Piano Concerto no. 5 / Choral Fantasia

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & London Classical Players & The Schütz Choir of London & Sir Roger Norrington & Melvyn Tan

Piano Concerto No. 5 (Op.73) and the Choral Fantasy (Op.80) are concert works by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in 1809 and 1808 respectively. The concerto features expansive orchestral textures and demanding piano writing in a broadly heroic E-flat major idiom, while the Choral Fantasy combines piano, orchestra and choir in a dramatic hybrid form that foreshadows Beethoven's later use of vocal forces and expands the expressive and formal range of his concert repertoire.

Piano Concerto no. 5 / Choral Fantasia by Beethoven - album cover

First released: 1990

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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor": I. Allegro
18:44
2.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso
5:47
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor": III. Rondo. Allegro
9:49
4.
Fantasy for Piano, Choir, and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy": Adagio - Finale. Allegro - Meno allegro - Allegro molto
9:48
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Fantasy for Piano, Choir, and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy": Adagio ma non troppo - Marcia assai vivace
3:36
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Fantasy for Piano, Choir, and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy": Allegro - Allegretto, ma non troppo quasi andante con moto "Schmeichelnd hold un liblich klingen" - Presto
4:23