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Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

180635 min

This guide follows Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 (1806) in three parts: Allegro moderato (sonata form), Andante con moto and Rondo. Vivace (rondo).

Recording: Krystian Zimerman (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein (1989)

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Follow all 32 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III. · Rondo
ISonata form0:57–20:08

The piano opens alone with soft, simple chords in G major, and the orchestra answers with the same idea in the distant of B major. The orchestra's long opening runs until the 's second , a flourish that speeds up like an improvised lead-in before the . Then come the and the . The leads into the .

  1. :
  2. :
II 20:19–25:59
III. Rondo26:07–36:00

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 periodG majorSonata formRondo

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