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This is not an arrangement made by Chopin. It can‘t be found anywhere in his piano works. So who made this arrangement?

The scene: Druid High Priestess Norma, Athamé knife in hand, is cutting the sacred Mistletoe from the grest oak tree, and leads the congregation (the chorus!) in devotions to the Casta Diva, the Chaste goddess, the full moon. Listening to Lilli Lehmann, Maria Callas, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, all available on RUclips as well, gives an idea of how differently yet equally beautiful each one interprets this Aria! Chopin loved the voice and believed in phrasing as a singer phrases. FUN FACT: this transcription by Chopin was dedicated to Pauline Viardot, daughter of Manuel Garcia I, sister of Maria Malibran and Manuel Garcia II. Beverly Sills had a direct connection, as follows: *Beverly Sills' Musical "Geneaology"* *Manuel Garcia I* taught his three children, Maria Malibran, Pauline Viardot, and *Manuel Garcia II.* how to sing. *Manuel Garcia II* invented the Laryngoscope; he authored books of vocal exercises, and taught *Mathilde Marchesi, née Graumann,* who worked as his assistant in vocal pedegogy. *Mathilde Marchesi* taught Emma Calvé, Emma Eames, Dame Nellie Melba, and *Estelle Liebling.* *Estelle Liebling* taught, among many others, *Beverly Sills.* For Beverly Sills' entire career, Estelle Liebling was Beverly Sills' only teacher, from the time Ms Sills was 7 years old until Ms Liebling passed away in 1970. AN UNBROKEN CHAIN FROM THE TRUE GOLDEN AGE OF BEL CANTO!

Lyrical, laconic, lovely style was a great influence on Bunny, and through him to Miles.

Thank you!

there´s a A# in the melody that´s actually important, where you instead play A both times... other than that it was beautiful

I never knew until last night that there was a piano transcription of my favorite aria. (Monserrat Cabelle outdoor performance is amazing.) Yunchan Lim playing this piece alone would have been worth attending the concert. His encores were my favorite of the spectacular evening.

Heard this last night at CH as well. Alone was worth the performance.

Beautiful! Though I'm a great admirer of Chopin's ouvre I had never heard this before. Thanks for sharing it.

Yunchan Lim 앵콜곡듣고 찾아 헤매이다 발견했어요 여전히 감동스럽습니다.

Could I ask you to share the sheet music?

Lim Yoon Chan made me come here. He played this as a Encore on 2024.1.25 and 26 , in Seoul Art Center and Lotte Concert Hall , SEOUL. Thank you for sharing.

윤찬림 어제 콘서트에서 듣고, 다시 듣고싶어서 찾아왔어요. 마리아칼라스님의 노래로 듣는것과 또다른 느낌이네요. 아름다운 피아노연주 올려주셔서 감사합니다🥰

윤찬림 어제오늘 콘서트 앵콜 듣고 찾아왔어요~ 이런 명곡이 있다니... 덕분에 지구의 음악을 여행합니다

♡

D#’s?

ΑΡΙΣΤΟΥΡΓΗΜΑ , ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΩ ΚΥΡΙΕ PEDRO

OMG!! A sharp in bar 17, please!! (WTF!)

Grande !

really good performance! surprised to run across this randomly. wish you had better recording equipment it sounded excellent

I know many people say "one of the best" on all concertos but this, surely deserves it

Banal themes, no great timing. Trying too hard to sound magnificant, but turning out hokey and pretencious. It doesn't go anywhere.It deserves to be obscure.

34:41 Most quitetest timpani in the history of mankind.

I cannot explain this, but the trombone line at 33:44 is sooo nostalgic ...

this concerto is a gift to my ears

Paralysis by analysis.

16:58 heart wrenching (especially 17:25)

3:15, 4:56, 7:26, 8:42, 19:28, 32:44

Thumbs down because of the Bar 17 and 34 A natural note. Totally ruins the atmosphere of Bellini’s and Chopin’s piece.

Bravo bravo bravo super wow brilliance fantastic grandiose music concerto

I could fall asleep to this. So peaceful!

Wiklund is WAAAAAAAAAAAy to underrated

je viens de le découvrir; c'est magnifique!

33:40 wow this melody line is awesome!

One of my favorite pieces.

As accordionist, i love this concerto. I can't understand the comments of the people that criticize this work. They must listen this work a lot of time.

Divine!

Per la Signora Clizia Gallarotti.

Thanks for the upload. Although the first few minutes are captivating and one might get fooled into believing it will continue in the same way, the longer I tried to listen on, the more I kept thinking to myself : "dear me, why didn't this guy leave composing alone and left it to Grieg, Saint- Säens, Massenet, Gounod Rach and friends who he keeps borrowing from at each bar?" Fast forwarding did help a bit, the pomp & circumstance of the finale are great for Hollywood but as a stand alone concerto this doesn't do anything for me, - too much haywire, erring, directionless soul searching up and down. Get me back to real classical music with logical structures.

🌹🌹🌹🌹

Beautifully ,beautifully and very soft . 🌸🌸🌸💙

Does anyone know where the sheet music to this might be obtained?

whoa, this is really beautiful

Que coisa mais rica, mais divina!!! Um presente sublime nessa vida!

It sounds so peaceful. Like a prayer - which is basically what the song is anyway.

This splendor of words can not attach it

Great work! Good transcription of a very considerable artist.

So soothing I became a cloud.

I start to discovered this Concerto, two month ago. Only today I can feel the beouty of the first mvt. I hope Adolf Wiklund can be more famous, beacouse this work is a lot of.

Genial Pedro, la escucho todas las mañanas a la hora de regar mis plantitas

Si chopin tuviera un cabaret.