Klavierkonzerte 2 & 3

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Wiener Philharmoniker & Horst Stein & Friedrich Gulda

Klavierkonzerte 2 & 3 are piano concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in 1795 and between 1800 and 1803, respectively. They illustrate Beethoven's move from his Classical roots towards a more individual, Romantic-inflected style, expanding the concerto form with broader orchestral writing, stronger dramatic contrasts and greater virtuosic demands on the soloist, and occupy a key place in his early-to-middle-period development as a composer of concerted music.