Chopin
Piano Concerto in E minor, Op. 11
Chopin
Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21
In the first period of his career as a composer, Chopin composed two piano concertos, both of them characterised by a lyrical basic tone, elegant decorativeness and direct emotionality.
The Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra recorded both compositions recently, in the summer of 2022, under the baton of Tamás Vásáry and with pianist Gábor Farkas as the soloist, so this event can also also be regarded as a record release concert.
The E minor concerto dates from 1830 and was first performed by the composer himself in Warsaw, and although he had no way of knowing it at the time, this piece also proved to be his farewell to Poland. The Hungarian audience got its first chance to hear the piece not long after the première, in 1835, with Ferenc Erkel playing the solo part. The defining atmosphere of the F minor concerto, which was composed somewhat earlier, is traditionally associated with the amorous feelings of the scarcely 20-year-old composer: in this work, the image of the beloved woman and his confession of love for her are most vividly expressed in the second movement: "My ideal, whom I have been serving for half a year without speaking to, whom I dream of, in whose memory I composed the Adagio of my new concerto,” Chopin wrote in a letter to a friend.
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