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Frédéric Chopin (1809-1849) Piano Concertos No. 1 + 2 (arr. for piano and string quintet)

Gianluca Luisi, piano Ensemble Concertant Frankfurt

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Order No.: MDG 903 1632-6

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Boundless Imagination The boundless imagination of a highly gifted Polish and the bass parts could not be heard at all. On its composer received a warm welcome from Parisians, second performance he had the opportunity to play a but their noble salons of the mid-nineteenth century better instrument: “Now first there was applause and were too small for a symphony orchestra. This did not praise that every note had been etched like a pearl.” mean, however, that the public had to do without piano concertos. The Ensemble Concertant Frankfurt Privileged Interpretation has recorded two piano concertos by Frédéric Chopin Gianluca Luisi did not have such concerns. It was his with string quintet accompaniment – with double bass privilege to perform on a carefully restored Steinway and on the basis of the German first edition of 1833. from 1901, unfolding its perfect beauty of sound, and thus to fit in ideally with the velvety soft sound of the Instant Fame five musicians of the Ensemble Concertant Frankfurt. The young composer Frédéric Chopin was a master of self-marketing. He introduced himself to the Parisian salons in 1832 with his Piano Concerto No. George Onslow 1, a work composed by him in his native Poland in Piano Quintet op. 79bis order to advertise his talent. The performance with Piano Sextet op. 30 string quintet created a sensation; it brought him Gianluca Luisi, piano instant fame and more concert invitations than he Ensemble Concertant Frankfurt could accept. Music publishers also stood in line, and MDG 603 1442-2 a year later Schlesinger was able simultaneously to publish the work in three versions in France, George Onslow Germany, and England. In addition to the version with String Quintets op. 33 + 74 string quintet, there were also versions for solo piano Ensemble Concertant Frankfurt and orchestra. MDG 603 1233-2

Instrumental Factor Luigi Boccherini The piano was more important to Chopin than any String Quintets other instrument. Already during his Warsaw years he Ensemble Concertant Frankfurt attached great importance to sound and technical MDG 603 1040-2 refinement. When he first performed his Piano Concerto No. 2 in March 1830, he was entirely unhappy. The grand piano had produced a dull sound,

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