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Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

183040 min

This guide follows Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 (1830) in three parts: Allegro maestoso (sonata form), Romanze. Larghetto and Rondo. Vivace (rondo).

Recording: Seong-Jin Cho (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk (2015)

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Follow all 32 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II.
  3. III. · Rondo
I Sonata form0:34–20:57

The orchestra alone presents the themes first, in the opening : the first , a , the and ideas. The piano enters with the in its section, and the is taken up by the , in E major. The begins with the orchestra's , then the piano , and the comes back in G major instead of the home . The to E minor and ends on a sudden loud chord.

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II. 21:24–30:38
III. Rondo30:40–40:18

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Frédéric ChopinConcertosRomantic periodE minorSonata formRondo

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