℗ 2019 China Arts International Limited, under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Released January 3, 2020
Duration 1h 11m 39s
Record Label Warner Classics
Genre Classical
 

Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2

YUNDI, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

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Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11  
1.1
I. Allegro maestoso
Frédéric Chopin; YUNDI; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
19:54
1.2
II. Romanze (Larghetto)
Frédéric Chopin; YUNDI; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
10:08
1.3
III. Rondo (Vivace)
Frédéric Chopin; YUNDI; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
10:15
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21  
1.4
I. Maestoso
Frédéric Chopin; YUNDI; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
13:54
1.5
II. Larghetto
Frédéric Chopin; YUNDI; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
9:07
1.6
III. Allegro vivace
Frédéric Chopin; YUNDI; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
8:21
Digital Booklet
Yundi, one of the most celebrated and influential pianists of today, has returned to Warner Classics with the signature of a long-term agreement between him and the label. His first release under the new agreement is this album of Chopin’s Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2, on which he directs the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra from the keyboard. This constitutes both his first recording as pianist-conductor and his first recording of the Piano Concerto No 2. His previous Warner Classics release, the complete Chopin Nocturnes, dates from 2010. Warsaw and Chopin have played an essential role in Yundi’s career: in 2000, at the age of just 18, he became the youngest winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition. Since then, he has become recognised as a leading exponent of the Polish composer’s music and in 2015 served on the jury of the Chopin Competition. Earlier this year, in recognition of his contribution to Polish culture, he received Poland’s Gold Medal for Merit to Culture, ‘Gloria Artis’. He first conducted the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra in Chopin’s two concertos in 2017, performing in Warsaw, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chongqing.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Warner Classics Studio Masters
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-1.26
-3.49 to -0.49
-22.62
-26.77 to -20.60
-19.52
-23.60 to -17.50
14
12 to 16
1
I. Allegro maestoso
-0.50-20.86-17.613
2
II. Romanze (Larghetto)
-3.49-26.77-23.615
3
III. Rondo (Vivace)
-0.51-20.60-17.513
4
I. Maestoso
-0.49-20.73-17.612
5
II. Larghetto
-2.07-26.06-23.016
6
III. Allegro vivace
-0.52-20.70-17.813

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