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Chopin - Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
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Instrumental » Piano Solos » Nocturnes
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This is a highly considered collection of performances, with close attention paid to phrasing, articulation and voicing. Lapwood has successfully delivered an album that cements her status as... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Young Talent of the Year
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the great interpreters of this music never confuse the melancholic with the sentimental. Stephen Hough is even more ‘objective’ than most while bringing pianistic poise to everything and breathing... —
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Gerhardt has a honeyed, liquid tone all his own. He has created a well-contrasted programme that clearly took a long time to research and hone...This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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There is a absolute 'rightness' to his playing. His technical fluency and the lightness with which he moves over the keyboard is a constant source of joy...This is an album to be savoured for... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, Instrumental Choice
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Moonlight Variations
Pablo Ferrández (cello), Julien Quentin (piano), Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Martin Fröst
The question is what makes this album of well-loved cameos especially noteworthy? The answer is that to play these pieces convincingly, you need real artistry, to have a wide palette of colours... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Chamber Choice
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Complices
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello, piano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano, cello), Raphaël Imbert (soloist), Stéphanie-Marie Degand, La Diane française
Queyras and Tharaud clearly enjoy the process as well as the freedom of interpretation and presentation that the encore gives. But there is a niggling feeling here of something missing, and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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For Freire the Nocturnes are tirelessly experimental, an opalescent world of shifting moods and colours...True, there are moments when a once legendary and impeccable technique stiffens [...],... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Piano
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His playing is sensitive and expressive throughout; Beethoven's Rondo a capriccio in G major is, in particular, delivered with precision without sacrificing dramatic flair...this record as a... —
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Feltsman's seriousness and poetic commitment are never in doubt...he is deeply sensitive to the Nocturnes' fluctuations, their quiet despair and sudden violence...this is Chopin with an edge...we... —
