One of the most beautiful Chopin pieces :)

@kristitaylorehgci: strings missed entrance.. well spotted.

@ibonniefrazeriebdhii: not sure if I follow... I'm Taiwanese. ;-)

Frédéric Chopin wrote his first piano concerto ever in 1830. It was premiered that same year, and published after his next concerto, hence it came to be known as the Piano Concerto no. 2, in F minor, even though it was the first to be composed. Written before Chopin finished his formal education, the piece betrays a certain sophistication in terms of formal development. It features an extremely dominant piano part, with the orchestra leaving all responsibility for musical development to the soloist, thus ignoring the interplay that is the mainstay of an instrumental concerto. 

Piano sextet version. 

Live from the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Ireland.

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Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21 - II. Larghetto

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