The Nocturnes

Album by Fryderyk Chopin & Elisabeth Leonskaja

The Nocturnes are a set of solo piano pieces by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, composed and published between 1827 and 1846. They are characterised by lyrical melodies, intimate piano textures, nuanced rubato and chromatic harmony, and they represent a defining strand of Chopin's mature style that helped shape the nocturne as a Romantic piano genre.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Nocturne, op. 9 no. 1 in B-flat minor: Larghetto
    6:39
  2. 2.
    Nocturne, op. 9 no. 2 in E-flat major: Andante
    5:10
  3. 3.
    Nocturne, op. 9 no. 3 in B major: Allegretto
    7:22
  4. 4.
    Nocturne, op. 15 no. 1 in F major: Andante cantabile
    5:10
  5. 5.
    Nocturne, op. 15 no. 2 in F-sharp major: Larghetto
    4:10
  6. 6.
    Nocturne, op. 15 no. 3 in G minor: Lento
    5:12
  7. 7.
    Nocturne, op. 27 no. 1 in C-sharp minor: Larghetto
    5:40
  8. 8.
    Nocturne, op. 27 no. 2 in D-flat major: Lento sostenuto
    6:06
  9. 9.
    Nocturne, op. 32 no. 1 in B major: Andante sostenuto
    5:40
  10. 10.
    Nocturne, op. 32 no. 2 in A-flat major: Lento
    6:50
  11. 11.
    Nocturne, op. 37 no. 1 in G minor: Andante sostenuto
    8:06

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Nocturne, op. 37 no. 2 in G major: Andantino
    7:24
  2. 3.
    Nocturne, op. 48 no. 1 in C minor: Lento
    6:49
  3. 4.
    Nocturne, op. 48 no. 2 in F-sharp minor: Andantino
    7:36
  4. 5.
    Nocturne, op. 55 no. 1 in F minor: Andante
    5:32
  5. 6.
    Nocturne, op. 55 no. 2 in E-flat major: Andantino
    6:33
  6. 7.
    Nocturne, op. 62 no. 1 in B major: Andante
    7:55
  7. 8.
    Nocturne, op. 62 no. 2 in E major: Lento
    6:48
  8. 9.
    Nocturne, op. 72 no. 1 in E minor: Andante
    4:36
  9. 10.
    Nocturne in C-sharp minor: Lento con grand espressione
    4:14
  10. 11.
    Nocturne in C minor
    3:39

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