$29.95$26.95 – Compact disc / Decca / ISBN:0028947821823
Chopin - The Nocturnes, 2 CD Set
ABC Classic FM, CD of the Week, 26th April 2010
Universal Classical Album of the Month, March 2010
TRACK LISTING
CHOPIN CD 1 1. Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 2. Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 3. Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 4. Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 5. Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 6. Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 7. Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 8. Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 9. Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 10. Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2 11. Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1
CD 2 1. Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2 2. Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 3. Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 4. Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 5. Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 6. Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 7. Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 8. Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. posth. 72 No. 1 9. Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, KK IVa/16
In celebration of Chopin Year – 2010 being the 200th birthday of the sui generis Polish genius – Nelson Freire, a Chopin interpreter of unique discernment, records the beloved Nocturnes.
Nelson Freire is an acknowledged master of the keyboard. His recordings for Decca have won numerous awards, including a Gramophone Award, Diapason d’or, Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros, and Choc du Monde de la musique. Freire is a past winner of the Dinu Lipatti Medal, first prize winner of the International Vianna da Motta Competition and was France’s Victoires de la Musique’s “Soloist of the Year” in 2002.
A pianist’s pianist whose playing “sings” with every refinement of the school of bel canto, Nelson Freire is an artist whose profile deserves the attention of a wider classical market. In the opinion of The Dallas Morning News, “Any new Freire recording is virtually self-recommending".
