Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 "Emperor" / Grosse Fuge

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Australian Chamber Orchestra & Stephen Kovacevich

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 is the fifth piano concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven, completed in 1811 and first performed that year, while the Grosse Fuge (Op. 133) is a late-period instrumental work composed around 1825–1826. The concerto demonstrates Beethoven's extension of Classical concerto forms toward a more expansive, virtuosic and orchestral Romantic idiom, while the Grosse Fuge presents dense, highly contrapuntal textures and bold harmonic language that exemplify his late-period experimentation with form and dissonance.

First released: 1991

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Grosse Fuge in B-flat major, Op. 133
16:09
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Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor": I. Allegro
19:17
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Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso
7:58
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Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor": III. Rondo (Allegro)
9:16