Frederic Chopin - Grande fantaisie sur des airs polonais Op. 13 (audio + sheet music)
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This was Chopin's second work for piano and orchestra, the first being his delightful Variations on "La ci darem" (1827). The Fantasia was written while the composer was a student at the Warsaw Conservatory, where he studied composition with Josef Elsner. The work is folk-inspired owing to its reliance on well-known Polish themes and to its overtly Polish character throughout. However, all the themes in it cannot be attributed to folk sources. The second air Chopin uses, for example, was written by Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski (1785-1857), a contemporary composer and conductor who led the orchestra for several of the young composer's early concerts.
The Introduction comprises the first section of the Fantasia. Marked Largo non troppo, it begins with a slow but dramatic orchestral passage. The piano enters with a lovely dreamy theme and, except for a brief moment, does not yield the spotlight back to the orchestra for the remainder of this section. The next panel, marked Andantino, bears the title "Air: Juz miesiac zaszedi" and is based on that Polish theme. The music here does not significantly break from the serene mood of the introduction. Again the melody is lovely and the atmosphere tranquil. The piano dominates throughout most of this section, as well, and though Chopin's keyboard writing is imaginative and colorful, it is a bit mired in the upper register early on.
The next section, entitled "Thème de Charles Kurpinski" (Kurpinski's name is given the French equivalent), is marked Allegretto but manages to be only marginally faster in the first half than the previous panel. The Kurpinski theme is somewhat exotic and first heard on the clarinet in a quite lively account. The piano then enters to render a lyrical and slower version of it. The tempo increases midway through, as the piano writing turns more virtuosic and showy. The mood becomes subdued at the end to catch its breath before the Vivace finale, entitled "Kujawiak," begins. The theme comes from the Kujawy region of Poland, located northwest of Warsaw. It is playful and exudes joy, but, as with all the thematic material here, really takes wing in Chopin's skillful keyboard writing.
The orchestration in this work is not particularly imaginative, as was typically the case in Chopin's larger compositions, including his piano concertos. He would soon turn away from orchestral composition altogether, and save for his songs and a few chamber works involving cello, would write exclusively for the piano. In any event, this is a fine early work by Chopin, worthy of continued attention by pianists and public alike. A typical performance of the Fantasia on Polish Airs lasts around 15 minutes.
(AllMusic)
Please take note that the audio AND sheet music ARE NOT mine. Feel free to change the video quality to a minimum of 480p for the best watching experience.
Performers: Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra (conducted by Eugene Ormandy) (RCA, 1969)
( • Chopin / Artur Rubinst... )
Original audio and sheet music: imslp.org/wiki/Grande_fantaisie_sur_des_airs_polonais%2C_Op.13_(Chopin%2C_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric) (Breitkopf und Härtel, 1880)
Пікірлер: 52
This performance does not use Chopin's orchestration. Ormandy chose an excellent re-orchestrated version by the Russian composer, pianist, and conductor Vasily Safanoff (1852 - 1918).
@thenameisgsarci
3 жыл бұрын
Ooh, so that explains it. :D
@thenameisgsarci
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info.
@FriendlyCroock
3 жыл бұрын
I prefer Chopin's orchestration for this but that's not the problem here. Conductors in the past used to do this thing called "arrangement" We don't see it anymore because we DO NOT have real conductors anymore. The composer that suffered the most is Johan Sebastian Bach. There was a time when we could listen to baroque music played on heavy symphony orchestras. Eugene Ormandy used to have a lot of Bach concerts performed in that way. Another great one was Leopold Stokowski probably my favorite because he also made those half composition pieces called "transcriptions" where he would actually orchestrate himself Bach compositions that were originally for organ or harpsichord.
@peteliao1158
3 жыл бұрын
I prefer this version of orchestration for sure, With Rubinstein’s virtuosity! It’s just spectacular!
@LazlosPlane
11 ай бұрын
@@FriendlyCroock Transcription s of Bach or re-orchestrations or re-arrangements, or whatever, are appropriate with Bach as his music (as is the music of the pre-Classical era) far less idiomatic. Bach himself did this all the time. It is NOT so appropriate with composers of a later ilk. No one would think it acceptable to re-arrange a concerto by Brahms or even Beethoven. Chopin? No reason at all to touch it. Unless you think you're improving it, which, I would guess,, would be a difficult task, and leads to a slippery slope of changes.
