Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor” / Choral Fantasy op. 80

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Alfred Brendel & Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra & Zubin Mehta & Friedrich Wührer & Vienna Academy Chorus & Clemens Krauss

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, known as the "Emperor", and the Choral Fantasy, Op. 80, are two works by Ludwig van Beethoven composed in 1809 and 1808 respectively. The concerto is a large-scale Classical-to-Romantic piano concerto pairing virtuosic solo writing with expansive orchestral passages and broad, heroic themes that represent a high point of Beethoven's concerto output, while the Choral Fantasy is a hybrid piece for piano, orchestra and choir that fuses instrumental brilliance with vocal chorale textures and points towards the composer's later experiments in combining choral and symphonic forces.

First released: 1990

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Piano Concerto no. 5 in E‐flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”: I. Allegro
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Piano Concerto no. 5 in E‐flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”: II. Adagio un poco mosso - attacca
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Piano Concerto no. 5 in E‐flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”: III. Rondo. Allegro
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Choral Fantasy in C minor, op. 80
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