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Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor
Ludwig van Beethoven
, 1809–11
Recommended Recordings
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Backhaus
piano
Hans
Schmidt-Isserstedt
conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker
orchestra
Decca
1959
37m
Leon
Fleisher
piano
George
Szell
conductor
Cleveland
orchestra
Epic
1966
37m
Daniel
Barenboim
piano
Otto
Klemperer
conductor
New Philharmonia
orchestra
EMI
1967
43m
Vladimir
Ashkenazy
piano
Georg
Solti
conductor
Chicago Symphony
orchestra
Decca
1972
40m
Rudolf
Serkin
piano
Rafael
Kubelík
conductor
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
orchestra
Orfeo
1977
39m
Arturo Benedetti
Michelangeli
piano
Carlo Maria
Giulini
conductor
Wiener Symphoniker
orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon
1979
41m
Claudio
Arrau
piano
Colin
Davis
conductor
Staatskapelle Dresden
orchestra
Philips
1984
40m
Steven
Lubin
fortepiano
Christopher
Hogwood
conductor
Academy of Ancient Music
orchestra
Decca
1987
37m
András
Schiff
piano
Bernard
Haitink
conductor
Staatskapelle Dresden
orchestra
Teldec
1997
40m
Mitsuko
Uchida
piano
Kurt
Sanderling
conductor
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orchestra
Decca
1998
38m
Olli
Mustonen
piano
Tapiola Sinfonietta
orchestra
Ondine
2009
40m
Kristian
Bezuidenhout
fortepiano
Pablo
Heras-Casado
conductor
Freiburger Barockorchester
orchestra
Harmonia Mundi
2017
36m
Martin
Helmchen
piano
Andrew
Manze
conductor
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
orchestra
Alpha
2018–19
37m
François-Frédéric
Guy
piano
Sinfonia Varsovia
orchestra
Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo
2019
38m
Krystian
Zimerman
piano
Simon
Rattle
conductor
London Symphony
orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon
2020
40m