Nocturnes for Piano (11CD)

Nocturnes for Piano

CD1

JOHN FIELD 1782-1837

1. Nocturne No.1 in E-flat H 24 3’22
2. Nocturne No.2 in C minor H 25 3’43
3. Nocturne No.3 in A-flat H 26 3’47
4. Nocturne No.4 in A H 36 6’24
5. Nocturne No.5 in B-flat H 37 2’30
6. Nocturne No.6 in F H 40 4’30
7. Nocturne No.7 in C H 45 6’09
8. Nocturne No.8 in A H 14E 4’32
9. Nocturne No.9 in E-flat H 30A 3’53
10. Nocturne No.10 in E H 46 3’48

Tyler Hay piano

Total time: 42’41

Recording: 11/12 April 2023, Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands

CD2

JOHN FIELD 1782-1837

1. Nocturne No.11 in E-flat H 56 4’58
2. Nocturne No.12 in G H 58D 2’07
3. Nocturne No.13 in D minor H 59 4’02
4. Nocturne No.14 in C H 60 8’29
5. Nocturne No.15 in C H 61 4’01
6. Nocturne No.16 in F H 62 4’22
7. Nocturne No.17 in E H 54 10’51
8. Nocturne No.18 “Midi” in E H 13K 4’56

Tyler Hay piano

Total time: 43’50

Recording: 11/12 April 2023, Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands

CD3

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 1810-1849

1. Nocturne No.1 in B-flat minor Op.9 No.1 5’09
2. Nocturne No.2 in E-flat Op.9 No.2 4’45
3. Nocturne No.3 in B Op.9 No.3 6’53
4. Nocturne No.4 in F Op.15 No.1 4’27
5. Nocturne No.5 in F-sharp Op.15 No.2 3’46
6. Nocturne No.6 in G minor Op.15 No.3 5’43
7. Nocturne No.7 in C-sharp minor Op.27 No.1 5’02
8. Nocturne No.8 in D-flat Op.27 No.2 5’14
9. Nocturne No.9 in B Op.32 No.1 5’09
10. Nocturne No.10 in A-flat Op.32 No.2 5’37

Vincenzo Maltempo piano

Steinway Concert Grand, 1888, from the collection of Marco Barletta

Total time: 51’10

Recording: 3-4 December 2023, Studio Marco Barletta, Chiavari, Italy

CD4

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 1810-1849

1. Nocturne No.11 in G minor Op.37 No.1 6’22
2. Nocturne No.12 in G Op.37 No.2 5’22
3. Nocturne No.13 in C minor Op.48 No.1 6’31
4. Nocturne No.14 in F-sharp minor Op.48 No.2 6’04
5. Nocturne No.15 in F minor Op.55 No.1 4’59
6. Nocturne No.16 in E-flat Op.55 No.2 4’56
7. Nocturne No.17 in B Op.62 No.1 7’34
8. Nocturne No.18 in E Op.62 No.2 6’33
9. Nocturne No.19 in E minor Op.72 No.1 (posthumous) 3’49
10. Nocturne in C-sharp minor Op. posthumous 3’58
11. Nocturne in C minor (1837, pub 1938) 2’33

Vincenzo Maltempo piano

Steinway Concert Grand, 1888, from the collection of Marco Barletta

Total time: 59’07

Recording: 3-4 December 2023, Studio Marco Barletta, Chiavari, Italy

CD5

GABRIEL FAURÉ 1845-1924

1. Nocturne No.1 in E-flat minor Op.33 No.1 6’31
2. Nocturne No.2 in B Op.33 No.2 5’48
3. Nocturne No.3 in A-flat Op.33 No.3 3’58
4. Nocturne No.4 in E-flat Op.36 6’09
5. Nocturne No.5 in B-flat Op.37 7’46
6. Nocturne No.6 in D-flat Op.63 8’38
7. Nocturne No.7 in C-sharp minor Op.74 8’07
8. Nocturne No.8 in D-flat Op.84 No.8 2’34
9. Nocturne No.9 in B minor Op.97 3’41
10. Nocturne No.10 in E minor Op.99 4’48
11. Nocturne No.11 in F-sharp minor Op.104 No.1 3’57
12. Nocturne No.12 in E minor Op.107 5’59
13. Nocturne No.13 in B minor Op.119 6’32

