(1) His first piano sonata , string quartet and chamber ensemble pieces are Beethovenian in form and content.(2) The programme for the evening comprises four of the ten sonatas Beethoven composed for piano and violin.(3) Apart from these three suites, there are two piano sonatas and just a handful of smaller works.(4) It would have been wonderful if Serkin had recorded all thirty-two Beethoven piano sonatas when he was in his prime, but it was not to be.(5) There are movements from three sonatas by Scarlatti; sonatas by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, and works by Bach.
