Christoph Eschenbach, Seiji Ozawa Beethoven Pt3-4 "The Emperor" Piano Concerto No.5 E flat major

Christoph Eschenbach, Seiji Ozawa Beethoven Pt3-4 "The Emperor" Piano Concerto No.5 E flat major *Adagio un poco moto Part2 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major ("Emperor") Op. 73 1 Allegro Part1 1of2 2of2 (2 parts) 2 Adagio un poco moto Part2 3 Rondo, Allegro Part3 Christoph Eschenbach, piano Seiji Ozawa an operbathosa video II. Adagio un poco mosso The second movement in B major is, in standard contrast to the first, calm and reflective. It moves into the third movement without interruption when a lone bassoon note B drops a semitone to B-flat, the dominant note to the tonic key E-flat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._5_(Beethoven) Christoph Eschenbach Musical career: As a pianist, Eschenbach has won numerous first-place piano competition prizes, including first prize in the Clara Haskil Competition in Vevey, Switzerland in 1965. In 1964, he made his first recording (of Mozart) for Deutsche Grammophon and signed a contract with the label. Eschenbach continued to study conducting with George Szell, with whom he worked for more than three years. In addition, Herbert von Karajan was his mentor for nearly twenty-five years. In 1981, Eschenbach became principal guest conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, and was chief conductor from 1982 to 1986. Other posts have included music director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra (19881999), where he now holds the title of Conductor Laureate; chief conductor of the NDR Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg (19982004); and music director of the Ravinia Festival, summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (19942005). He has made more than 80 recordings as piano soloist, conductor, or both, has appeared in several television documentaries, and has made many concert broadcasts for different European, Japanese and U.S. networks. Since 2000, Eschenbach has been the Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris. In May 2007, it was announced that Eschenbach would conclude his tenure with the Orchestre de Paris in 2010.[2] Eschenbach is credited with helping and supporting talented young musicians in their career development, including soprano Renée Fleming, pianists Tzimon Barto and Lang Lang, cellist Claudio Bohórquez, and soprano Marisol Montalvo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Eschenbach Seiji Ozawa Part 2: With the 2000-2001 season, Seiji Ozawa marks his twenty-seventh anniversary as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Since he became the BSO's music director in 1973, Ozawa has devoted himself to the orchestra through the longest tenure of any music director currently active with a major orchestra, approached in BSO history only by the twenty-five-year tenure of the legendary Serge Koussevitzky. In the fall of 2002, Ozawa will begin a new phase in his career when he assumes the post of music director of the Vienna State Opera, reflecting his growing interest in and affinity for opera. Ozawa has enjoyed a long association with the Vienna State Opera, as a guest conductor leading productions in its house as well as concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic in Vienna, at Salzburg, and on tour. Throughout his career, Seiji Ozawa has made dozens of recordings, a number of them for Sony Classical. His most recent recording for the label features a performance of Gustav Mahlers Symphony No. 2 Resurrection with Japans Saito Kinen Orchestra, which Ozawa co-founded. In addition, to his many Boston Symphony Orchestra recordings, Ozawa has also recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre de Paris, the Philharmonia of London, the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, and the Toronto Symphony, among others. http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Ozawa-Seiji.htm

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Classical music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, his great Mass the Missa solemnis, and one opera, Fidelio.

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