François Dumont piano

Piano Gaveau 1922

Total time: 74’36

Recording: May 29, 30 May 2020, Fumel, France

CD6

MICHAEL GLINKA 1804-1857

1. Nocturne in F minor La Séparation 4’34
2. Nocturne in E-flat 4’57

KARL EDUARD HARTKNOCH 1796-1834

3. Nocturne in B minor Op.8 No.2 3’03

ANTON RUBINSTEIN 1829-1894

4. Nocturne in G-flat Op.28 No.1 from Deux Morceaux 5’04
5. Nocturne in G Op.69 No.2 from Cinq Morceaux 3’24
6. Nocturne in A-flat Op.71 No.1 from Trois Morceaux 5’01

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840-1893

7. Nocturne in F Op.10 No.1 from Deux Morceaux 3’51
8. Nocturne in C-sharp minor Op.19 No.4 from Six Morceaux 2’56

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN 1872-1915

9. Nocturne in A-flat WoO 3 2’45
10. Nocturne in F minor Op.5 No.1 3’42
11. Nocturne in A Op.5 No.2 2’52
12. Nocturne in D-flat Op.9 No.2 for the left hand 4’48

KONSTANTIN ANTIPOV 1859-1927

13. Nocturne in F-sharp minor Op.6 No.2 from Quatre Morceaux 3’17
14. Nocturne in A-flat Op.12 3’46

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV 1865-1936

15. Nocturne in D-flat Op.37 6’56

VASILY KALINNIKOV 1866-1901

16. Nocturne in F-sharp minor No.3 from Quatre Compositions 3’39

Bart van Oort piano

Steinway 1875

Total time: 64’44

Recording: 2-4 July 2022, Concert Hall Chris Maene, Ruiselede, Belgium

CD7

CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN 1813-1888

1. Nocturne No.1 Op.22 6’24

Alan Weiss piano

CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862-1918

2. Nocturne 6’43

Alessandra Ammara piano

LOUIS VIERNE 1870-1937

3. Nocturne Op.35 No.3 8’10

Mūza Rubackytė piano

REYNALDO HAHN 1874-1947

4. Notturno alla italiana 1’58
5. Tristesse nocturne, l’oiseau de nuit 1’32
6. Rêverie nocturne sur le Bosphore 3’00

Alessandro Deljavan piano

FRANCIS POULENC 1899-1963

Huit Nocturnes FP 56

7. I. Sans traîner 3’19
8. II. Très animé

“Bal des jeunes filles”                                                                                                                                                    1’16

9. III. Modéré mais sans lenteur

“Les cloches de Malines”                                                                                                                                              3’21

10. IV. Lent, très las et piano

“Bal fantôme”                                                                                                                                                                1’35

11. V. Presto misterioso “Phalènes” 1’25
12. VI. Très calme mais sans traîner 3’28
13. VII. Assez allant 2’13
14. VIII. Très modéré

“Pour servir de coda au cycle”                                                                                                                                      2’26

Chiara Cipelli piano

ERIK SATIE 1866-1924

Nocturnes (1919)

15. Doux et calme 3’07
16. Simplement 2’04
17. Un peu mouvementé 3’01
18. No.4 2’27
19. No.5 2’05

Håkon Austbø piano

LOUIS AUBERT 1877-1968

20. II. Nocturne

from Trois Esquisses Op.7                                                                                                                                             3’38                 

GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE 1892-1983

21. Notturno (Andantino)

from Partita pour piano                                                                                                                                                2’53

Cristina Ariagno piano

Total time: 66’58

Recordings: Tr.1: 1989; Tr.3: 11-13 June 2014 & Tr.2: 30 November-2 December 2015, Fazioli

Concert Hall, Sacile, Italy; Tr.4-6: 19 August 2015, Saletta Acustica ‘Eric James’, Pove del

