CONCERTO IN F MINOR OP. 21 FOR 2 PIANOS
COMPOSER: FREDERIC CHOPIN

CHOPIN NATIONAL EDITION VOLUME XXXI
SERIES: PWM
PUBLISHER: PWM EDITION
EDITOR: JAN EKIER

DESCRIPTION:
-CALLED CONCERTO NO. 2, IT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE WHAT IS KNOWN AS CONCERTO NO. 1 (OP. 11). THE PIECE IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN OTHER URTEXT NATIONAL EDITIONS. 00132292 IS THE VERSION FOR ONE PIANO.

-THE NATIONAL EDITION OF THE WORKS OF FRYDERYK CHOPIN

-PUBLISHED BY PWM

-JAN EKIER AND PAWEL KAMINSKI

-THE OBJECTIVE OF THE NATIONAL EDITION IS TO PRESENT CHOPIN`S COMPLETE OUTPUT IN ITS AUTHENTIC FORM, BASED ON THE ENTIRE BODY OF AVAILABLE SOURCES. SOURCES WERE ANALYZED WITH UP-TO-DATE SCIENTIFIC AND MUSICOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY.

-THE NATIONAL EDITION WAS BASED ON SOURCES ORIGINATED FROM THE COMPOSER, MAINLY AUTOGRAPHS, COPIES OF AUTOGRAPHS AND FIRST EDITIONS WITH THE COMPOSER`S CORRECTIONS, AND PUPILS` COPIES WITH CHOPIN`S ANNOTATIONS. IN CASES WHEN ORIGINAL SOURCES WERE LACKING, THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE MATERIALS WERE USED. COLLECTING THE SOURCE MATERIALS WAS A LABORIOUS TASK WHICH TOOK YEARS OF EFFORT.

-THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOURCES, THE LINKS AND DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THEM AS WELL AS THE REASONS FOR PARTICULAR EDITORIAL DECISIONS ARE DISCUSSED IN THE SOURCE COMMENTARY IN EACH VOLUME.

-THE PERFORMANCE COMMENTARY APPENDED TO EACH VOLUME INCLUDES: THE REALIZATION OF ORNAMENTS, COMMENTS ON PEDAL MARKINGS (THE ORIGINAL MARKINGS SOMETIMES ARE INADEQUATE, DUE TO THE DIFFERENCE IN SOUND BETWEEN PIANOS USED IN CHOPIN`S TIMES AND MODERN PIANOS), SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE “HARMONIC LEGATO” (A PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUE OFTEN USED BY CHOPIN AND NOW FORGOTTEN).

-ABOUT THE NATIONAL EDITION

-FULL INTRODUCTION TO THE POLISH NATIONAL EDITION OF THE WORKS OF FRYDERYK CHOPIN