Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

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SWR
Release Date
May 24, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CHOPIN, FREDERIC
    • PERFORMER
      Sudwestfunk Orchester Baden-Baden, Magaloff, Richter-Haaser, Rosbaud
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 24, 2019
    • UPC
      747313907687
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SWR19076CD
    • LABEL
      SWR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Maestoso

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Performer: Nikita Magaloff

      Conductor: Hans Rosbaud

    2. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Performer: Nikita Magaloff

      Conductor: Hans Rosbaud

    3. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Performer: Nikita Magaloff

      Conductor: Hans Rosbaud

    4. I. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Performer: Hans Richter-Haaser

      Conductor: Hans Rosbaud

    5. II. Romanza: Larghetto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Performer: Hans Richter-Haaser

      Conductor: Hans Rosbaud

    6. III. Rondo: Vivace

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Ensemble: SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks

      Performer: Hans Richter-Haaser

      Conductor: Hans Rosbaud


This release is a new installment in the SWR Classics Edition dedicated to Hand Rosbaud. It offers the chance to enjoy two renowned pianists - Nikita Magaloff and Hans Richter-Haaser, with Hans Rosbaud providing authoritative orchestral accompaniment. Gramophone recently remarked that Rosbaud "was one of the unsung heroes of mid-20th-century music, who... gave thoroughly rehearsed and assimilated performances and premieres of the widest possible range of music". In Fanfare, Peter J. Rabinowitz pointed to range of his sympathies, claiming it was "greater than that of just about any of his contemporaries except perhaps Bernstein, Scherchen, and Stokowski. Rosbaud is best remembered, probably, for his Mahler, his Bruckner, his work with the Second Vienna School... and especially his commitment to the post-war avant-garde..."