Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 "Emperor" II. Adagio un poco mosso (Capova)

Adagio un poco mosso, second movement from Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73

London Festival Orchestra
Alfred Scholz, conductor
Sylvia Capova, piano

The Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the "Emperor Concerto", was his last piano concerto. It was written between 1809 and 1811 in Vienna, and was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf, Beethoven's patron and pupil. The first performance took place in December 1810, at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the soloist being Friedrich Schneider. In 1812, Carl Czerny, his student, gave the Vienna debut of this work. The epithet of "Emperor" for this concerto, used in English-speaking countries, was not Beethoven's own, but was coined by Johann Baptist Cramer, the English publisher of the concerto. Its duration is approximately forty minutes. The second movement in B major is, in standard contrast to the first, calm and reflective. It moves into the third movement without interruption when a lone bassoon note B drops a semitone to B-flat, the dominant note to the tonic key E-flat.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

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[Pr1ceisright]

Possibly the most beautiful piece of music of all time

[Peaceinlifenowar]

What inbred retard would ever dislike this song

[80gengi]

Superb.

[miker140]

I can't stop listening to this. I feel like it's the most beautiful piece of classical music I've ever heard.

[TheXXXDB]

he NEVER dissappoints you does he?????( i am talking of Beethoven of course)one of the most sublime pieces EVER written.....time and again he IS and WILL ALWAYS be the

monumental force in which ALL OTHERS are measured.....i allways bring myself too tears when i play this.....

[babyfade6606]

This is my favorite piece of music ever written .. I find the pianist to be rather boring in this rendition though .. them tempo is very very slow

[josetato]

@cyberprutser Modest he wasnt...well..maybe..he very well knew who he was so I guess he had a very well placed ego haha but I should look more into it...

[lacedesign968]

I heard this when I watched king's speech and fell in love with it absolutley and completley.

[SeabrightTrading]

exsquisite

[66THEOSU]

My God,how beautiful is that..

[robb1138]

one of THE most beautiful pieces of music EVER written....

[cyberprutser]

Really a masterpiece of a gifted man who should be an inspiration to us all: hardworking, modest but most of all persiverent to the last. "When gods speak, mankind silently listen."