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Chopin, early years


The IAM publication includes a DVD with a film about the composer, a CD with Chopin's Piano Concerto in F minor Op. 21 performed by Janusz Olejniczak and Sinfonia Varsovia and a trilingual booklet.

The Polish-English-French booklet features the basic information on the life and oeuvre of Chopin, the DVD illustrates the artist's early years before 18.30. The viewers can see Chopin's life against the backdrop of an , the culture of the Polish Kingdom as well as the sources of the artist's inspiration - both recent musical discoveries as well as premieres, the world of manor houses and village players. The DVD features maps of the Polish Kingdom and Europe with itineraries of the composer's numerous trips. The CD gives an exceptional opportunity to listen to the Piano Concerto in F minor while looking at the score in which the piano part was written in hand by the composer himself. In march "Chopin. The Early Years" will be released in Russian, Japanese and Chinese.

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