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Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537

“Coronation”178831 min

This guide follows Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 “Coronation” (1788) in three parts: Allegro (sonata form), Larghetto and Allegretto (sonata form).

Recording: Daniel Barenboim (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim

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Follow all 30 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III · Sonata form
ISonata form0:00–14:32

The music begins quietly in D major, then trumpets announce the full orchestra. The orchestra plays alone until the piano enters with the first . In the the comes back in an form. The is largely scale passages, with a brief dramatic opening in the minor. Then the starts, and later the falls. The orchestral (returning ) is unusually short.

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II14:37–20:38
IIISonata form20:46–31:01

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

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