Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano' from Mozart's Don Giovanni in B flat major, Op 2

composer

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

late 1827-early 1828; published in Vienna in 1830; first performed, by Chopin, in Vienna on 12 August 1829

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Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

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Nikolai Demidenko (piano)

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Nikolai Demidenko (piano)

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Part 1: Introduction: Largo – Poco più mosso

Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord (conductor)

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Part 2: Theme: Allegretto

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Part 3: Variation I: Brillante

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Part 4: Variation II: Veloce ma accuratamente

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Part 5: Variation III

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Part 6: Variation IV

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Part 7: Variation V: Adagio – Alla Polacca

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Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano' from Mozart's Don Giovanni in B flat major, Op 2

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The Là ci darem variations, Op 2 (1827) are a Mozart hommage of particularly imposing gesture, written originally for piano and orchestra and first played in such form at the Kärntnertortheater, Vienna, on 11 August 1829, with the composer himself as soloist, this work has for its basis a well-known tune from Don Giovanni – the first act duet between Zerlina and the Don: ‘There we’ll take hands and you will whisper “Yes”. See, it’s close by; let’s leave this place, my darling.’ Combining grace with strength, poetic declamation with virtuoso bravura, the pageant of its imagination, the vibrancy of its creative flame, is remarkable. Writing in the Leipzig Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung (7 December 1831), the young Schumann was to hail it fancifully and famously: ‘Off with your hats, gentlemen – a genius!’

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