Artist: Margarita Hohenrieder, Orchester Wiener Akademie, Orchestra La Scintilla

Title: Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Year Of Release: 2023

Label: Solo Musica

Genre: Classical

Quality: flac lossless (tracks)  + Booklet

Total Time: 01:11:26

Total Size: 323 mb



Tracklist



01. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, B. 53: I. Allegro maestoso

02. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, B. 53: II. Romanze. Larghetto

03. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, B. 53: III. Rondo. Vivace

04. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21, B. 43: I. Maestoso

05. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21, B. 43: II. Larghetto

06. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21, B. 43: III. Allegro vivace



For years, Margarita Höhenrieder was searching for the authentic sound of Frédéric Chopin's piano works. Which instrument of its time most convincingly reflected Chopin's music? Chopin himself had given the answer in 1831: "Pleyel's instruments are the non plus ultra"! The choice for the recording therefore fell on a Pleyel fortepiano, built in Paris in 1848 and expertly restored using historical materials and methods. It is absolutely identical in construction to the instrument that Chopin owned, and thus represents an authentic sound testimony. For acoustic reasons of the sound of the original instruments, the Oberstrass church in Zurich (1st piano concerto) and the Vienna Musikverein in Vienna (2nd piano concerto) were chosen as recording venues. The orchestras "La Scintilla" conducted by Riccardo Minasi and the "Wiener Akademie" conducted by Martin Haselböck also played on historical instruments. We hear in each case the historical versions by Jan Ekier. Margarita Höhenrieder's careful recreation of the authentic Chopin sound gives the listener highly interesting insights into music history.