Beethoven, Sonata No 7 in D Major, Op 10, no 3, Menuetto; Allegro

"This is one of the most touching movements, to me, in Beethoven. How, after such a deep tragedy (referring to the 2nd movement), and a frozen silence, then suddenly life begins, and it is like a ray of hope; like a little flower on the side of a grave." Andras Schiff " Beethoven calls his third movement a minuet, and, despite its wealth of subtle complexities, it is indeed, a minuet. It's also something of a lyric triumph, exactly the sort of music that we, as listeners, desperately need to hear if we are to be kept from cutting our wrists, after having survived the second movement." - Prof. Robert Greenberg