Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73

Conductor: Artur Rother

Piano: Walter Gieseking

Performance: Berlin Reichsender Symphony Orchestra

Live recording: Autumn of 1944

 

I. Allegro in E major

II. Adagio un poco mosso in B major

III. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo in E major

 

Historic Stereo-Recording from 1944 with Walter Gieseking as soloist and Artur Rother and the Großes Berliner Rundfunkorchester. In the cadenza and some quiet passages you can hear the Flak (anti-aircraft) artillery from outside the RRG-building – this is the famous “Air-raid recording”.