CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2, Variations on La ci darem, Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante (nagranie wg nowego wydania narodowego)

Wit, Antoni;
Nebolsin, Eldar;
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

8.572336

Using the new Polish National Chopin Edition, acclaimed pianist Eldar Nebolsin and Poland's national orchestra conducted by the renowned Polish conductor Antoni Wit, here present fresh interpretations of Chopin's great works for piano and orchestra. The Second Piano Concerto was written before the first and completed in 1830, the year in which the composer set out for Vienna and then Paris. Chopin's Variations on Là ci darem la mano, bear witness to his admiration for Mozart, instilled by his earliest teacher, the Bohemian Wojciech Żywny The Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat, Op. 22, was written in Vienna, and later augmented with the introductory Andante spianato.

Works:

• Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
• Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
• Chopin: Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' in B flat major, Op. 2

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

26-08-2010

747313233670

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