Ivan Moravec - Chopin: Nocturnes - Complete (1991)
BAND/ARTIST: Ivan Moravec
- Title: Chopin: Nocturnes - Complete
- Year Of Release: 1991
- Label: Nonesuch
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:45:05
- Total Size: 337 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Nocturne for Piano No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9/1, CT 109
02. Nocturne for Piano No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9/2, CT 109
03. Nocturne for Piano No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9/3, CT 110
04. Nocturne for Piano No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15/1, CT 111
05. Nocturne for Piano No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15/2, CT 112
06. Nocturne for Piano No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15/3, CT 113
07. Nocturne for Piano No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27/1, CT 114
08. Nocturne for Piano No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27/2, CT 155
09. Nocturne for Piano No. 9 in B Major, Op. 32/1, CT 116
10. Nocturne for Piano No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 32/2, CT 117
11. Nocturne for Piano No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 37/1, CT 118
12. Nocturne for Piano No. 12 in G Major, Op. 37/2, CT 119
13. Nocturne for Piano No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48/1, CT 120
14. Nocturne for Piano No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 48/2, CT 121
15. Nocturne for Piano No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55/1, CT 122
16. Nocturne for Piano No. 16 in B Major, Op. 62/1, CT 124
17. Nocturne for Piano No. 17 in E Major, Op. 62/2, CT 125
18. Nocturne for Piano No. 18 in E Major, Op. 62/2, CT 125
19. Nocturne for Piano E minor, KK IV/b, CT 128
Ivan Moravec was incapable of playing a note, any note, that was anything less than beautiful -- not just superficially beautiful but truly beautiful, bone deep, soul deep, "truth is beauty and beauty truth" beautiful. And when he strings each note, each lustrous pearl of a note, into phrases which sing and sigh and cry, each phrase becomes more beautiful even than each individual note. And when each phrase is joined in bliss with harmony, and then form, and then into a single luminous whole, then each work becomes an act of love and, not incidentally, as perfect a recording of a Chopin Nocturne as we are likely to hear in this world or the next.
Seriously! Try the Opus 27 twins, the C sharp minor and the D flat major. Under Moravec's hands, the C sharp minor starts tenderly, almost tentatively, grows agitated, dances at its climax, collapses into a wonderful cadenza, and resigns itself to the now shattered opening. Listen to the way Moravec phrases the opening, to the way he builds the climax, to the way he measures out the cadenza: no one has ever done it better. Under Moravec's hands, the D flat major calms the troubled waters and brings balm to the weary. Listen to the way Moravec floats the right hand's melody over the gentle swells of the left hand's accompaniment. No one has ever done it better.
This disc is urgently recommended to piano lovers, Chopin lovers, and Romantic lovers in both senses of the word.
01. Nocturne for Piano No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9/1, CT 109
02. Nocturne for Piano No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9/2, CT 109
03. Nocturne for Piano No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9/3, CT 110
04. Nocturne for Piano No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15/1, CT 111
05. Nocturne for Piano No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15/2, CT 112
06. Nocturne for Piano No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15/3, CT 113
07. Nocturne for Piano No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27/1, CT 114
08. Nocturne for Piano No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27/2, CT 155
09. Nocturne for Piano No. 9 in B Major, Op. 32/1, CT 116
10. Nocturne for Piano No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 32/2, CT 117
11. Nocturne for Piano No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 37/1, CT 118
12. Nocturne for Piano No. 12 in G Major, Op. 37/2, CT 119
13. Nocturne for Piano No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48/1, CT 120
14. Nocturne for Piano No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 48/2, CT 121
15. Nocturne for Piano No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55/1, CT 122
16. Nocturne for Piano No. 16 in B Major, Op. 62/1, CT 124
17. Nocturne for Piano No. 17 in E Major, Op. 62/2, CT 125
18. Nocturne for Piano No. 18 in E Major, Op. 62/2, CT 125
19. Nocturne for Piano E minor, KK IV/b, CT 128
Ivan Moravec was incapable of playing a note, any note, that was anything less than beautiful -- not just superficially beautiful but truly beautiful, bone deep, soul deep, "truth is beauty and beauty truth" beautiful. And when he strings each note, each lustrous pearl of a note, into phrases which sing and sigh and cry, each phrase becomes more beautiful even than each individual note. And when each phrase is joined in bliss with harmony, and then form, and then into a single luminous whole, then each work becomes an act of love and, not incidentally, as perfect a recording of a Chopin Nocturne as we are likely to hear in this world or the next.
Seriously! Try the Opus 27 twins, the C sharp minor and the D flat major. Under Moravec's hands, the C sharp minor starts tenderly, almost tentatively, grows agitated, dances at its climax, collapses into a wonderful cadenza, and resigns itself to the now shattered opening. Listen to the way Moravec phrases the opening, to the way he builds the climax, to the way he measures out the cadenza: no one has ever done it better. Under Moravec's hands, the D flat major calms the troubled waters and brings balm to the weary. Listen to the way Moravec floats the right hand's melody over the gentle swells of the left hand's accompaniment. No one has ever done it better.
This disc is urgently recommended to piano lovers, Chopin lovers, and Romantic lovers in both senses of the word.
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