KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN AND THE POLISH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA PERFORM CHOPIN'S PIANO CONCERTOS Frdric Chopin (1810-1849) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E minor, op. 11 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor, op. 21 POLISH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN, soloist and conductor 2 CD 459 684-2 Recording: Turin, Auditorium Giovanni Agnelli, 8/1999 Executive Producer: Dr. Marion Thiem Recording Producer: Helmut Burk Tonmeister (Balance Engineer): Rainer Maillard ?? KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN TALKS ABOUT HIS CHOPIN PIANO CONCERTOS PROJECT WITH THE NEWLY FORMED POLISH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA How did this project come about? KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN: I first started to toy with this idea as long ago as 1978, around the same time that I recorded the two Concertos in Los Angeles.
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