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Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

183033 min

This guide follows Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (1830) in three parts: Maestoso (sonata form), Larghetto and Allegro vivace (sonata form).

Recording: Arthur Rubinstein (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

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Follow all 27 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III · Sonata form
ISonata form0:04–14:34

The mood is stormy but elegant. The orchestra opens alone with the main themes in F minor (), and the piano enters for its own (), decorating the music with almost continuous ornamental runs. There is a brief touch of A-flat major in the . The falls into three sections, the last leading back to the . Then come the and the .

II14:36–23:40
IIISonata form23:49–32:48

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 periodF minorSonata form

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