Lugansky - Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (1829) Nikolai Lugansky, soloist Charles Dutoit conducting Russian National Orchestra, April 2021 I. [0:00] Orchestra Expos. (Maestoso) [2:40] Solo Expos. - Theme 1 [4:56] Solo Expos. - Theme 2 (con anima) [7:23] Free development [10:20] Reprise II. [14:08] A(Larghetto) [18:36] B (con forza - appassionato - dolcissimo) [21:23] A’ (Larghetto) III. [24:08] A: Waltz (Allegro vivace) [26:18] B: Mazurka (scherzando) [29:23] A, recalling passage of B [30:44] Horn Call/Coda “[…] But should we be thinking of such things today, fresh from Chopin’s F minor Concerto? God forbid! What are an entire year’s issues of a musical journal against a concerto by Chopin? What are the ravings of a pedant against those of a poet? What are ten editors’ crowns against the Adagio of the Second Concerto? And truly, Davidsbündler, we should count you unwo