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Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 73

180941 min

This guide follows Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 73 (1809) in three parts: Allegro (sonata form), Adagio un poco mosso (theme and variations) and Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo (rondo).

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

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Follow all 48 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Theme and variations
  3. III: · Rondo
ISonata form0:31–21:06

Three loud orchestral chords open the , and the piano answers each with a flourish of arpeggios, trills and scales. The then begins with a driving , and a -like follows, first heard in the strings in B minor. Then the piano's own starts. In the piano and orchestra can sound like rivals. The builds to a arrival in E-flat major.

  1. : 1
II Theme and variations21:24–30:32
III: Rondo30:34–41:08

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

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