Op. 53 (the ' Waldstein ') Second and Third Movements
THE Second Movement (or Introduction to the Finale) is one of Beethoven's most romantic, mysterious pieces, largely consisting of shifting harmonies.
After pausing on the last dying sounds we break into a joyous, though grandiose Rondo, a kind of sublimated Dance, in which one triumphant melody recurs time after time. In the middle there comes a feeling of greater pomp and solemnity. The end is almost vertiginous.