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Background:

• Compositions for piano and orchestra originated from late 1820s to the early 1830s, comprising two concert pieces, while Chopin was a student at the Central School of Music in Warsaw.
• Two piano concertos: No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 and No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21.
• These concertos belong to a group of compositions in brilliant style, no longer confined by the tenets of the Classical period.

Recordings:

• The Chopin Concertos.
  Daniel Barenboim.
  Staatskapelle Berlin.
  Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
  Deutsche Grammophon.
  Gramophone Magazine (2011): Editor’s Choice.
  Radio 3 Building a Library (2016): Recommended.

• The Romantic Piano Concertos.
  Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2.
  Nikolai Demidenko.
  Philharmonia Orchestra.
  Heinrich Schiff.
  Hyperion.
  Gramophone Magazine (2026): Editor’s Choice.

• Piano Concertos.
  Benjamin Grosvenor.
  Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
  Elim Chan.
  Decca.
  Diapason d’Or (2020): Nouveaute.
  Gramophone Magazine (2020): Recording of the Month.
  Gramophone Awards (2020): Winner Concerto.
  Opus Klassik Awards (2020): Nominee Conductor of the Year.
  Opus Klassik Awards (2020): Nominee Instrumentalist of the Year.

• Murray Perahia Plays Chopin.
  Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2.
  Murray Perahia.
  Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
  Zubin Mehta.
  Sony.
  Gramophone Awards (1995): Winner Instrumental.
  Grammy Awards (2002): Best Classical Instrumentalist Solo Recording.
  Gramophone Awards (2003): Winner Instrumentalist.
  Gramophone Magazine (2014): Re-Issue of the Month.

• Chopin Evocations.
  Piano Concerto No. 1 & 2.
  Daniil Trifonov.
  Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
  Mikhail Pletnev.
  Deutsche Grammophon.
  Presto Recording of the Week (2017).
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2017): Finalist.
  The New York Times (2017): Recording of the Year.
  Opus Klassik Awards (2018): Winner Instrumental Piano.

• Complete Edition.
  Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
  Krystian Zimerman.
  Polish Festival Orchestra.
  Deutsche Grammophon.
  Presto Recording of the Week (2010).
  Radio 3 Building a Library (2010): First Choice.

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