Chopin - Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1
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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... — More…
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Andsnes is not interested in being different, just in being honest. Yes, there is pain. But only where Chopin writes it. And it is offset by myriad beauties of tone and understanding. A delectable... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Hough stresses the Classical outlook of Chopin's Romanticism, even in a programme encompassing some of his most harmonically advanced music. The opening Barcarolle has rare clarity, and the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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The Complete Chopin Edition
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Yundi Li (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos),...
The quality, both of DG's chosen recordings and the set's general presentation, is just about as good as it gets. To have in one box such wonders as Zimmerman's Ballades, Pollini's Etudes,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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Building a Library, November 2010, First 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 [...],... — More…
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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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Erik Then-Bergh: The complete Electrola & Deutsche Grammophon recordings 1938-1958
Erik Then-Bergh (piano)
Südwestfunk-orchester Baden-Baden, Hans Rosbaud
APR’s fitting centenary tribute will, I hope, raise the profile of this little known pianist. — More…
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Coming soon. Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin
RecommendedEmanuel Ax (piano), Pamela Frank (violin), Yo - Yo Ma (cello)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, March 2023, Also Recommended
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