Chopin: Nocturnes - Maria João Pires (1996)

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Chopin: Nocturnes - Maria João Pires (1996)

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"The overriding sensation is one of eavesdropping on a great pianist improvising for her own amusement rather than for her audience, and the effects are quite magical as you luxuriate in the warmth of sound and the apparent spontaneity of the music-making. Whether in the filigree tracery of op. 21, no. 2, the perfectly poised ending of op. 9, no. 2, or the dramatic recitative that breaks in during op. 32, no. 1, Pires draws you into a world where it is all too tempting to linger"

Harriet Smith, 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die

Track List:

CD 1

01 - No. 1 in B flat minor, op. 9 no. 1: Larghetto
02 - No. 2 in E flat major, op. 9 no. 2: Andante
03 - No. 3 in B major, op. 9 no. 3: Allegretto
04 - No. 4 in F major, op. 15 no. 1: Andante cantabile
05 - No. 5 in F sharp major, op. 15 no. 2: Larghetto
06 - No. 6 in G minor, op. 15 no. 3: Lento
07 - No. 7 in C sharp minor, op. 27 no. 1: Larghetto
08 - No. 8 in D flat major, op. 27 no. 2: Lento sostenuto
09 - No. 9 in B major, op. 32 no. 1: Andante sostenuto
10 - No. 10 in A flat major, op. 32 no. 2: Lento

CD 2

01 - No. 11 in G minor, op. 37 no. 1: Andante sostenuto
02 - No. 12 in G major, op. 37 no. 2: Andantino
03 - No. 13 in C minor, op. 48 no. 1: Lento
04 - No. 14 in F sharp minor, op. 48 no. 2: Andantino
05 - No. 15 in F minor, op. 55 no. 1: Andante
06 - No. 16 in E flat major, op. 55 no. 2: Lento sostenuto
07 - No. 17 in B major, op. 62 no. 1: Andante
08 - No. 18 in E major, op. 62 no. 2: Lento
09 - No. 19 in E minor, op. post. 72 no. 1: Andante
10 - No. 20 in C sharp minor, op. post.: Lento con gran espressione
11 - No. 21 in C minor, op. post.