Nocturnes

Album by Fryderyk Chopin & Nelson Freire

The Nocturnes are a set of piano compositions by Frédéric Chopin, composed and published in several groups between 1827 and 1846. They exemplify the Romantic-era nocturne through lyrical, song-like melodies, intimate textures, inventive chromatic harmonies and nuanced use of rubato, and occupy a central place in Chopin's output as key developments in the solo piano miniature that helped define nineteenth-century piano repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9/1
    6:15
  2. 2.
    Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2
    4:38
  3. 3.
    Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32/1
    4:30
  4. 4.
    Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. posth. 72/1
    4:39
  5. 5.
    Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth. 72/2
    3:51
  6. 6.
    Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15/1
    4:35
  7. 7.
    Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op.15/2
    4:00
  8. 8.
    Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15/3
    5:17
  9. 9.
    Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/1
    5:43
  10. 10.
    Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27/2
    5:57
  11. 11.
    Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
    11:57

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