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Chopin-Piano Concerto n.2 quintet version piano plus string quartet

Can anyone help me the parts of the strings?
In the page http://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No ... rederic%29 there seem to be that score, but in the reality it is only the string part for full orchestra part scanned (the melodies of the winds are completely missed, so it is not the transcription). It is tricky because the first page says that it is the trasncription of chopin for piano quintet but it is not!!

Thanks you all very much!!

The title page gives two options for the accompaniment: 1. orchestra or 2. quintet (2 vlns, va, vc and cb). These are parts from the very first edition of the score, published by Breitkopf in April 1836. Such a publisher would not issue something that is not performable. I think it is supposed to work like this.

Combine the string parts here with the piano part published at the same time with the same plate number (5654) and you'll have a performable version of the score. The piano part:

http://imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/6 ... _minor.pdf

has in it all the "missing" wind cues. These are to be played by the pianist, who will have to memorize more than for a full orchestra performance. It is likely that Chopin himself participated in performances of this kind. See page 15 of Chopin, The Piano Concertos by John Rink, Cambridge Music Handbooks, Cambridge University Press 1997.

--Sixtus

PS: I'll add a note to the scores involved that they should be used together.