Stephen Hough - Chopin: Nocturnes (CD)

Pianist Stephen Hough brilliantly characterizes Chopin's Nocturnes as "some of the finest operatic arias ever written." That statement holds the key to his intensely lyrical interpretations of these most perfect of bel canto masterworks.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Chopin: Nocturne in B Flat minor Op.9 No.1
2. Chopin: Nocturne in E Flat Major Op.9 No.2
3. Chopin: Nocturne in B Major Op.9 No.3
4. Chopin: Nocturne in F Major Op.15 No.1
5. Chopin: Nocturne in F Sharp Major Op.15 No.2
6. Chopin: Nocturne in G minor Op.15 No.3
7. Chopin: Nocturne in C Sharp minor Op.27 No.1
8. Chopin: Nocturne in D Flat Major Op.27 No.2
9. Chopin: Nocturne in B Major Op.32 No.1
10. Chopin: Nocturne in a Flat Major Op.32 No.2
11. Chopin: Nocturne in G minor Op.37 No.1
12. Chopin: Nocturne in G Major Op.37 No.2

Disc: 2

1. Chopin: Nocturne in C minor Op.48 No.1
2. Chopin: Nocturne in F Sharp minor Op.48 No.2
3. Chopin: Nocturne in F minor Op.55 No.1
4. Chopin: Nocturne in E Flat Major Op.55 No.2
5. Chopin: Nocturne in B Major Op.62 No.1
6. Chopin: Nocturne in E Major Op.62 No.2
7. Chopin: Lento Con Gran Espressione in C Sharp minor 'Nocturne', Kkiva/16
8. Chopin: Nocturne in E minor Op.72 No.1
9. Chopin: Nocturne in C minor Kkivb/8
10. Anonymous: Larghetto in C Sharp minor 'Nocturne Oublié', Kkanh. Ia/6
11. Chopin: Nocturne in E Flat Major Op.9 No.2B