Beethoven - Klavierkonzert Nr.5 Es-dur Op.73 / Claudio Arrau, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis / ETERNA LP 1987 Stereo 

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Das 5. Klavierkonzert op. 73 in Es-Dur ist Ludwig van Beethovens letztes vollendetes Klavierkonzert. Im englischsprachigen Raum ist dieses Meisterwerk auch unter dem Titel „Emperor Concerto“ bekannt und gehört heutzutage zu den beliebtesten und meistgespielten Klavierkonzerten weltweit. Die Spieldauer beträgt ca. 40 Minuten.

The Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 73, by Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known as the Emperor Concerto, was his last completed piano concerto. It was written between 1809 and 1811 in Vienna, and was dedicated to Archduke Rudolf, Beethoven's patron and pupil. The first performance took place on 13 January 1811 at the Palace of Prince Joseph Lobkowitz in Vienna, with Archduke Rudolf as the soloist, followed by a public concert on 28 November 1811 at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig under conductor Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, the soloist being Friedrich Schneider. On 12 February 1812, Carl Czerny, another student of Beethoven's, gave the Vienna debut of this work.