Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra, D major, op. 61a (Jingge Yan/Kaspar Zehnder)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra, D major, op. 61a
Piano: Jingge Yan
Conductor: Kaspar Zehnder
Orchestra: Slovenská filharmónia
Date: 20 June, 2013
Movements:
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Larghetto
III. Rondo
Composition Year: 1807
Perhaps due to the Violin Concerto's lack of success at its premiere, and at the request of Muzio Clementi, Beethoven revised it in a version for piano and orchestra, which was later published as Op. 61a. For this version, which is present as a sketch in the Violin Concerto's autograph alongside revisions to the solo part, Beethoven wrote a lengthy, somewhat bombastic first movement cadenza which features the orchestra's timpanist along with the solo pianist.