Tyler Hay, Vincenzo Maltempo, François Dumont, Bart Van Oort, Chiara Cipelli, Duo Pianistico di Firenze, Yuan Sheng, Bart Van Oort - Nocturnes for Piano (2025)

Tracklist

01. Nocturne No. 1 in E-Flat Major, H 24
02. Nocturne No. 2 in C Minor, H 25
03. Nocturne No. 3 in A-Flat Major, H 26
04. Nocturne No. 4 in A Major, H 36
05. Nocturne No. 5 in B-Flat Major, H 37
06. Nocturne No. 6 in F Major, H 40
07. Nocturne No. 7 in C Major, H 45
08. Nocturne No. 8 in A Major, H 14E
09. Nocturne No. 9 in E-Flat Major, H 30A
10. Nocturne No. 10 in E Minor, H 46
11. Nocturne No. 11 in E-Flat Major, H 56
12. Nocturne No. 12 in G Major, H 58D
13. Nocturne No. 13 in D Minor, H 59
14. Nocturne No. 14 in C Major, H 60
15. Nocturne No. 15 in C Major, H 61
16. Nocturne No. 16 in F Major, H 62
17. Nocturne No. 17 in E Major, H 54
18. Nocturne No. 18 Midi in E Major, H 13K
19. Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1
20. Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
21. Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9 No. 3
22. Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15 No. 1
23. Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15 No. 2
24. Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15 No. 3
25. Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 1
26. Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 2
27. Nocturne No. 9 in B Major, Op. 32 No. 1
28. Nocturne No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 32 No. 2
29. Nocturne No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 37 No. 1
30. Nocturne No. 12 in G Major, Op. 37 No. 2
31. Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48 No. 1
32. Nocturne No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 48 No. 2
33. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1
34. Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2
35. Nocturne No. 17 in B Major, Op. 62 No. 1
36. Nocturne No. 18 in E Major, Op. 62 No. 2
37. Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (Posthumous)
38. Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posthumous
39. Nocturne C Minor (1837, pub 1938)
40. Nocturne No. 1 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 33 No. 1
41. Nocturne No. 2 in B Major, Op. 33 No. 2
42. Nocturne No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 3
43. Nocturne No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 36
44. Nocturne No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 37
45. Nocturne No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 63
46. Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 74
47. Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 84 No. 8
48. Nocturne No. 9 in B Minor, Op. 97
49. Nocturne No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 99
50. Nocturne No. 11 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 104 No. 1
51. Nocturne No. 12 in E Minor, Op. 107
52. Nocturne No. 13 in B Minor, Op. 119
53. Nocturne in F Minor, la Séparation
54. Nocturne in E-Flat Major
55. Nocturne in B Minor, Op. 8 No. 2
56. Nocturne in G-Flat Major, Op. 28 No. 1
57. Nocturne in G Major, Op. 69 No. 2
58. Nocturne in A-Flat Major, Op. 71 No. 1
59. Nocturne in F Major, Op. 10 No. 1
60. Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 No. 4
61. Nocturne in A-Flat Major, WoO 3
62. Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 5 No. 1
63. Nocturne in A Major, Op. 5 No. 2
64. Nocturne in D-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
65. Nocturne in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 6 No. 2
66. Nocturne in A-Flat Major, Op. 12
67. Nocturne in D-Flat Major, Op. 37
68. Nocturne in F-Sharp Minor No. 3
69. Nocturne No. 1, Op. 22
70. Nocturne in D-Flat Major, L. 82
71. Nocturne No. 3, Op. 35
72. Notturno alla italiana
73. Au clair de lune, IRH 5: V. Tristesse nocturne, l'oiseau de nuit
74. Le rossignol éperdu, IRH 84, Pt. 2 Orient: XXXIV. Rêverie nocturne sur le bosphore
75. 8 Nocturnes, FP 56: I. Sans Traîner
76. 8 Nocturnes, FP 56: II. Très animé. Bal des jeunes Filles
77. 8 Nocturnes, FP 56: III. Modéré mais sans lenteur. Les cloches de Malines
78. 8 Nocturnes, FP 56: IV. Lent, très las et piano. Bal Fantôme
79. 8 Nocturnes, FP 56: V. Presto misterioso. Phalènes
80. 8 Nocturnes, FP 56: VI. Très calme mais sans Traîner
81. 8 Nocturnes, FP 56: VII. Assez Allant
82. 8 Nocturnes, FP 56: VIII. Très modéré. Pour servir de coda au Cycle
83. 5 Nocturnes: No. 1, Doux et calme
84. 5 Nocturnes: No. 2, Simplement
85. 5 Nocturnes: No. 3, Un peu mouvementé
86. 5 Nocturnes: No. 4
87. 5 Nocturnes: No. 5
88. Trois Esquisses, Op. 7: II. Nocturne
89. Partita pour Piano: II. Notturno. Andantino
90. 3 Nocturnes: I. Nocturne in F-Sharp Minor, Andante Cantabile
91. 3 Nocturnes: II. Nocturne in F Major, Andante maestoso — Allegro Assai
92. 3 Nocturnes: III. Nocturne in C Minor, Andante
93. Three Characteristic Pieces, Op. 9: II. Nocturne sur l'eau (Moderato)
94. Six Characteristic Pieces, Op. 50: I. Nocturne (Moderato assai)
95. Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor
96. Nocturne No. 2 in B Minor
97. Nocturne No. 3 in D Minor
98. Petite Suite: VII. Nocturne. Andantino
99. Nocturne, Op. 54 No. 4
100. 2 Nocturnes: I. Sehr Ruhig
101. 2 Nocturnes: II. Leicht Bewegt
102. Suite No. 3, Op. 18: VII. Carillon nocturne
103. Nocturne in G Minor, H.337
104. Nocturne Napolitano in B Minor
105. Soirées Musicales, Op. 6: II. Notturno
106. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia
107. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande
108. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente
109. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande
110. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca
111. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo
112. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue
113. 2 Notturni, Op. 70: No. 1 in G-Flat Major. Moderato
114. 2 Notturni, Op. 70: No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor. Andantino
115. Notturno, Op. 93 in A-Flat Major: I. Andantino
116. Nocturne, Op. 107
117. Fantasy Pieces, Op. 6: II. Notturno
118. Notturno, Op. 22
119. Sei pezzi, P. 044: III. Notturno
120. 3 Morceaux, Op. 24: I. Nocturne
121. 7 Morceaux de salon, Op. 10: I. Nocturne
122. En rêve, S. 207
123. Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major
124. Années de pèlerinage Book I, S. 160: IX. Les cloches de Genève
125. Nocturnes, Op. 57: Nocturne No. 2 in B Minor
126. Nocturnes, Op. 57: Nocturne No. 3 in F-Sharp Major
127. Two Pieces for the Left Hand, Op. 142: I. Notturno
128. Nocturne alla Field in B-Flat Major, Op. 52
129. Nocturne, Op. 121: No. 1 in A-Flat Major Les soupirs de la harpe eolienne
130. Nocturne, Op. 121: No. 2 in F Major (A trois mains)
131. Soireés musicales, Op. 6: No. 2, Nocturne in F Major
132. Les cloches du monestère, Op. 54: Nocturne in D-Flat Major
133. Première pensée: Nocturne in D-Flat Major, Op. 1
134. Nocturne in B Major, Op. 22
135. Notturnino innamorato in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 63 No. 43
136. Nocturne in E-Flat Major (2)
137. La Murmure. Nocturne in A-Flat Major
138. Nocturne, Op. 21: No. 1 in G Minor
139. Nocturne, Op. 21: No. 2 in E-Flat Major
140. Nocturne, Op. 24: No. 1 in F Minor
141. Nocturne, Op. 24: No. 2 in D-Flat Major

