Alain PlanÈs - FrÉdÉric Chopin: Complete Nocturnes

harmonia mundi

£20.77

Format: 2CD
Catalogue No.: HMM90533233
Barcode: 5400863053888
Release Date: 25th June 2021
Genre: Classical

 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.

Tracklisting:
CD1
Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1
Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9 No. 3
Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15 No. 1
Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15 No. 2
Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15 No. 3
Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1
Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2
Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 1
Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 2
Nocturne No. 9 in B Major, Op. 32 No. 1
Nocturne No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 32 No. 2

CD2
Nocturne No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 37 No. 1
Nocturne No. 12 in G Major, Op. 37 No. 2
Nocturne No. 17 in B Major, Op. 62 No. 1
Nocturne No. 18 in E Major, Op. 62 No. 2
Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Nocturne No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 48 No. 2
Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor, Op. posth.
Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. posth. 72 No. 1
Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.