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Chopin in 1829. The Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, is a piano concerto composed by Frédéric Chopin in fall 1829. Chopin composed the piece before he had finished his formal education, at around 20 years of age. It was first performed on 17 March 1830, in Warsaw, Poland, with the composer as soloist.
Chopin at 25, by Maria Wodzińska, 1835. Most of Frédéric Chopin's compositions were for solo piano, though he did compose several pieces for piano and orchestra (including two piano concertos) as well as some chamber works that include other instruments.
The Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, is a piano concerto written by Frédéric Chopin in 1830, when he was twenty years old. It was first performed on 12 October of that year, at the Teatr Narodowy (the National Theatre) in Warsaw, Poland, with the composer as soloist, during one of his "farewell" concerts before leaving Poland.
Frédéric François Chopin [n 1] (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; [n 2] 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique ...
Together with a number of rondos (Opp. 1, 5, 16 and 73), the Polonaise brillante and the Variations on "Der Schweizerbub", Chopin's compositions for piano and orchestra belong to a group of compositions in brilliant style, no longer confined by the tenets of the Classical period, which were written for the concert stage in the late 1820s to early 1830s.
Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" was Chopin's first work for piano with orchestra. In his early career he wrote two piano concertos and three other concertante pieces, but always remained relatively indifferent to the orchestral elements of these works, often using the orchestra as a mere accompaniment to the much more brilliant piano part.
EMI Classics 50999 2 06531 2 5 1982: Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op. 21, Utrecht Symfony Orchestra, conductor David Zinman: Concertgebouw Grote Zaal, Amsterdam: ET'CETERA KTC 1469 1983: Brahms: Intermezzo in A minor Op. 118, No. 1: TROS: Philips Essential Recordings 464 375-2 1983: Brahms: Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118, No. 2: TROS
Piano Concerto No. 2 refers to the second piano concerto written by one of a number of composers: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bartók) in G major; Piano Concerto No. 2 (Beethoven) in B-flat major; Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms) in B-flat major; Piano Concerto No. 2 (Chopin) in F minor; Piano Concerto No. 2 (Field) in A-flat major; Piano Concerto No. 2 ...