If you had to choose just one Beethoven work what would it be? Horrible and almost impossible decision I know! I think I would probably pick the 4th piano concerto.
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I am leaning toward the Misa Solemnis. It certainly would not be an easy choice. -
Before I even got to the end of Peter's question, I was saying to myself, Beethoven's piano concerto no. 4.. but then there are lots of other brilliant works.‘Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.’Comment
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I want to say Symphony No. 4, because it is my favorite work, but if I had to choose just one I'm not sure that one captures everything I love about Beethoven. Just one could mean one to listen to or one to both listen to and play, so that makes me think of a piano work, so that I could have some Beethoven to play as well as hear. So maybe the Hammerklavier sonata, because I will never master that one, and it would always hold new challenges for me.
But how could I give up the orchestral writing? A piano concerto would bring the best of both worlds, piano and orchestra, and I think I would pick the Piano Concerto No. 5 in that case.
But it's hard to not pick one of the symphonies. The most "Beethoven" of all of them would have to be No. 3 or No. 9, for me. Both are great works. I would have to pick No. 3, I think.
So, the "Hammerklavier", the "Emperor", or the "Eroica"...
I'll give it to the Symphony No. 3.Comment
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Symphony #7ZevyComment
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My choice would be his String Quartet Op. 130 with original Grosse Fuge as the finale.
You didn't tell us Peter what you opted for.Comment
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