 1, et al.
17		2011	Gottfried Finger	Finger: Sonatae pro diversis instrumentis, Op. 1
81		2012	Daniel Barenboim	Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas	classical piano piano sonata sonata	piano sonata # 85
83		2012	Glenn Gould	Glenn Gould plays Haydn	classical piano sonata
25		2012-11-12	František Ignác Antonín Tůma	Sinfonia in B major, Sonatas in A minor & E minor		classical composer # 23
49		2014-08	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Mozart: The Sonatas for Flute & Piano	classical flute piano sonata
51		2014-08	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-5 (Gould Remastered)	classical sonata
28		2014-09-22	Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov	Beethoven: Complete Works for Violoncello and Piano
47		2015	Franz Joseph Haydn	HAYDN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 53-56 and 58 / Un Piccolo Divertimento	classical
1		2016	Federico Guglielmo	Vivaldi Trio Sonatas	baroque sonata strings violin sonata	violin sonata # 34
34		2016	Dario Castello	Castello: Sonate concertate in stil moderno, libro secondo		italian baroque # 76
77		2016-05-01	Ashan Pillai	Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata / Schwanengesang (Arr. for Viola and Piano) / Kalliwoda: 6 Nocturnes	classical sonata viola	viola # 81
30		2020	Ida Haendel	Ida Haendel Vol. 3	classical sonata
21		2022-03-02	Sachiko Miyano	Piano Collections: Kingdom Hearts	classical contemporary classical piano sonata
82		2023	Patricia Kopatchinskaja	Janáček - Brahms - Bartók	classical sonata
6			Felipe Sarro	Brahms - Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3	classical piano piano sonata sonata	piano sonata # 13
10			Daniel Pollack	Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos.2&3	classical piano piano sonata sonata	piano sonata # 14
11			Constance Keene	Carl Maria Von Weber: Complete Sonatas	classical piano piano sonata sonata	piano sonata # 20
15			Margery McDuffie Whatley	Plays Bach, Haydn, Brahms and Ravel		piano sonata # 24
36			Richard Pohl	Beethoven: Sonata in C sharp Minor op 27 no 2 "Moonlight"	classical classical piano concert piano piano sonata sonata	piano sonata # 46
44			Marzia Gaggioli	Classica N.14	baroque classical composer composer italian italian baroque italy piano piano solo piano sonata sonata symphony	piano sonata # 49 classical composer # 70 italian baroque # 80
50			Gonzalo X Ruiz	JS Bach - Transcriptions for Oboe	baroque oboe	oboe # 73
61			Bryan Crumpler	Bryan Crumpler, Clarinet		clarinet # 12
66			Volodja Balžalorsky	LIVE IN VIENNA	classical sonata	classical violin # 73 violin sonata # 76
70			Moscow Ancient Music Ensemble	Music Of The Great Post I.S. Bach	baroque cantata classical sonata	cantata # 94
79			Marzia Gaggioli	Classica N.11	baroque classical classical composer composer italian orchestra orchestral piano sonata	classical composer # 98
80			Volodja Balžalorsky	LIVE IN BELGRADE	classical composer duo piano sonata violin sonata	classical violin # 82 violin sonata # 88
88			Marzia Gaggioli	Classica n.9	baroque classical composer contemporary classical european instrumental italian opera sonata string quartet strings symphony	symphony # 18 strings # 21 string quartet # 46
90			Volodja Balžalorsky	Live in Maribor	classical sonata	duet # 35 concert # 40 classical violin # 84 violin sonata # 91
5			Grandes Pianistas	Alfred Brendel CD 01	piano sonata
13			Marcin Brzozowski	For Elise Variation	sonata
19			Takashi Matsuishi Spark	Selected Duets	flute sonata
20			Patricio da Silva	Patricio da Silva: Piano Quartet	classical jazz reggae rock sonata string quartet
23			Orquesta Barroca De Sevilla & Barry Sargent	Las Siete Últimas Palabras de Cristo en la Cruz	classical sonata
35			Alina Polyakov	Mozart Beethoven Chopin	piano sonata
38			William Cushman	William Cushman's Ghost Notes Vol. 1	jazz piano sonata
43			Chronamut	Symphony of Sadness	acoustic ambient instrumental piano sonata soundtrack symphony
56			Jolana Dvorakova	Janacek: Sonata for violin and piano	classical piano sonata
74			Vienna Festival Chamber Orchestra	Mozart - Posthorn Serenade - Serenata Notturna	classical sonata
75			Marzia Gaggioli	Classica n.6	baroque classical composer contemporary classical instrumental italian piano sonata
			Antonio Vivaldi	Vivaldi	classical
2			Johann Adolf Hasse	Hasse, J.A.: Trio Sonatas, Op. 2, Nos. 1 and 3 / Flute Concertos / Sinfonia A 5
9			Knut Sonstevold, Ingo Goritzki, Walter Heinz Bernstein, Burkhard Glaetzner, Siegfried Pank, Achim Beyer	Jan Dismas Zelenka: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-6 (Glaetzner, Goritzki, Sonstevold, Pank, Beyer, Bernstein)
48			Nikita Magaloff [Artist]	Chopin: 24 Preludes, Piano Sonata No. 3
64			The Queen's Chamber Trio, Robert zubryci, Peter Seidenberg, Elaine Comperone	Beethoven: Sonatas and Trios
94			Domenico Scarlatti	Scarlatti, D.: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1
96			Domenico Scarlatti	SCARLATTI, D.: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 4

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• classical
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