Piano Concerto no. 2

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Martha Argerich & West-Eastern Divan Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 is a piano concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven composed around 1787–1789 and first published in 1801. Combining Classical-era orchestral clarity with virtuosic piano writing and early examples of Beethoven's growing dramatic language, the work occupies a notable position in his early career as he moved from a promising young Viennese pianist-composer toward the more individual style of his middle period.