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

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 [0:00] I. Maestoso [14:08] II. Larghetto [24:08] III. Allegro vivace  “… Chopin never claimed, through his Concerto in f minor or his Concerto in e minor , to have invented a new form. He used the traditional three-movement structure, fully highlighting the cantabile nature of the piano. The first movement opens with the orchestra, but the arrival of the soloist clearly reveals where lies the composer’s heart and ideas, the orchestra merely showing the overflowing beauty of the solo melody: creativity and virtuosity here go hand in hand. The unique beauty of the work’s slow movement garnered the admiration of both Liszt and Schumann; a poignantly expressive work, it is a beautiful love song and a delicate confession from which the later-composed Nocturnes draw inspiration and evoke a similar atmos