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Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83

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This guide follows Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 (1881) in four parts: Allegro non troppo (sonata form), Allegro appassionato (sonata form), Andante and Allegretto grazioso (sonata form).

Recording: Maurizio Pollini (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (1976)

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Follow all 52 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II · Sonata form
  3. III
  4. IV · Sonata form
I Sonata form0:23–17:19

in B-flat major. A lone horn plays a quiet, simple call ( 1), and the piano answers with a flourish that spans the keyboard. The orchestra continues with a , a and a . Then the begins. The has three sections, and the arrives in altered form. The , and then the starts.

  1. 1
II Sonata form17:37–26:23
III26:38–38:57
IV Sonata form39:23–48:31

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

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