Nocturnes

Album by Fryderyk Chopin & Masako Ezaki

Nocturnes is a set of piano compositions by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, written and published in various years between 1827 and 1846. These Romantic-era pieces develop the nocturne genre through expressive, lyrical melodies, chromatic harmony, intricate ornamentation and nuanced use of rubato, and they constitute a major element of Chopin's contribution to the nineteenth-century solo piano repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Nocturnes: No. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 9 no. 1
    6:26
  2. 2.
    Nocturnes: No. 2 in E-flat major, op. 9 no. 2
    4:32
  3. 3.
    Nocturnes: No. 3 in B major, op. 9 no. 3
    6:26
  4. 4.
    Nocturnes: No. 4 in F major, op. 15 no. 1
    4:38
  5. 5.
    Nocturnes: No. 5 in F-sharp major, op. 15 no. 2
    3:51
  6. 6.
    Nocturnes: No. 6 in G minor, op. 15 no. 3
    4:55
  7. 7.
    Nocturnes: No. 7 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 1
    5:38
  8. 8.
    Nocturnes: No. 8 in D-flat major, op. 27 no. 2
    5:52
  9. 9.
    Nocturnes: No. 9 in B major, op. 32 no. 1
    5:12
  10. 10.
    Nocturnes: No. 10 in A-flat major, op. 32 no. 2
    5:12

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Nocturnes: No. 11 in G minor, op. 37 no. 1
    6:51
  2. 3.
    Nocturnes: No. 12 in G major, op. 37 no. 2
    5:46
  3. 4.
    Nocturnes: No. 13 in C minor, op. 48 no. 1
    6:20
  4. 5.
    Nocturnes: No. 14 in F-sharp minor, op. 48 no. 2
    7:49
  5. 6.
    Nocturnes: No. 15 in F minor, op. 55 no. 1
    5:01
  6. 7.
    Nocturnes: No. 16 in E-flat major, op. 55 no. 2
    5:25
  7. 8.
    Nocturnes: No. 17 in B major, op. 62 no. 1
    7:47
  8. 9.
    Nocturnes: No. 18 in E major, op. 62 no. 2
    6:17
  9. 10.
    Nocturnes: No. 19 in E minor, op. 72 no. 1
    4:45
  10. 11.
    Nocturnes: No. 20 in C-sharp minor, op. posth.
    4:07
  11. 12.
    Nocturnes: No. 21 in C minor, op. posth.
    3:08
  12. 13.
    Nocturnes: No. 2 in E-flat major, op. 9 no. 2
    4:48

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