Sarah Walker presents all of Chopin's Nocturnes in the order he composed them, performed by famous Chopin pianists from the early 20th century to the present day. With insights in conversation from pianists including Garrick Ohlsson and Llyr Williams. The programme concludes with Chopin's only work for piano and two other instruments - the Piano Trio in G minor, Op 8, that he composed as a precocious teenager in his native Poland. Part of Radio 3's The Chopin Experience.
Playlist
Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72 no. 1
Vladimir de Pachmann
Recorded 1927
HMV DB 1106 [78rpm disc; this recording may not currently be available on CD]
Duration: 4.00
Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth.
Livia Rev
Recorded 1988
Hyperion CDD 22013: CD 1 of a 2-CD set, Track 2
Duration: 3.37
Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9 no. 1
Garrick Ohlsson
Recorded 1994
Arabesque Z 6653-2: CD 1 of a 2-CD set, Track 1
Duration: 6.30
Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 no. 2
Stefan Askenase
Recorded 1952
Deutsche Grammophon 477 5242: CD 3 of a 7-CD set, Track 2
Duration: 4.05
Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 no. 2
[Fragment, from bar 9 to the end, with extra ornamentation]
Raoul Koczalski
Recorded c. 1923-26
Pearl GEMM CD 9472: Track 3
Duration: 3.04
Nocturne in B major, Op. 9 no. 3
Angela Hewitt
Recorded 2003
Hyperion CDA 67371: CD 1 of a 2-CD set, Track 5
Duration: 6.13
Nocturne in F major, Op. 15 no. 1
Martha Argerich
Recorded 1965
EMI 5 56805 2: Track 8
Duration: 3.32
Nocturne in F# major, Op. 15 no. 2
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Recorded 1912
APR APR 6006: CD 1 of a 2-CD set, Track 20
Duration: 3.32
Nocturne in G minor, Op. 15 no. 3
Bernard D'Ascoli
Recorded c. 2004
Athene 23201: CD 1 of a 2-CD set, Track 6
Duration: 3.54
Nocturne in C# minor, Op. 27 no. 1
Alfred Cortot
Recorded 1951
Andante AN 1191: CD 2 of a 4-CD set, Track 8
Duration: 4.36
Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27 no. 2
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Recorded 1986
Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79160-2: Track 3
Duration: 5.46
Nocturne in B major, Op. 32 no. 1
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Recorded 1982
Decca 452 579-2: CD 1 of a 2-CD set, Track 9
Duration: 5.02
Nocturne in A flat major, Op. 32 no. 2
Garrick Ohlsson
Recorded 1994
Arabesque Z 6653-2: CD 1 of a 2-CD set, Track 10
Duration: 5.43
Nocturne in G minor, Op. 37 no. 1
Angela Hewitt
Recorded 2003
Hyperion CDA 67371: CD 1 of a 2-CD set, Track 13
Duration: 6.15
Nocturne in G major, Op. 37 no. 2
Leopold Godowsky
Recorded 1928
Philips 456 805-2: CD 1 of a 2-CD set, Track 10
Duration: 6.11
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 no. 1
Llyr Williams
Recorded 2005
Quartz QTZ 2040: Track 25
Duration: 7.19
Nocturne in F# minor, Op. 48 no. 2
Artur Rubinstein
Recorded 1949
RCA 09026 63026-2: CD 1 of a 2-CD set, Track 14
Duration: 6.34
Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55 no. 1
Artur Rubinstein
Recorded 1965
RCA 74321 979062: CD 2 of an 11-CD set, Track 5
Duration: 5.38
Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 55 no. 2
Ignacy Friedman
Recorded 1936
Pearl OPAL CD 9839: Track 13
Duration: 4.32
Nocturne in B major, Op. 62 no. 1
Fou Ts'ong
Recorded late 1970s [c. 1978]
Sony Classical SB2K 53249: CD 2 of a 2-CD set, Track 9
Duration: 6.01
Nocturne in E major, Op. 62 no. 2
Rafal Blechacz
Recorded 2007
Deutsche Grammophon 477 6592: Track 28
Duration: 5.33
Nocturne in C minor, Op. posth.
Garrick Ohlsson
Arabesque Z 6653-2: CD 2 of a 2-CD set, Track 8
Recorded 1994
Duration: 3.25
0031.30 to 0143.25 on Sunday morning
Moja pieszczotka [My Darling], Op. 74 no. 12
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano), Charles Spencer (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67125
Mazurka in Bb major, Op. posth. [KK IIa/3]
Mazurka in G major, Op. posth. [KK IIa/2]
Mazurkas in C major & C minor, Op. 56 nos. 2 & 3
Nikita Magaloff (piano)
Philips 426 820-2
Gdzie lubi [There where she loves], Op. 74 no. 3
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano), Charles Spencer (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67125
Mazurka in C major, Op. posth. [KK IVb/3]
Mazurka in D major, Op. posth. [KK IVb/2]
Mazurka in G major, Op. 67 no. 1
Mazurkas in B major and F minor, Op. 63 nos. 1 and 2
Nikita Magaloff (piano)
Philips 426 820-2
Smutna rzeka [The Sad River], Op. 74 no. 5
Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano), Charles Spencer (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67125
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8
Pamela Frank (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)
Sony Classical SK 53 112
Variations in E major on a German Air (Der Schweizerbub)
Ludmil Angelov (piano)
Gega New / Wild Palms Music
Two Bourrees (1846)
Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
Sony Classical SK 53 355
