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Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102

195717 min

This guide follows Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 (1957) in three parts: Allegro (sonata form), Andante and Allegro (sonata form).

Recording: Denis Matsuev (piano), Valery Gergiev

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Follow all 21 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III · Sonata form
ISonata form0:04–7:02

The bassoons lead the woodwinds in a toy-soldier in F major, and the piano answers in striding octaves. A lyrical and a follow. The includes a passage of fast piano arpeggios, and then the begins. The at the and dominates it, the lyrical comes back, and the ends the .

II7:14–12:06
IIISonata form12:09–17:07

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

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