Chopins E minor and F minor Piano Concertos played a vital role in his career as a composer-pianist. Praised for their originality and genius when he performed them; the concertos later attracted censure for ostensible weaknesses in form; development and orchestration. They also suffered at the hands of editors and performers; all the while remaining enormously popular. This handbook re-evaluates the concertos against the traditions that shaped them so that their many outstanding qualities can be fully appreciated. It describes their genesis; Chopins own performances and his use of them as a teacher. A survey of their critical; editorial and performance histories follows; in preparation for an analytical re-enactment of the music - that is; a narrative account of the concertos as embodied in sound; rather than in the score. The final chapter investigates Chopins enigmatic third concerto; the Allegro de concert. Chopin: The Piano Concertos has won the Wilk Book Prize for Research in Polish Music.
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