Krystian Zimerman - Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Label:	Deutsche Grammophon
Genre:	Classical
Product No.:	ADGR 4796871
UPC:	028947968719
Availability:	Back Ordered
Category:	180 Gram Vinyl Record
No. of Discs:	2

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180-gram gatefold double LP

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"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 the music has so much more to say when treated this way. Some will find the performances disturbing: The interpretations are so much more about content than form, and there's so much tempo and rhythmic flexibility, that the music sometimes seems unmoored and adrift. But upon repeated listening, the sense of fantasy is so beguiling that you wonder if you could ever go back to more conventional performances." — Amazon.com

Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11

Allegro Maestoso

Romance: Larghetto

Rondo: Vivace

Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21

Maestoso

Larghetto

Allegro Vivace

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

Superb - DG at its very best posted on 03/10/2017 5 Stars Reviewer: Jonathan DG's vinyl reissues of older recordings over the last couple of years have been of a uniformly high calibre, but this one takes things to a new level in the value of money stakes if nothing else. This is a beautifully presented gatefold double LP consisting of both Chopin piano concertos, exceeding 80 minutes of playing time. The late 1990s digital recording is truly excellent and ought to please even the most fastidious "analogphiles" - a testament to what digital recording was capable of even 18 years ago so long as you had a world-class classical engineer at the helm (Rainer Maillard). The performances are superb with the orchestra at the time specially chosen for the occasion by way of individual auditions of the players - all of them very high calibre musicians. At just under $35 for this title, acquisition of this title should be a no-brainer for any classical vinyl collector and most particularly if you do not already possess performances of these works.

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