Chopin: The Nocturnes

by Nelson Freire

Chopin: The Nocturnes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 March 2010
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 1:47:22
  • Community rating: 4.25/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Across two discs Freire performs all twenty of Chopin's nocturnes, the nineteen published works plus the posthumous C-sharp minor piece. Recorded at The Friary in Liverpool with producer Dominic Fyfe, the set was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, delicate, reflective, dreamy, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 (5:34)
  2. Nocturne No. 2 in E flat, Op. 9 No. 2 (4:19)
  3. Nocturne No. 3 in B, Op. 9 No. 3 (5:44)
  4. Nocturne No. 4 in F, Op. 15 No. 1 (4:09)
  5. Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp, Op. 15 No. 2 (3:58)
  6. Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 (5:10)
  7. Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 (5:22)
  8. Nocturne No. 8 in D flat, Op. 27 No. 2 (5:17)
  9. Nocturne No. 9 in B, Op. 32 No. 1 (4:14)
  10. Nocturne No. 10 in A flat, Op. 32 No. 2 (4:45)
  11. Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 (6:21)
  12. Nocturne No. 12 in G, Op. 37 No. 2 (5:57)
  13. Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 (5:23)
  14. Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 (6:46)
  15. Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 (4:42)
  16. Nocturne No. 16 in E flat, Op. 55 No. 2 (4:27)
  17. Nocturne No. 17 in B, Op. 62 No. 1 (6:17)
  18. Nocturne No. 18 in E, Op. 62 No. 2 (5:36)
  19. Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (4:35)
  20. Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth. (3:34)
  21. 24 Pr茅ludes, Op. 28: 15. in D flat major ("Raindrop") (5:02)

Credits

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - primary artist, composed by
  • Nelson Freire - primary artist, piano
  • Mark Pappenheim - booklet editor
  • Michael Walters - art direction
  • Joanne Baines - coordinator [production]
  • Philip Sidney - engineer [balance]
  • Niall O'Rourke - executive-producer
  • Jeremy Siepmann - liner notes
  • Mat Hannek - photography by
  • Dominic Fyfe - producer

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