Grappa, Vicenza (VI), Italy; Tr.7-14: 4-5 April 2023 , Classical Recording Studio, Perugia,

Italy; Tr.15-19: 10-11 May, 30 June, 1 July 1999, Remonstrantse Gemeente, Deventer, the

Netherlands; Tr.20: 2005, Ivrea; Tr.21: June 2001, Camponogara, Venice, Italy

CD8

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF 1873-1943

Nocturnes (1887/88)

1. Nocturne in F 3’24
2. Nocturne in F-sharp minor 4’03
3. Nocturne in C minor 4’03

Elisa Tomellini piano

ANTON RUBINSTEIN 1829-1894

4. Nocturne sur l’eau (Moderato)

from 3 Characteristic Pices Op.9                                                                                                                                   4’43

5. Nocturne (Moderato assai) from

Six Characteristic Pieces Op.50                                                                                                                                     4’01

Duo Pianistico di Firenze

Sara Bartolucci, Rodolfo Alessandrini

piano four hands

MILY BALAKIREV 1837-1910

6. Nocturne No.1 in B-flat minor 6’47
7. Nocturne No.2 in B minor 9’55
8. Nocturne No.3 in D minor 6’58

Alexander Paley piano

ALEXANDER BORODIN 1833-1887

9. VII. Nocturne: Andantino

from Petite Suite (1885)                                                                                                                                                3’02

Marco Rapetti piano

EDVARD GRIEG 1842-1907

10. Nocturne Op.54 No.4 6’00

Matthieu Idmtal piano

DORA PEJAČEVIĆ 1885-1923

Two Nocturnes

11. Sehr ruhig 2’33
12. Leicht bewegt 2’10

Ekaterina Litvintseva piano

GEORGE ENESCU 1881-1955

13. VII. Carillon nocturne from Suite Op.18 5’56

Saskia Giorgini piano

Total time: 64’09

Recording: Tr.1-3: 21-22 February 2016, Cavalli Music Recording Studio, Castrezzato/Brescia, Italy;

Tr.4-5: June 2013, Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori, Florence, Italy; Tr.6-8: 1992, Performing Arts

Center, Theatre C, State University of New York; Tr.9: 3-5 September, 2008, Villa Vespucci, San Felice

a Ema, Florence, Italy; Tr.10: 7 & 8 July 2020, Arsonic, Mons, Belgium; Tr.11-12: 29-30 October 2020,

& Tr.13: 21-22 September 2018, Westvestkerk, Schiedam, The Netherlands

CD9

FANNY MENDELSSOHN 1805-1847

1. Nocturne in G minor H.337 (1838) 3’45
2. Nocturne Napolitano in B minor (1839-40) 3’03

Martina Frezzotti piano

CLARA WIECK SCHUMANN 1819-1896

3. II. Notturno

from Soirées Musicales Op.6                                                                                                                                        4’46

Domenico Codispoti piano

GIOVANNI SGAMBATI 1841-1914

Nocturnes Op.20

4. No.1 in B minor 4’01
5. No.2 in G 2’34
6. No.3 in C minor 5’44
7. Nocturne in B “Per l’album di Bellini” 5’18
8. Nocturne in D-flat Op.31 4’18
9. Nocturne in E Op.33 4’15
10. Nocturne in G 3’57

Gaia Federica Caporiccio piano

GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI 1856-1909

2 Notturni Op.70

11. No.1 in G flat. Moderato 5’14
12. No.2 in F sharp minor. Andantino 5’37

Alberto Miodini piano

AMILCARE PONCHIELLI 1834-1886

13. Notturno in A-flat Op.93 – Andantino 3’38

Ester Fusar Poli piano

Total time: 56’39

Recordings: tr.1-2: 2-3 September 2019 & tr.3: 13/14 March, Westvest Church

Schiedam, The Netherlands; tr.4-10: July 2021, Sonoria Studios, Prato, Italy;

Tr.11-12: 16-18 November 2014, Bartók Studio, Bernareggio, Italy;

Tr.13: 29 June - 1 July 2021, Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona, Italy

