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H. Von Karajan - Vienna Philarmoniker
Concerto per Pianoforte e Orchestra No.1
Al Piano: S. Richter
The Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky between November 1874 and February 1875. It was revised in the summer of 1879 and again in December 1888. It is considered one of the most popular of Tchaikovsky's works and among the best known of all piano concerti. The well-known theme of the introductory section to the first movement is based on a melody that Tchaikovsky heard performed by blind beggar-musicians at a market in Kamenka (in the picture)
, near Kiev in Ukraine. This well known passage in the concerto, was notable for a considerable time after its composition on its apparent formal independence from the movement and the concerto as a whole. This sense of independence seemed to be highlighted by being not in the work's nominal key of B flat minor but in the relative major key of D-flat. Despite its very substantial nature, the theme is only heard twice, and never subsequently reappears in the concerto.
I grew up with that 1962(?) recording! I believe, however, that you have the wrong orchestra. Meister VON KARAJAN was conducting the VIENNA PHIL (unless he did another recording with RICHTER I am ignorant of, in which case I would stand corrected).
PhilippeRR1 1 year ago
@PhilippeRR1 Thanks a lot, i'll correct right now!
filopaa1990 1 year ago