Frederic Chopin Works for Piano and Orchestra (op.2, 11, 13, 14, 21, 22 & 46)

[fahl5]

Happy new Year for all

here is my most recent project (with very beautiful Appassionatastrings)

F.Chopin op.2 Variations sur "La ci darem la mano"

I hope you like it.

[fahl5]

Here is the next step in my current Chopin-Project presumably one of the most played and most admired romantic pianoconcertos here, nearly completly done with VSL especially withh their fabulous romantic appasionata strings:

Fr. Chopin Concerto Nr. 1 e -minor op.11

Of course 35 minutes is a bit more than a usual filmmusic-cue, and a pretty ambitous in the often short minded twitter-comunicative Web-community but however thats the music Chopin composed and to be honest: thinking "great" like that Is definitly what I do prefer in opposite to other more current usages of the little word "great"😉.

At least I hope one or the other might perhaps nevertheless have some joy with my recording..

Now I will go on to the "Fantasie ur des airs polonais", so stay tune.

[MMKA]

Interesting projects. Music so many times recorded by world class musicians over decades (I heard many over the years). And now as a virtual reality project. I hear definitly differences with performances by live orchestras and soloists, but most of the time the sound stays as a live orchestra, also the expression of the soloists is really like live ones. I compare often making music with samples with making figurative paintings. Yes, it is different from reality, but also very musical, and I don't see the paint (read: I don't hear samples),  after all I hear real musicians. Well done, Steffen!

[fahl5]

Thank You MMKA for your very kind and friendly comment on the first two steps of my Chopin-project.

Here comes now the less often heard:

Frederic Chopin, Grande Fantasie sur des airs nationaux polonais op.13

As I have already done with op.2 and op.11 I consequently followed the tempoadvices of the Sikorski Edition (of course with all microchangges of the tempo romantic pianomusic like Chopins necessariyl must have to be articulated well in it's musical ideas), with the result, that by far the most recordings of this piece as of o.2 and op11 are played significantly slower than demanded.

Given that Chopin was not only a good pianist, but an absolutly outstanding Virtuous, I think it is not that unrealistic, that Chopin exactly meant what he has demanded and exactly wanted the music to be played the way it is written in the score. This is kind of experiment my project is about.

[fahl5]

...and here comes the next Chopin composition for Piano and Orchestra:

(Maybe inspired by the Rondeau a la Krakowiak of his teacher Jozef Elsners)

Frederic Chopin: Krakowiak Grande Rondeau de Concert

A strange relative long piece with large passages, where the Piano seem to "just" accompany with more or less brilliant arpeggios melodic motivs in Strings and woodwinds.

[fahl5]

... to continue with perhaps one of the most famous compositions for Piano and Orchestra

Frederic Chopin: Concerto Nr.2 in f-minor

Again I saw that the Tempoadvices especailly for the first to parts are nearly completly ignored by the most even well known Interprets, playing defenitly to slow even if you add enough rubato and metric liberti which Chopins music definitly needs.

So here you can hear (for nealry the first time 😉 ) what Chopin actually demanded as tempo. This might give this recording something one is not used to hear. Nevertheless I still think this still might be musically reasonable, even if most of the greates pianists ever played this hesitated to do what Chopin has written in his socre.

I hope you like it....

[fahl5]

and here we go with....

Frederic Chopin: Andante spianato & Grand Polonaise brilliant op.22

In its original but seldom heard orchestral Version.

(The more often heard Piano-solo Version is here:

Frederic Chopin: Andante spianato & Grand Polonaise brilliant op.22 (Solo))

[MMKA]

Hi Steffen,

I just heard the piano version of Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brilliant Op.22. To play the piece one has to be a virtuoso. To make a sampled version (not by playing but just by working on the notes in a DAW) in the way you did with all the expression in thousands of little details in a very musical and natural way, you have to be a "sample virtuoso". Great job. Bravo!

[fahl5]

Hi MMK

Thank You very much for your very friendly reaction on my recentt results of my Chopin-Project

Finaly here comes

Frederic Chopins Allegro de Concert op.46 (Solovesion)

and based on that composition and the fact, that it obviously derives from Chopins sketches for a third Pianoconcerto, which obviosly were written in the same time when Chopin wrote his famous 3 Pianoconcertos and other Works for Piano and Orchestra:

Frederic Chopin & Jean Lois Nicodé: Allegro de Concert op.46 for Piano and Orchestra

Nicode not only diveded and orchestratet Solo and Tuttiparts of Chopins Soloversion of this Allegro de Concert. He also adds considerable large developping passages only derived from muscal material exposed in the Allegro. In so far this version is far more than just an "orchestration"

However, the Idea, that this music was even by Chopin originally intended for Piano and Orchestra, makes Nicodés experiment to make this Piece to a real Concerto quite interesting.