Frédéric Chopin, Krystian Zimerman, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini – Klavierkonzert · Piano Concerto No. 1 (VG+/VG+) – LP, DE 1979

Klavierkonzert · Piano Concerto No. 1 is an LP by Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Frédéric Chopin, Carlo Maria Giulini, Krystian Zimerman from 1979 released on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

About this album

A lyrical, authoritative reading of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, this performance pairs Krystian Zimerman’s immaculate technique and refinement with Carlo Maria Giulini’s poised orchestral direction and the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s rich support. Chopin wrote the concerto in his early twenties, and its blend of pianistic brilliance, melodic grace and tender Romantic feeling made it one of the composer’s best-loved large-scale works. Zimerman’s interpretation brings clarity and poetic restraint to music that can easily become merely showy, while Giulini shapes the orchestral writing with elegance and control. The result is a distinguished account of a concerto central to the Romantic piano repertoire.

Genre: Classical, Classical