Chopin Piano Concertos

Album by Fryderyk Chopin & Nikolai Demidenko & Philharmonia Orchestra & Heinrich Schiff

Chopin's Piano Concertos are a set of two piano concertos by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, composed in 1829-1830. They are Romantic-era works characterised by virtuosic, pianistic writing and lyrical melodic invention, with an orchestral accompaniment that often functions to support and highlight the solo piano, and they occupy a formative place in Chopin's early career as examples of his developing idiom in the piano repertoire.
First released: September 1993

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21: I. Maestoso
    14:18
  2. 2.
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto
    9:02
  3. 3.
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21: III. Allegro vivace
    8:26
  4. 4.
    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro maestoso
    20:36
  5. 5.
    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: II. Romance. Larghetto
    10:23
  6. 6.
    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: III. Rondo. Vivace
    9:57

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