con brio

With great energy; vigorously. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian : con, with + brio, vigor.]

The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (music) with liveliness or spirit

The adverb con brio has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (music) with liveliness or spirit
  Derived from adjective: con brio (meaning #1)

For the synthesizer manufacturing company, see Con Brio, Inc.

For the record label, see Con Brio Records.

For the Australian Music School, see Con Brio School.

Con Brio is an Italian musical term meaning With Brilliance or With Spirit. Can also mean with fire and energy. It is used most often with the tempo Allegro. Famous examples of this include Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata marked Allegro Con Brio; and better known still, the first movement of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, and the opening allegro con brio movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

Another good example is Mozart's symphony No. 25 first movement.

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