Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15

Lars Vogt is the soloist in a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15. The Orchestre de Paris is conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. Recorded at the Salle Pleyel, Paris in 2013. Beethoven composed the work in 1795. Although it is listed as his first concerto, it was written multiple years after his Piano Concerto No. 2. The first piano concert was published in 1801 and has assimilates the styles of Beethoven's predecessors Mozart and Haydn. Vogt closes with two encores: Brahms Waltz Op. 38, No. 15 and Chopin's Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. The latter being composed in 1830 but only published in 1870, 26 years after the composer’s death. It is dedicated to Chopin’s sister Ludwika. The work gained popularity since it is featured in the Roman Polanski’s film The Pianist (2002), where it is played by protagonist Władysław Szpilman.