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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 | Margarita Höhenrieder, Bamberg Symphony & Martin Haselböck
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 has been described as "the most wonderful, singular, artistic, and difficult of them all" as one reviewer wrote in a Leipzig publication in 1809. It was performed only twice during the composer's lifetime — on both occasions with Beethoven himself as the soloist. He was, after all, considered the greatest piano virtuoso of his time.
In this video, the celebrated masterpiece is performed by pianist Margarita Höhenrieder, accompanied by the Ba