Angela Hewitt - Chopin: Complete Nocturnes & Impromptus [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Angela Hewitt takes a well-deserved break from her mammoth Bach and Couperin surveys to present us with this enthralling set of Chopinu2019s most distinguished piano piecesu2014the complete Nocturnes and Impromptus.rBetween 1830 and 1846 Chopin wrote eighteen Nocturnes that were published more or less in the order in which they were written. By spanning almost his entire creative life, they give us a marvellous opportunity to see not only how his early works were already totally inspired and original, but also how his style and emotional maturity developed through the years.rThe four Impromptus date from 1835 to 1842. The title suggests improvisation; they might very well have been conceived as such initially, but we know that Chopin went through agonies when it came to writing a musical idea down. He would often spend six weeks on a page, only to return to what he had written in the first place. You wouldnu2019t know it listening to these pieces. They are full of vitality and freshness, and carry us along with great fluidity.rHewittu2019s performances are every bit as fresh as one would expect from the pianist hailed as u2018one of the reliably mesmerising musicians of the dayu2019, with u2018the ability to convey a spiritual seriousness that nonetheless does not exclude an utter charmu2019 (The Sunday Times).

Nocturne in C Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.

Nocturne in C minor Op 48 No 1

Nocturne in C minor Op. posth.

Nocturne in F sharp minor Op 48 No 2

Nocturne In B flat minor Op 9 No 1

Nocturne in F minor Op 55 No 1

Nocturne in E flat major Op 9 No 2

Nocturne in E Flat Major, Op. 55, No. 2

Nocturne in B major Op 9 No 3

Nocturne in B major Op 62 No 1

Nocturne in F major Op 15 No 1

Nocturne in E major Op 62 No 2

Nocturne in F sharp major Op 15 No 2

Nocturne in E minor Op 72 No 1

Nocturne in G minor Op 15 No 3

Impromptu No 1 in A flat major Op 29

Nocturne in C Sharp Minor

Impromptu No 2 in F sharp major Op 36

Nocturne in D flat major Op 27 No 2

Impromptu No 3 in G flat major Op 51

Nocturne in B Major

Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor Op 66

Nocturne in a Flat Major, Op. 32, No. 2

Nocturne in G minor Op 37 No 1

Nocturne in G major Op 37 No 2

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