His Debussy and Chopin recordings for harmonia mundi already offer ample evidence that Alain Planès is highly adept at selecting a period instrument best suited for the repertoire. For this complete recording of the Chopin Nocturnes, he has chosen a superb 1836 Pleyel – dating from the same decade during which many of these masterpieces saw the light of day. With this instrument’s unique colour palette at his fingertips, our poet of the keyboard deftly recreates the delicate magic of these immortal pages in which the composer, fascinated by the art of bel canto, developed a new approach to making the piano sing.
FREDERIC CHOPIN [1810-1849] · Nocturne No. 1 in B-flat minor / Si bémol mineur / b-Moll Op. 9 No. 1 Larghetto (5'48) · Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat major / Mi bémol majeur / Es-Dur Op. 9 No. 2 Andante (4'32) · Nocturne No. 3 in B major / Si majeur / H-Dur Op. 9 No. 3 Allegretto (6'50) · Nocturne No. 4 in F major / Fa majeur / F-Dur Op. 15 No. 1 Andante cantabile (4'51) · Nocturne No. 5 in F-sharp major / Fa dièse majeur / Fis-Dur Op. 15 No. 2 Larghetto (3'49) · Nocturne No. 6 in G minor / Sol mineur / g-Moll Op. 15 No. 3 Lento (4'09) · Nocturne No. 15 in F minor / Fa mineur / f-Moll Op. 55 No. 1 Andante (5'36) · Nocturne No. 16 in E-flat major / Mi bémol majeur / Es-Dur Op. 55 No. 2 Lento sostenuto (5'25) · Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp minor / Do dièse mineur / cis-Moll Op. 27 No. 1 Larghetto (5'20) · Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major / Ré bémol majeur / Des-Dur Op. 27 No. 2 Lento sostenuto (6'14) · Nocturne No. 9 in B major / Si majeur / H-Dur Op. 32 No. 1 Andante sostenuto (5'02) · Nocturne No. 10 in A-flat major / La bémol majeur / As-Dur Op. 32 No. 2 Lento (5'43)
· Nocturne No. 11 in G minor / Sol mineur / g-Moll Op. 37 No. 1 Andante sostenuto (6'30) · Nocturne No. 12 in G major / Sol majeur / G-Dur Op. 37 No. 2 Andantino (5'50) · Nocturne No. 17 in B major / Si majeur / H-Dur Op. 62 No. 1 Andante (7'08) · Nocturne No. 18 in E major / Mi majeur / E-Dur Op. 62 No. 2 Lento (6'11) · Nocturne No. 13 in C minor / Do mineur / c-Moll Op. 48 No. 1 Lento (6'07) · Nocturne No. 14 in F-sharp minor / Fa dièse mineur / fis-Moll Op. 48 No. 2 Andantino (7'12) · Nocturne No. 21 in C minor / Do mineur / c-Moll Op. posth. Andante sostenuto (3'07) · Nocturne No. 19 in E minor / Mi mineur / e-Moll Op. posth. 72 No. 1 Andante (4'13) · Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor / Do dièse mineur / cis-Moll Op. posth. Lento con gran espressione (4'20)
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