Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 : Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25: I. Molto allegro con fuoco

About "Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 : Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25: I. Molto allegro con fuoco" by Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn's concerto bursts open with Molto allegro con fuoco—fire and forward motion. The Chicago Symphony renders it as a gilded storm: piano cascades against orchestral brass, the tension between soloist's urgency and ensemble's grandeur crackling like lightning in a ballroom.