2 piano sonatas contain four movements, an unusual length at the time, which seems to show that Beethoven was aspiring towards composing a symphony.

2 sonatas, and it presents many difficulties for the performer, including difficult trills, awkward hand movements, and forearm rotation.

It is not until measure 47 that the traditional dominant key is finally reached, where a subsidiary theme in the second thematic group appears, marked "dolce.

Beethoven opens the development by improvising on trill patterns introduced in the end of the exposition, which are much more difficult to play.

Then a fortissimo and Beethoven's very common syncopations appear in the music giving a rhythm, this continues on to the resolution.

The middle section, in E minor, contains numerous examples of Romanticism, and is considered a prelude to the master's later sonatas.

The coda of this short movement ends the Scherzo softly with a tritone substitute authentic cadence.

The great speed of this movement, combined with numerous examples of Beethoven's virtuoso skill such as the triple trill at the very end, makes it challenging for pianists.