Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Description: Chopin's two piano concertos have long been admired more as pianistic vehicles than as integrated works for piano and orchestra. But in his revelatory new recording, Krystian Zimerman suggests otherwise: The opening orchestral tuttis have so much more light, shade, orchestral color, and detail, you wonder if they've been rewritten. Every gesture, every instrumental solo is so specifically characterized that by the time the piano makes a dramatic entrance, the pieces have become operas without words. One may wonder if Chopin intended that. In fact, he knew bel canto opera in his native Poland, but the more positive proof is that ... (more)

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
Release date: 2 November 1999
EAN: 0028945968421 UPC: 028945968421

Tags: Piano (1), Chopin (1), Piano Concerto (1), Krystian Zimerman (1)

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