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Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19

178932 min

This guide follows Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 (1789) in three parts: Allegro con brio (sonata form), Adagio (sonata form) and Rondo. Molto allegro (rondo).

Recording: Martha Argerich (piano), Orchestra del Festival Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Claudio Abbado (2000)

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Follow all 35 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Sonata form
  3. III. · Rondo
I Sonata form0:45–13:50

The orchestra opens with a triumphant on the chord of the home , and its is in D-flat major, an unexpected . When the piano plays its own , the arrives in the expected F major. The passes through many keys and ends on a long B-flat scale. Then the begins, and the reworks the opening .

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IISonata form14:06–22:48
III. Rondo22:49–32:51

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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