Chopin - Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2
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Instrumental » Piano Solos » Nocturnes
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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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This is a rich and illuminating find. From the outset you sense Janina Fialkowska's innate, developmental grasp of drama - of the connection between phrases and their dynamic character. Then... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Instrumental Award Winner
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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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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... —
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Perhaps not the most multi-faceted Chopin playing , with too much emphasis on approaching the composer back through a Romantic lens rather than forward through a Classical one, but a characteristically... —
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Fliter differs from most by devising a running order full of intriguing juxtapositions, as did Earl Wild. Such programming savvy makes sense if you plan on listening to all of the Nocturnes... —
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A very welcome reissue indeed. Eloquent, unfailingly beautiful in tone and blessedly free of mannerism, Livia Rev combines in almost perfect balance the simplicity of utterance required of all... —
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Building a Library, April 2002, First Choice
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A reliable set of recordings of works written towards the end of Chopin’s life, organised in chronological order. Good recorded sound, with luminous top lines. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th January 2019
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