Frédéric Chopin - Fantasy on Polish Airs in A major, Op 13

 

Frédéric Chopin

 

Fantasy on Polish Airs in A major, Op 13

 

 Nelson Goerner, piano
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Frans Brüggen, conductor
Warsaw, February 2010

               

 

Frédéric Chopin wrote six works for piano and orchestra, including two concertos.

The Fantasy on Polish Airs in A major, Op. 13, was the second of his concertante works, written in 1828-30. The piece is also sometimes referred to as "Grande fantaisie" or "Fantaisie brillante".

Chopin himself referred to it as his "Potpourri on Polish themes", and kept it in his repertory for

many years.

Frédéric Chopin dedicated to Pixis his Fantasy on Polish Airs for piano and orchestra, Op. 13 on its publication in 1834.

 

Artur Rubinstein, 1969/ Eugene Ormandy