Fryderyk Chopin, a Polish patriot, was the son of a French father who settled in Poland to avoid conscription into the French army.
Composer Biography
Chopin spent almost his entire professional career in Paris, moving there in 1831 and quickly becoming a fashionable piano teacher and performer in elegant salons.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret studied piano with renowned musicians Alfred Cortot and Wilhelm Kempff, and composition with Nadia Boulanger.
Composition History
Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 was written before his first concerto, with both completed in 1830, the year he gave his final concert in Warsaw.
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
Robert Stankovsky, the conductor, turned his attention to conducting at age fourteen and graduated from the Bratislava Conservatory as the best graduate of the year.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at the House of Arts in Košice, CSFR, across two sessions: November 3-10, 1990, and June 24-27, 1991.
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