Piano Concertos 1 & 2

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Olivier Cavé & Kammerakademie Potsdam & Patrick Hahn

Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 are a pair of piano concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in the late 1790s and published around 1800-1801. They sit at the cusp of the Classical and early Romantic periods, featuring clear classical structures and orchestral dialogue alongside increasingly adventurous piano writing and harmonic exploration, and they represent early, formative works that helped establish Beethoven's career as both composer and pianist.