Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 - Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (2009) [Blu-ray]

Chopin’s youthful Piano Concerto No. 1 is dominated by the brilliant piano part that the teenage performer-composer wrote to showcase his extraordinary virtuosity. Its ravishing Romanza (‘reviving in one’s soul beautiful memories’, as the composer described it) is framed by an opening movement rich in dramatic lyricism and a vivacious Rondo. The Fantasia on Polish Airs, Op. 13 and Krakowiak are similarly vehicles for Romantic reverie and bravura which pay tribute to the music of Chopin’s homeland. Eldar Nebolsin’s recording of Liszt’s piano concertos was ranked ‘among the finest’ by Gramophone.

Треклист:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
1. I. Allegro maestoso 00:19:59
2. II. Romanza: Larghetto 00:09:10
3. III. Rondo: Vivace 00:10:09

Fantasy on Polish Airs in A major, Op. 13
4. I. Introduction: Largo non troppo 00:03:44
5. II. Air, "Juz Miesiac Zaszedl": Andantino 00:02:36
6. III. Theme de Charles Kurpinski: Allegretto 00:04:07
7. IV. Kujawiak: Vivace 00:03:05

Rondo a la krakowiak, Op. 14
8. Rondo a la krakowiak, Op. 14 00:14:29