Piano Concerto No. 7 in C minor, Op. 93, 'Pathétique'

Piano Concerto No. 7 in C minor, Op. 93, nicknamed 'Pathétique', composed c.1835. The darkest and most emotionally intense of Moscheles's concertos, with the C minor key bringing a weight and drama that pushes his style furthest into the Romantic orbit. The nickname 'Pathétique' — the same applied to Beethoven's Op. 13 Sonata — signals the emotional ambition, and the concerto lives up to it: the slow movement is deeply expressive, and the finale has a tragic-heroic quality quite unlike the graceful brilliance of the early concertos.