Chopin’s Third Concerto

By VPR | March 24, 2010

We’ll hear a real rarity this afternoon, the seldom-played Allegro de
Concert, Op. 46 by Frederic Chopin. It is a solo piano reduction of
the opening movement of a never-realized piano concerto. It is an
awkwardly difficult piece for any pianist to perform, as he or she is
asked for function as both orchestra AND soloist.

Playlist:

3:03 pm

Allegro de Concert in A , Op. 46
Composer: Frederic Chopin
Soloists: Garrick Ohlsson, piano
CD/Album: The Complete Works of Frederic Chopin, Vol. 8
Record co./Cat #: Arabesque 6686
Note: Solo piano sketch of opening movement of Piano Concerto #3, never realized

3:17 pm

Piano Concerto #1 in e , Op. 11
Composer: Frederic Chopin
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Soloists: Rafal Blechacz, piano
Conductor: Jerzy Semkow
CD/Album: Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 4778088

3:59 pm

Prelude in Ab , Op. posth. , B 86
Composer: Frederic Chopin
Soloists: Rafal Blechacz, piano
CD/Album: Chopin: Athe Complete Preludes, 2 Nocturnes Op. 62
Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 10870

4:07 pm

Russian Easter Festival Overture
Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Antal Dorati
CD/Album: Dorati Conducts Rimsky-Korsakov & Borodin
Record co./Cat #: Mercury 434308

4:23 pm

Zadok the Priest
Composer: Georg Frideric Handel
Ensemble: Monteverdi Orchestra & Choir
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
CD/Album: Handel/Dixit Dominus
Record co./Cat #: Erato 45136

4:31 pm

Les petits riens (Ballet suite) , K 299b ("Little nothings")
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
CD/Album: Mozart: Une Petite Musique de Nuit...
Record co./Cat #: Erato 88014

4:52 pm

Villanelle for Horn & Orchestra
Composer: Paul Dukas
Ensemble: Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig
Soloists: Hermann Baumann, horn
Conductor: Kurt Masur
CD/Album: Gliere-Saint-Saens-Dukas-Chabrier: Works for Horn
Record co./Cat #: Philips 416380

5:07 pm

Ruslan & Ludmilla: Overture
Composer: Mikhail Glinka
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Record co./Cat #: RCA 5605

5:13 pm

Trumpet Concerto #1 in Eb
Composer: Johann Wilhelm Hertel
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloists: Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
CD/Album: Trumpet Concertos - Hardenberger
Record co./Cat #: Philips 426311

5:28 pm

Symphony #5 in Eb , Op. 82
Composer: Jean Sibelius
Ensemble: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Mariss Jansons
CD/Album: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 5
Record co./Cat #: EMI 55533

6:07 pm

Serenade for Strings
Composer: Edward Elgar
Ensemble: English String Orchestra
Conductor: William Boughton
Record co./Cat #: Nimbus 5008

6:18 pm

Octet #1
Composer: Carl Stamitz
Ensemble: Consortium Classicum
CD/Album: Carl Stamitz: Wind Symphonies
Record co./Cat #: CPO 999081

6:30 pm

Piano Trio in d , Op. 3
Composer: Alexander von Zemlinsky
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio
CD/Album: Korngolf, Zemlinsky: Piano Trios
Record co./Cat #: Philips 434072

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