The two sonatas of Op. 14 were completed after Beethoven's No. 8 “Pathétique” and were published together in 1799. The first of these sonatas, No. 9 in E Major, was later arranged by the composer for string quartet. Despite its relative popularity, this became the only such arrangement that Beethoven would write. This performance is taken from Daniel Barenboim's highly esteemed complete rendition of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas, recorded at the Schloss Hetzendorf, Vienna, Austria, in 1983.