BEETHOVEN, THE EMPEROR

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Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Op. 73 in E flat major Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 Piano | Filip Trifu Center-Val de Loire/Tours Region Orchestra Musical direction | Samuel Couffignal What could be better than starting the Beethoven cycle with these two absolute monuments of the Romantic repertoire? Hearing Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op.67 and Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, op.73 “Emperor” by Ludwig van Beethoven is to encounter immediately recognizable works: the famous four-note motif of the Fifth, and the poetry of the slow movement of the concerto. But behind this familiarit…