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Tyler Hay * Nocturnes For Pno [New CD]

Tyler Hay * Nocturnes For Pno [New CD]

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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 it's lasting hold upon our affections and imaginations.

Tracklist:

  1. Nocturne No. 1 in E-flat H 24
  2. Nocturne No. 2 in C minor H 25
  3. Nocturne No. 3 in A-flat H 26
  4. Nocturne No. 4 in A H 36
  5. Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat H 37
  6. Nocturne No. 6 in F H 40
  7. Nocturne No. 7 in C H 45
  8. Nocturne No. 8 in A H 14E
  9. Nocturne No. 9 in E-flat H 30A
  10. Nocturne No. 10 in E H 46
  11. Nocturne No. 11 in E-flat H 56
  12. Nocturne No. 12 in G H 58D
  13. Nocturne No. 13 in D minor H 59
  14. Nocturne No. 14 in C H 60
  15. Nocturne No. 15 in C H 61
  16. Nocturne No. 16 in F H 62
  17. Nocturne No. 17 in E H 54
  18. Nocturne No. 18 "Midi" in E H 13K
  19. Nocturne No. 1 in B-flat minor Op. 9 No. 1
  20. Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat Op. 9 No. 2
  21. Nocturne No. 3 in B Op. 9 No. 3
  22. Nocturne No. 4 in F Op. 15 No. 1
  23. Nocturne No. 5 in F-sharp 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 Op. 27 No. 2
  27. Nocturne No. 9 in B Op. 32 No. 1
  28. Nocturne No. 10 in A-flat Op. 32 No. 2
  29. Nocturne No. 11 in G minor Op. 37 No. 1
  30. Nocturne No. 12 in G 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 Op. 55 No. 2
  35. Nocturne No. 17 in B Op. 62 No. 1
  36. Nocturne No. 18 in E 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 in C minor
  40. Nocturne No. 1 in E-flat minor Op. 33 No. 1
  41. Nocturne No. 2 in B Op. 33 No. 2
  42. Nocturne No. 3 in A-flat Op. 33 No. 3
  43. Nocturne No. 4 in E-flat Op. 36
  44. Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat Op. 37
  45. Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat Op. 63
  46. Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp minor Op. 74
  47. Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat 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
  55. Nocturne in B minor Op. 8 No. 2
  56. Deux Morceaux, Op. 28/1 Nocturne in G-flat
  57. Cinq Morceaux, Op. 69/2 Nocturne in G
  58. Trois Morceaux, Op. 71/1 Nocturne in A-flat
  59. Deux Morceaux, Op. 10~No. 1 Nocturne in F
  60. Six Morceaux, Op. 19/4 Nocturne in C-sharp minor
  61. Nocturne in A-flat WoO 3
  62. Nocturne in F minor Op. 5 No. 1
  63. Nocturne in A Op. 5 No. 2
  64. Nocturne in D-flat Op. 9 No. 2 for the left hand
  65. Quatre Morceaux, Op. 6/2 Nocturne in F-sharp minor
  66. Nocturne in A-flat Op. 12
  67. Nocturne in D-flat Op. 37
  68. Nocturne in F-sharp minor
  69. Nocturne No. 1 Op. 22
  70. Nocturne
  71. Nocturne Op. 35 No. 3
  72. Notturno alla italiana
  73. Au clair de la lune, for piano~Tristesse nocturne, l'oiseau de nuit
  74. Orient, suite for piano (Le rossignol éperdu)~Rêverie nocturne sur le Bosphore
  75. Huit Nocturnes FP 56~I. Sans traîner
  76. Huit Nocturnes FP 56~II. Très animé "Bal des jeunes filles"
  77. Huit Nocturnes FP 56~III. Modéré mais sans lenteur "Les cloches de Malines"
  78. Huit Nocturnes FP 56~IV. Lent, très las et piano "Bal fantôme"
  79. Huit Nocturnes FP 56~V. Presto misterioso "Phalènes"
  80. Huit Nocturnes FP 56~VI. Très calme mais sans traîner
  81. Huit Nocturnes FP 56~VII. Assez allant
  82. Huit Nocturnes FP 56~VIII. Très modéré "Pour servir de coda au cycle"
  83. Nocturnes~Doux et calme
  84. Nocturnes~Simplement
  85. Nocturnes~Un peu mouvementé
  86. Nocturnes~No. 4
  87. Nocturnes~No. 5
  88. Trois Esquisses Op. 7~II. Nocturne
  89. Partita pour piano~Notturno (Andantino)
  90. Nocturnes (3)~Nocturne in F
  91. Nocturnes (3)~Nocturne in F-sharp minor
  92. Nocturnes (3)~Nocturne in C minor
  93. 3 Characteristic Pieces Op. 9~Nocturne sur l'eau (Moderato)
  94. Six Characteristic Pieces Op. 50~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. Nocturnes (2)~Sehr ruhig
  101. Nocturnes (2)~Leicht bewegt
  102. Suite 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. Nocturnes Op. 20~No. 1 in B minor
  107. Nocturnes Op. 20~No. 2 in G
  108. Nocturnes Op. 20~No. 3 in C minor
  109. Nocturne in B "Per l'album di Bellini"
  110. Nocturne in D-flat Op. 31
  111. Nocturne in E Op. 33
  112. Nocturne in G
  113. 2 Notturni Op. 70~No. 1 in G flat. Moderato
  114. 2 Notturni Op. 70~No. 2 in F sharp minor. Andantino
  115. Notturno in A-flat Op. 93 - Andantino ^1
  116. Nocturne Op. 107 ^1
  117. Fantasy Pieces Op. 6 Notturno ^1
  118. Notturno Op. 22 ^1
  119. Sei pezzi P044~III. Notturno ^1
  120. Trois Morceaux Op. 24~Nocturne (Diana) ^1
  121. Morceaux de salon Op. 10~Nocturne ^1
  122. En rêve, nocturne ^1
  123. Nocturne No. 3 - Liebestraum in A flat ^1
  124. cloches de Genève (Nocturne) ^1
  125. Nocturnes Nos. 2 ; 3 Op. 57~No. 2 in B minor ^1
  126. Nocturnes Nos. 2 ; 3 Op. 57~No. 3 in F sharp ^1
  127. Two pieces for the left hand Dve skladby pro klavír levou rukou Op. 142~I. Notturno ^1
  128. Nocturne Alla Field in B flat ^1
  129. Soupirs de la Harpe Eolienne Nocturne in A-flat Op. 121 No. 1 ^1
  130. Nocturnes (2) for piano, Op. 121~Nocturne in F No. 2 (A trois mains) ^1
  131. Soireés Musicales, Op. 6~No. 2 Nocturne in F ^1
  132. Pièces de Fantasie (24), Book 3, for organ, Op. 54 ~Les Cloches du Monestère Nocturne in D-flat ^1
  133. Première Pensée Nocturne in D-flat Op. 1 ^1
  134. Nocturne in B Op. 22 ^1
  135. Notturnino innamorato in F-sharp minor Op. 63 No. 43 ^1
  136. Nocturne in E-flat ^1
  137. Murmure Nocturne in A-flat ^1
  138. Nocturne in G minor Op. 21 No. 1 ^1
  139. Nocturne in E-flat Op. 21 No. 2 ^1
  140. Nocturne in F minor Op. 24 No. 1 ^1
  141. Nocturne in D-flat Op. 24 No. 2 ^1
  142. Pozegnanie Nocturne in G minor

UPC: 5028421974804
Label: Brilliant Classics
Release Date: 1.9.26
Format: CD