The ninetieth classical recording: #192 Ludwig von Beethoven - Piano Sonata in F minor, op. 57, "Appassionata"
While we've been listening mostly to more recent classical works, it feels like the older ones have been neglected. Going back to the Appassionata really made an impact. Gone are the big orchestra scores and instead it's a masterful piano performance. There's an intensity in the performance, starting off quite forceful and dark in the first movement but becoming more delicate and peaceful in the second. It calmly repeats itself through several variations. It gets more frantic in the repetitions and stays forceful, but it feels like some of that anger has dissipated, leaving (as per the title) a work with passion even as it has some darkness.