Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Fantasia On Polish Airs / Andante Spianato

Featuring

Róbert Stankovský
Idil Biret
Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Frédéric Chopin

Did you know?

1/7

Performer Biography

Idil Biret has performed with major orchestras worldwide and received awards including the Lily Boulanger Memorial Fund award and the Polish Artistic Merit Award.

Recording & Production

This recording was made at the House of Arts in Košice, CSFR, in two sessions: November 3-10, 1990, and June 24-27, 1991.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Chopin realized early in his career that he excelled in intimate, delicate performances, rather than the grand displays of sound and fury favored by contemporaries like Liszt.

Composition History

The E minor Piano Concerto, Chopin's second concerto, was composed in Warsaw before he left Poland and premiered on October 11, 1830, at his last Warsaw concert.

Composer Biography

Chopin, born in Warsaw in 1810 to a French father and Polish mother, studied at the Warsaw Conservatory.

Performer Biography

Idil Biret, the pianist on this recording, began piano lessons at age three and graduated from the Paris Conservatoire with three first prizes at fifteen.

Performer Biography

The Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice) has a long musical tradition and has been praised for its competence, comparable to major orchestras in Vienna and Prague.