CD10

AMY BEACH 1867-1944

1. Nocturne Op.107 (1924) 3’45

Martina Frezzotti piano

CHARLES TOMLINSON GRIFFES 1884-1920

2. Notturno from Fantasy Pieces Op.6 6’02

Emanuele Torquati piano

FRANCESCO CILEA 1866-1950

3. Notturno Op.22 3’34

Pier Paolo Vincenzi piano

OTTORINO RESPIGHI 1879-1936

4. III. Notturno from Sei pezzi P044 5’02

Michele D’Ambrosio piano

SERGEI BORTKIEWICZ 1877-1952

5. Nocturne (Diana) from Trois Morceaux Op.24 4’33

Klaas Trapman piano

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF 1873-1943

6. Nocturne from Morceaux de salon Op.10 4’47

Elisa Tomellini piano

FRANZ LISZT 1811-1886

7. En rêve, nocturne 1’52

Philipp Kopachevsky piano

8. Nocturne No.3

– Liebestraum in A flat                                                                                                                                                  4’20

Klára Würtz piano

9. Les cloches de Genève (Nocturne) 6’00

Enrico Pace piano

CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN 1813-1888

Nocturnes Nos. 2 & 3 Op.57 (1859)

10. No.2 in B minor 6’58
11. No.3 in F sharp 3’33

Costantino Mastroprimiano piano

JOSEF BOHUSLAV FOERSTER 1859–1951

12. I. Notturno from Two pieces for the left hand Dvě skladby pro klavír levou rukou Op.142 4’25

Patricia Goodson piano

Total time: 55’20

Recordings: Tr.1: 10-11 January 2023 & Tr.7: 14-15 October 2015, Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands;

Tr.2: 10-12 June 2016, Auditorium San Rocco, Senigallia, Italy; Tr.3: 17-20 April 2016, Bartokstudio, Bernareggio,

Italy; Tr.4: 2-4 July 2014 & 3-4 July 2015, Salone Assunta, Radio Vaticana, Rome, Italy; Tr.5: 11 August 2002,

Rotterdam; Tr.6: 21-22 February 2016, Cavalli Music Recording Studio, Castrezzato, Italy; Tr.10-11: April–May

2014, Red Studio, Palermo, Italy; Tr.12: 2010–2013, Sound Studio HAMU, Prague

CD11

CAMILLE PLEYEL 1788-1855

1. Nocturne Alla Field in B flat 4’36

FREDERIC KALKBRENNER 1785-1849

2. Les Soupirs de la Harpe Eolienne

Nocturne in A-flat Op.121 No.1                                                                                                                                    4’06

3. Nocturne in F Op.121 No.2

(A trois mains) *                                                                                                                                                            3’58

CLARA SCHUMANN 1819-1896

4. Nocturne in F Op.6 No.2

from Soireés Musicales                                                                                                                                                 5’04

LOUIS LEFEBURE-WELY 1817-1870

5. Les Cloches du Monestère

Nocturne in D-flat Op.54                                                                                                                                               5’10

EDMOND WEBER 1766-1830

6. Première Pensée

Nocturne in D-flat Op.1                                                                                                                                                 3’43

CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN 1813-1888

7. Nocturne in B Op.22 5’36
8. Notturnino Innamorato in F-sharp

minor Op.63 No.43                                                                                                                                                        2’05

MIKHAIL GLINKA 1804-1857

9. Nocturne in E-flat 5’41

MARIA SZYMANOWSKA 1789-1831

10. La Murmure Nocturne in A-flat 2’59

IGNACY FELIKS DOBRZYNSKI 1807-1867

11. Nocturne in G minor Op.21 No.1 4’50
12. Nocturne in E-flat Op.21 No.2 6’04
13. Nocturne in F minor Op.24 No.1 4’05
14. Nocturne in D-flat Op.24 No.2 5’21
15. Pozegnanie Nocturne in G minor 2’38

Bart van Oort piano

*with Agnieszka Chabowska

Total time: 66’56

Recording: 30 July 2010, Villa Beatrice d’Este, Baone (PD), Italy