Lugansky - Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 (1830) Nikolai Lugansky, soloist Valery Gergiev conducting the Mariinsky Orchestra, July 2020 [0:00] I. Allegro maestoso [20:38] II. Romanze – Larghetto [30:02] III. Rondo – Vivace “If the principal reason for the undiminished popularity of the E-minor Concerto is the lush, poetic melodiousness of movements one and two, the brilliance of its finale is enough to satisfy any virtuoso’s need for self-display, but of a uniquely un-bombastic, Chopinesque kind.”