Lugansky - Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor

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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (1829) Nikolai Lugansky, soloist Charles Dutoit conducting Russian National Orchestra, April 2021 I. [0:00] Orchestra Expos. (Maestoso) [2:40] Solo Expos. - Theme 1 [4:56] Solo Expos. - Theme 2 (con anima) [7:23] Free development [10:20] Reprise II. [14:08] A(Larghetto) [18:36] B (con forza - appassionato - dolcissimo) [21:23] A’ (Larghetto) III. [24:08] A: Waltz (Allegro vivace) [26:18] B: Mazurka (scherzando) [29:23] A, recalling passage of B [30:44] Horn Call/Coda “[…] But should we be thinking of such things today, fresh from Chopin's F minor Concerto? God forbid! What are an entire year's issues of a musical journal against a concerto by Chopin? What are the ravings of a pedant against those of a poet? What are ten editors' crowns against the Adagio of the Second Concerto? And truly, Davidsbündler, we should count you unworthy of any respectful salutation could you not yourselves dare the kind of work about which you write - with certain exceptions, of course, including this Second Concerto, which none of us can presume to approach, unless it be with the lips to kiss the hem!” - Florestan, 1836, “Neue Zeitschrift für Musik”