To mark the 150th anniversary of Chopin's death, Stephanie Hughes presents the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra's annual Europa Concert, recorded in Poland earlier this year in the Church of Our Lady, Krakow.
The centrepiece of the evening is a rendition of Chopin's Piano Concerto No 2, conducted by Bernard Haitink with pianist Emanuel Ax. Soprano Christine Schafer sings Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate and Et Incarnatus Est from the Mass in C minor. The concert concludes with Schumann's Spring Symphony.
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