Anton Schindler
Anton Schindler, a musician who was a friend of Beethoven in the composer's later years, wrote: "What the "Sonate Pathétique" was in the hands of Beethoven (although he left something to be desired as regards clean playing) was something that one had to have heard, and heard again, in order to be quite certain that it was the same already well-known work. Above all, every single thing became, in his hands, a new creation, wherein his always "legato" playing, one of the particular characteristics of his execution, formed an important part."