The largest collection of piano nocturnes on CD, celebrating the art of the romantic piano song without words. Over a century of repertoire in all modern recordings, plus a new booklet essay exploring the history and context of the nocturne.
Composers of the 18th century such as Haydn and Mozart wrote notturnos as serenades to be sung and played at night time, both on an operatic stage and as independent pieces for entertainment. The early 19th century saw a rapid evolution in the technological, the cultural and the musical development of the piano – as an instrument of longer sustaining power and greater volume than before, offering a broader palette of tone-colours, presenting composers with the potential to write quasi-orchestrally for a single instrument, as Baroque composers had done for the organ.
At the same time, musical forms were becoming looser, more shaped by extra-musical inspirations in literature, poetry and the natural world. The Irish composer John Field was the first to publish nocturnes for the solo piano as standalone works, rather than as poetic interludes within larger pieces such as suites or sonatas. Having inherited the form from Field, Frederic Chopin then raised the nocturne to new heights of inward expression.
As much as the salon became a place for pianistic display of technique, it also became a space for quiet soliloquy through the course of the 19th century, accessible to the rapidly expanding bourgeoisie with access to an instrument at home and to the education required to play it. Thus publishers commissioned nocturnes from both greater and lesser composers to satisfy an ever-growing market. The nocturnes in this box cover all the great names of Romantic-era piano writing, and many lesser-known ones too. Many of the performances are played on instruments of the period, enabling listeners to immerse themselves into a 19th-century world of softer and more gentle colours and expression.
This new box also features an essay by Peter Quantrill outlining the history of the nocturne and its lasting hold upon our affections and imaginations.

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