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Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124

184918 min

This guide follows Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124 (1849) in four parts: Allegro maestoso, Quasi adagio, Allegretto vivace (theme and variations) and Allegro marziale animato.

Recording: Martha Argerich (piano), Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Enrico Fagone (2019)

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Follow all 25 sections as they play

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III · Theme and variations
  4. IV
I 1:35–6:41

. The orchestra opens with the powerful (A), and the piano answers at once with octave passages. After a , B enters, and a second prepares the of A. A short leads to the , which closes with the piano imitating a harp.

  1. A
II 6:43–11:02
IIITheme and variations11:04–15:35
IV 15:36–19:38

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

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