Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Arr. B. Kominek)

Featuring

Joseph-Maurice Weder
Berliner Camerata
Frédéric Chopin

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Performer Biography

The Berliner Camerata, the ensemble on this recording, is a young orchestra founded in 2009, known for its high artistic level achieved without public subsidies and led by violinist Olga Pak.

Performer Biography

Joseph-Maurice Weder, the pianist on this recording, made his international debut recital at London's Wigmore Hall in 2013 and has since performed with various orchestras in prestigious venues across Europe and South America.

Interpretation

This recording features Chopin's piano concertos in an adaptation for piano and string quintet by Bartłomiej Kominek, a Polish pianist who also played Chopin in a Japanese film.

Compositional Technique

The final movements of Chopin's piano concertos combine the rondo form with characteristic Polish dance forms: a Krakowiak in the E minor concerto and a Mazurka in the F minor concerto.

Composition History

Frédéric Chopin composed only two piano concertos, both during his early years in Warsaw.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Chopin's piano concertos are characterized by the soloist being at the focus, with the orchestra serving to introduce, prepare solo entrances, and provide an 'ideal carpet' for the soloist.

Composition History

Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, has a lower opus number than his Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, because the F minor concerto was published later, despite being composed earlier.