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Beethoven: the most beautiful piano music

Beethoven's position in musical history is impossible to overestimate: he was a titanic figure who took the forms of the classical period and instilled with the ardent spirit of nascent romanticism. But while on the one hand Beethoven's music defined for later generations the concept of romantic heroism and fiery individuality, it also plumbed the profoundest depths of the human soul – nowhere more so than in works featuring the piano, the instrument on which the young composer was a renowned virtuoso.

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    Sonata for Piano No. 14 in C sharp minor op. 27/2 “Moonlight Sonata”
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    I. Adagio sostenuto
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    Bagatelle for Piano in A minor WoO 59 “Für Elise”
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    Poco moto
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    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in E flat major op. 73 “Emperor”
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    II. Adagio un poco moto
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    Andante favori for Piano in F major WoO 57
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    Andante grazioso con moto
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    Sonata for Piano No. 8 in C minor op. 13 “Pathétique”
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    II. Adagio cantabile
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    Piano Trio in B flat major op. 97 “Archduke”
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    III. Andante cantabile, ma però con moto
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    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in C major op. 15
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    II. Largo
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    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C minor op. 37
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    II. Largo
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    Sonata for Piano No. 30 in E major op. 109
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    III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
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    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat major op. 19
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    II. Adagio
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    Sonata for Piano No. 26 in E flat major op. 81a “Les Adieux”
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    II. Abwesenheit (L'Absence). Andante espressivo
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    Six Bagatelles for Piano op. 126
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    1. Bagatelle in G major. Andante con moto cantabile e compiacevole
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    Six Bagatelles for Piano op. 126
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    3. Bagatelle in E flat major. Andante cantabile e grazioso
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    Six Bagatelles for Piano op. 126
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    5. Bagatelle in G major. Quasi allegretto
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    Sonata for Piano No. 32 in C minor op. 111
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    II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile