This album was recorded at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice, Poland, from September 25-28, 2016.
Composition History
Chopin's Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, though published second, was actually his first piano concerto and was premiered in Warsaw in March 1830.
Performer Biography
Szymon Nehring is a Polish pianist who was the only Pole to reach the finals of the 17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw.
Performer Biography
Krzysztof Penderecki, a renowned composer and conductor, conducts the Piano Concerto in E minor, Op. 11 on this album.
Instruments
Szymon Nehring, the pianist on this recording, plays a Steinway & Sons D-274 Grand Piano, manufactured in Hamburg in 2013.
Critical Reception
Chopin's first concerto, though rooted in classical models, was seen as a new quality in music, moving from shallow sentimentalism to a deeper romanticism.
Compositional Technique
The middle Larghetto movement of Chopin's Piano Concerto in F minor is a nocturne, one of the composer's favorite lyrical forms, inspired by a platonic affection for singer Konstancja Gładkowska.
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