I don‘t remember composing this but I like it
@simaanhabib2638
3 жыл бұрын
Haha
@lucatruccolo2782
3 жыл бұрын
Ahahahahah 😂
@mckernan603
2 жыл бұрын
You improvised it on a crappy piano near Poznan, maybe that's why?
@glenngouldschair390
2 жыл бұрын
@@mckernan603 Not bad for a crappy piano near Poznan! Lol
One of my favorite pieces of Chopin, so neglected, yet so beautiful. Thank you!
Thank you so much Chopin for your great music
beautiful,thank you for sharing💐💐💐
Andantino - 3:54 Allegretto - 7:14
Fantastic! Only leaves me wonder how I had never heard of this beautiful piece before. It strangely seems to precurse elements of the style of Camille Saint-Saëns..
the score's orchestration doesnt match with the audio... THAT IS SUS
@TheodoreServin
3 жыл бұрын
Profile pic matches the comment XD
@fryderykchopin1381
3 жыл бұрын
Yo was los
@declamatory
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheodoreServin - So, you didn't notice how, instead of violins playing the first few bars, the oboe did?
@thenameisgsarci
3 жыл бұрын
Either another edition exists and I'm an idiot, or they made some adlibs and they're geniuses.
@TheodoreServin
3 жыл бұрын
@@declamatory Yeah, I noticed. Not to big a deal though. I have heard a version where the strings start, though, so I guess the score was revised.
Are there several orchestrations for this piece? Do you happen to know where these differences come from?
@gabrielackerman3237
3 жыл бұрын
I would assume there would be many orchestrations of Chopin's orchestral works. For this there is probably Chopin's original score (as shown in the video), and many other orchestrations which are actually good and listenable.
I thought there were only two piano concertos by chopin but this is basically another one ಠ_ರೃ
@TheodoreServin
3 жыл бұрын
He actually wrote about five or six of them, including this piece, the variations on "La ci darem da mano", the Krakowiak, and the Allegro de Concert, the start to his projected Piano Concerto no. 3 (posthumously orchestrated).
@rubber7506
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheodoreServin oh, I've always listened to the piano solo of "là ci darem la mano" so I didn't remember it was a piano concerto lol. I didn't know the other ones though, thanks!
@fyfyi6053
3 жыл бұрын
@@rubber7506 There is no "Allegro de Concert" like he told you. But there is the grand polonaise brilliant.
@SILAS-cb9xl
2 жыл бұрын
@@fyfyi6053 Chopin‘s Allegro de Concert is Opus 46. So it exists.
@fyfyi6053
2 жыл бұрын
@@SILAS-cb9xl He forgot to tell him about the grand polonaise brilliant. Allegro de concert isn't orchestrated by Chopin.
Wasnt his 2nd Piano concerto his first piano + Orchestra work? I think his 2nd concerto (actually his 1st) was wrtitten before Op. 11 and before Op. 13
@thenameisgsarci
3 жыл бұрын
This is what I found though: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" Op. 2 (composed 1827) Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11 (composed 1830) Grande fantaisie sur des airs polonais Op. 13 (composed 1828-1830) Krakowiak Op. 14 (composed 1828) Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 21 (composed 1829-1830) Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante Op. 22 (composed 1830-1834)
@AiChipo
10 сағат бұрын
This is correct
Who was Chopin's orchestration teacher?
@gianlucapiombo
3 жыл бұрын
Józef Elsner
@niccolopaganini4268
3 жыл бұрын
@Fiendish Feline what why?
Wasn’t Pixis (the dedicatee) also a pianist? Was he a close friend of Chopin?
@thenameisgsarci
3 жыл бұрын
Yes.
지워지지않을 그 연둣빛과도 같은 나, 상감마마 미워요이니라.
3:56
The original orchestration is MUCH better and more imaginative than the one used in this recording. People tend to forget that this was written in the 1820s. Beethoven was literally still alive at the time of Chopin writing this. This is some great orchestration for his time! Besides, half of those "improvements" just consist of moving oboe soli into the clarinet's parts and vice versa without any reason, ridiculous! Nevertheless, great piece.
r/PieceoftheDay featured this piece today, February 1st, 2022.
@thenameisgsarci
2 жыл бұрын
i saw the post, thank yu very much for sharing. ^_^
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@bathtubbarracuda2581
3 жыл бұрын
Stop
@zuzannakujawa4583
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe I'm not a kid
What’s up with this score.. not the music playing for sure