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Frederic Chopin: Complete Nocturnes

Alain Planès (piano)

Frederic Chopin: Complete Nocturnes
The 1836 Pleyel piano featured in this set of the Chopin Nocturnes is a thing of beauty, to which I would happily listen in preference to most modern instruments in this repertoire. From a pinging,...

BBC Music Magazine, September 20213 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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Frederic Chopin: Complete Nocturnes

Alain Planès (piano)

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The 1836 Pleyel piano featured in this set of the Chopin Nocturnes is a thing of beauty, to which I would happily listen in preference to most modern instruments in this repertoire. From a pinging,...

BBC Music Magazine, September 20213 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)

More reviews

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His Debussy and Chopin recordings for harmonia mundi already offer ample evidence that Alain Planès is highly adept at selecting a period instrument best suited for the repertoire.

For this complete recording of the Chopin Nocturnes, he has chosen a superb 1836 Pleyel - dating from the same decade during which many of these masterpieces saw the light of day.

With this instrument’s unique colour palette at his fingertips, our poet of the keyboard deftly recreates the delicate magic of these immortal pages in which the composer, fascinated by the art of bel canto, developed a new approach to making the piano sing.

  • Release date: 25th Jun 2021
  • Label: Harmonia Mundi
  • Catalogue number: HMM90533233
  • Length: 1 hour 53 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Chopin: Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1
Work length5:48
Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
Work length4:32
Chopin: Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3
Work length6:50
Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 15: Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15 No. 1
Work length4:51
Chopin: Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2
Work length3:49
Chopin: Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3
Work length4:09
Chopin: Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1
Work length5:36
Chopin: Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2
Work length5:25
Chopin: Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1
Work length5:20
Chopin: Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
Work length6:14
Chopin: Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1
Work length5:02
Chopin: Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2
Work length5:43
Chopin: Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1
Work length6:30
Chopin: Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2
Work length5:50
Chopin: Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1
Work length7:08
Chopin: Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2
Work length6:11
Chopin: Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Work length6:07
Chopin: Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2
Work length7:12
Chopin: Nocturne No. 21 in C minor, BI 108
Work length3:07
Chopin: Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. posth. 72 No. 1
Work length4:13
Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post.
Work length4:20

Awards and reviews

September 2021

The 1836 Pleyel piano featured in this set of the Chopin Nocturnes is a thing of beauty, to which I would happily listen in preference to most modern instruments in this repertoire. From a pinging, harp-like upper register to lightly buzzing low notes, it has clarity and a gentle, dusky tone that Alain Planès exploits to the full.
3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)

8th July 2021

It’s certainly a superb-sounding instrument, with a wonderful balance between the registers, without any hint of hollowness in the treble, and no overpowering snarl from the bass.
3 out of 5 stars
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