Op 61a beethoven biography
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Piano Concerto Op. 61a
Beethoven's arrangement of Opus 61 for piano
- Allegro ma non troppo
- Larghetto
- Rondo. Allegro
Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra
From the time of its premiere on December 23, , Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D, Op.
61, was popular and rightly hailed as a masterpiece.
Op 61a beethoven biography
Composer Muzio Clementi urged Beethoven to fashion a version for piano and orchestra. He was reluctant at first, but apparently needed little convincing, since he produced the new piano concerto within a year of the appearance of the violin original.
Beethoven retained the exact orchestration, resisting any temptation to make it fuller, aware the piano's tone was more voluminous than the relatively puny one of the violin and thus able to be heard amid fatter orchestral sonorities.
He knew he had a masterpiece and was content to tamper with it as little as possible. He did, of course, have to augment the soloist's role, primarily making use of the lower and middle registers