Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Glenn Gould & Columbia Symphony Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 is a piano concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1800 and 1803 and first performed in 1803. Rooted in the Classical concerto tradition but pointing towards Beethoven's middle-period style, it features dramatic C minor sonorities, a close dialogue between solo piano and orchestra, and a blend of virtuosic solo writing with lyrical slow-movement material that helped bridge Classical balance and emerging Romantic expressiveness.