Préludes & Nocturnes

Album by Fryderyk Chopin & Garrick Ohlsson

Préludes & Nocturnes is a compilation of piano works by Frédéric Chopin, composed and first published across the 1830s and 1840s. The collection exemplifies Chopin's Romantic-era piano style, combining concise, technically demanding preludes with lyrical nocturnes that expanded harmonic language and expressive piano technique, and it occupies a central place in his output and in 19th-century piano repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Prélude no. 1 in C major, op. 28: Agitato
    0:50
  2. 2.
    Prélude no. 2 in A minor, op. 28: Lento
    2:46
  3. 3.
    Prélude no. 3 in G major, op. 28: Vivace
    0:52
  4. 4.
    Prélude no. 4 in E minor, op. 28: Largo
    2:02
  5. 5.
    Prélude no. 5 in D major, op. 28: Allegro molto
    0:35
  6. 6.
    Prélude no. 6 in B minor, op. 28: Lento assai
    2:09
  7. 7.
    Prélude no. 7 in A major, op. 28: Andantino
    0:44
  8. 8.
    Prélude no. 8 in F-sharp minor, op. 28: Molto agitato
    1:52
  9. 9.
    Prélude no. 9 in E major, op. 28: Largo
    1:31
  10. 10.
    Prélude no. 10 in C-sharp minor, op. 28: Allegro molto
    0:29
  11. 11.
    Prélude no. 11 in B major, op. 28: Vivace
    0:40
  12. 12.
    Prélude no. 12 in G-sharp minor, op. 28: Presto
    1:04
  13. 13.
    Prélude no. 13 in F-sharp major, op. 28: Lentor
    3:42
  14. 14.
    Prélude no. 14 in E-flat minor, op. 28: Allegro
    0:30
  15. 15.
    Prélude no. 15 in D-flat major, op. 28: Sostenuto
    5:01
  16. 16.
    Prélude no. 16 in B-flat minor, op. 28: Presto con fuoco
    1:08
  17. 17.
    Prélude no. 17 in A-flat major, op. 28: Allegretto
    3:18
  18. 18.
    Prélude no. 18 in F minor, op. 28: Allegro molto
    0:58
  19. 19.
    Prélude no. 19 in E-flat major, op. 28: Vivace
    1:14
  20. 20.
    Prélude no. 20 in C minor, op. 28: Largo
    1:35
  21. 21.
    Prélude no. 21 in B-flat major, op. 28: Cantabile
    1:54
  22. 22.
    Prélude no. 22 in G minor, op. 28: Molto agitato
    0:52
  23. 23.
    Prélude no. 23 in F major, op. 28: Moderato
    1:06
  24. 24.
    Prélude no. 24 in D minor, op. 28: Allegro appassionato
    2:27
  25. 25.
    Prélude in C-sharp minor, op. 45
    5:02
  26. 26.
    Prélude in A-flat major, op. posth.: Presto con leggierezza
    0:52
  27. 27.
    Nocturne no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 9 no. 1
    5:24
  28. 28.
    Nocturne no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 9 no. 2
    4:10
  29. 29.
    Nocturne no. 3 in B major, op. 9 no. 3
    5:44
  30. 30.
    Nocturne no. 4 in F major, op. 15 no. 1
    4:12
  31. 31.
    Nocturne no. 5 in F-sharp major, op. 15 no. 2
    3:37
  32. 32.
    Nocturne no. 6 in G minor, op. 15 no. 3
    3:57
  33. 33.
    Nocturne no. 7 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 1
    4:53

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Nocturne no. 8 in D-flat major, op. 27 no. 2
    4:53
  2. 3.
    Nocturne no. 9 in B major, op. 32 no. 1
    4:41
  3. 4.
    Nocturne no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 32 no. 2
    4:46
  4. 5.
    Nocturne no. 11 in G minor, op. 37 no. 1
    5:59
  5. 6.
    Nocturne no. 12 in G major, op. 37 no. 2
    6:23
  6. 7.
    Nocturne no. 13 in C minor, op. 48 no. 1
    5:50
  7. 8.
    Nocturne no. 14 in F-sharp minor, op. 48 no. 1
    7:29
  8. 9.
    Nocturne no. 15 in F minor, op. 55 no. 1
    4:54
  9. 10.
    Nocturne no. 16 in E-flat major, op. 55 no. 2
    4:53
  10. 11.
    Nocturne no. 17 in B major, op. 62 no. 1
    7:56
  11. 12.
    Nocturne no. 18 in E major, op. 62 no. 2
    6:14
  12. 13.
    Nocturne no. 19 in E minor, op. 72 no. 1
    4:22
  13. 14.
    Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op. posth.
    3:47
  14. 15.
    Nocturne in C minor, op. posth.
    2:42

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