How does this piece of music reflect the broader themes of romanticism? What are a couple of musical features of a “romantic” piece of music, vs. a classical piece of music?

Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8, otherwise known as the “Pathetique,” is a piece of music that is “characteristic of Romantic music in its strong expression of personal feelings…it tells a story in which the composer fights an increasingly desperate battle agains what seems his certain destiny.” Deafness.
The piece captures “alternating moods of faint hope and despair.” In this, Beethoven used music in a new and revolutionary way…he uses music to relate “how he feels, his his succession of moods is, and what conclusion he reaches.” (Culture & Values, 9th ed.)
First, watch/listen to this complete version of the Pathetique. You can refer to this in your answers as Lisitsa.
In this version, you can experience all three movements, which tell of the composer’s increasingly “desperate battle against what seems his certain destiny…grim resistance gives way to forceful, turbulent struggle; then a second movement with a serene vision of beauty that offers hope of relief, … the final movement arrives at a synthesis between the drama of the opening and the hushed beauty of the slow movement.
Compare and contrast this to the performance of Hiromi, The Trio Project. In this version, a classically trained pianist joins with jazz musicians to bring out different and unexpected aspects of the composition that Beethoven wrote. Its the same piece of music — or is it?
You can refer to this piece as Hiromi Trio.
Offer substantial, fleshed out, and concrete answers to the following questions.
How are these performances similar and different?
How does this piece of music reflect the broader themes of romanticism? What are a couple of musical features of a “romantic” piece of music, vs. a classical piece of music?
If Romantic-era music is all about expressing emotions, which emotions come through most strongly in each of these different performances? Are they the same or different?
Think about how Beethoven combined the left hand (heavy, low chords) and right hand (lightning quick staccato). This comes through really strongly in the Hiromi, The Trio performance of Beethoven’s “Pathetique.” What does this do to create emotion in a piece of music? IOWs, how does the tension created by the right and left hand amplify the emotions in this piece of music?
Clearly, this piece reflects Beethoven’s tragic loss of hearing that he began to experience in 1796. What are some ways that this piece of music reflects the composer’s tragedy and emotions of loss?
link to Beethoven pathetique

link to hiromi, the trio project

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