The last three of his thirty-two sonatas for the piano, composed 1821-22 but published separately, nonetheless form a musical and poetic trilogy. Much about these works: their inter-key signature relationships, thematic development, meter subtlety, trills up high, etc., was groundbreaking then and remain awe-inspiring still. Eric Le Sage, one of the leading pianists of his generation and a famed representative of the French piano school, is regularly praised for his subtle sound and real sense of structure and phrasing, with many recordings receiving France’s highest awards.