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Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

180038 min

This guide follows Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (1800) in three parts: Allegro con brio (sonata form), Largo (sonata form) and Rondo: Allegro (rondo).

Recording: Daniel Barenboim (piano), Staatskapelle Berlin, Zubin Mehta

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Follow all 34 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Sonata form
  3. III: · Rondo
I Sonata form1:30–19:48

The orchestra plays the first : a stark C minor in the strings, then a lyrical , played by the clarinet and first violins in E-flat major. The piano enters with rising scales just before the second , where the is heard again. The follows, mostly quiet, and then the . Beethoven's stormy , a showpiece, fades into trills, and the to C minor and ends on a resolute C.

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IISonata form20:18–29:30
III: Rondo29:51–39:31

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

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Ludwig van BeethovenConcertosClassical periodC minorSonata formRondo

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