Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, B. 53 & Mazurkas Margarita Höhenrieder, Orchestra La Scintilla & Riccardo Minasi

• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, B. 53:
• 1 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, B. 53: I. Allegro maestoso 19:46
• 2 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, B. 53: II. Romance. Larghetto 10:29
• 3 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, B. 53: III. Rondo. Vivace 09:55
• Mazurkas, Op. 24, B. 89 (Excerpts):
• 4 Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 24, B. 89 (Excerpts): No. 1 in G Minor, Lento 02:35
• 5 Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 24, B. 89 (Excerpts): No. 2 in C Major, Allegro non troppo 02:06
• Mazurkas, Op. 17, B. 77:
• 6 Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 17, B. 77: No. 4 in A Minor, Lento 03:45
• Mazurkas, Op. 33, B. 115:
• 7 Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 33, B. 115: No. 4 in B Minor, Mesto 04:47
• Mazurkas, Op. 50, B. 145:
• 8 Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 50, B. 145: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Moderato 04:28
• Mazurkas, Op. 30, B. 105:
• 9 Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 30, B. 105: No. 2 in B Minor, Allegretto 01:16
• Mazurkas, Op. 6, B. 60:
• 10 Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 6, B. 60: No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor 02:33
• Mazurkas, Op. 7, B. 61:
• 11 Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 7, B. 61: No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Vivace 02:14
• Mazurkas, Op. Posth. 67:
• 12 Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. Posth. 67: No. 2 in G Minor, B. 167 01:41
• Mazurkas, Op. 59, B. 157:
• 13 Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 59, B. 157: No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor, Vivace 03:46
• Total Runtime 01:09:21

Info for Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, B. 53 & Mazurkas

In search of the unique sound: For years, Margarita Höhenrieder was searching for the authentic sound of Frédéric Chopin's piano works. Which instrument of its time reflects Chopin's music most convincingly? Chopin himself gave the answer in 1831: "Pleyel's instruments are the non plus ultra"!

The choice for the recording therefore fell on a Pleyel fortepiano, built in Paris around 1855 and expertly restored using historical materials and methods. It is absolutely identical in construction to the instrument that Chopin owned and thus represents an authentic sound testimony.

The recording location was also of particular importance: the mazurkas on the CD were recorded on this instrument, in a room comparable to a salon from around the middle of the 19th century.

The orchestra "La Scintilla" also played historical instruments under the direction of Riccardo Minasi. The recording of the E minor concerto with the historical version by Jan Ekier then took place on another Pleyel of about the same year of manufacture, in the acoustically excellent Oberstrass church in Zurich.

Margarita Höhenrieder's careful recreation of the authentic Chopin sound grants the listener extremely interesting insights into the history of music.

Margarita Höhenrieder, piano
Orchestra La Scintilla

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