Beethoven: Piano Concert No. 5: Emperor Concerto / Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 / Choral Fantasy
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overview
This is high calibre music-making and well recorded at that. Brendel plays with élan and sensitivity. His partner in crime, Bernard Haitink, sheds his usual sobriety to catalyse an edge-of-the-seats response from the Londoners. The opening movement rollicks with the best. Like any great Emperor, there is a background stillness to the slow movement. The Choral Fantasy is aptly shaped and performed with the requisite degree of fun.
tracks
01 Klavierkonzert No.5 Es-dur, Emperor - 1 Allegro
02 Klavierkonzert No.5 Es-dur, Emperor - 2 Adagio un poco mosso
03 Klavierkonzert No.5 Es-dur, Emperor - 3 Rondo (Allegro)
04 Fantasie in C-moll fur Klavier, Chor und Orchester - Adagio
05 Fantasie in C-moll fur Klavier, Chor und Orchester - Finale Allegro-Meno allegro-Allegro molto
06 Fantasie in C-moll fur Klavier, Chor und Orchester - Allegro-Allegretto ma non troppo (quasi Andante con moto)-Presto