Сomposer: Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849)
Artist: Edgar Nebolsin, Warsaw Philharmonic, Antoni Wit
Title: Piano Concerto No.1, Fantasia on Polish Airs, Krakowiak
Genre: Classical
Label: © Naxos
Release Date: 2010
Recorded: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland, 1–5 September 2009


Personnel:
Eldar Nebolsin, Piano
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor

Tracklist:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 39:22
1 Allegro maestoso 19:59
2 Romanza: Larghetto 9:10
3 Rondo: Vivace 10:09

Fantasia on Polish Airs, Op. 13 13:32
4 Introduction: Largo non troppo 3:44
5 Air: Juz˙ Miesia˛c Zaszedł: Andantino 2:36
6 Thème de Charles Kurpin´ski: Allegretto 4:07
7 Kujawiak: Vivace 3:05

8 Krakowiak – Grand Rondeau de Concert, Op. 14 14:29

Chopin’s youthful Piano Concerto No. 1 is dominated by the brilliant piano part that the teenage performer-composer wrote to showcase his extraordinary virtuosity. Its ravishing Romanza (‘reviving in one’s soul beautiful memories’, as the composer described it) is framed by an opening movement rich in dramatic lyricism and a vivacious Rondo. The Fantasia on Polish Airs, Op. 13 and Krakowiak are similarly vehicles for Romantic reverie and bravura which pay tribute to the music of Chopin’s homeland. Eldar Nebolsin’s recording of Liszt’s piano concertos was ranked ‘among the finest’ by Gramophone.