Field - Complete Nocturnes Vol.2 | MDG (Dabringhaus und Grimm) MDG6181850

Field - Complete Nocturnes Vol.2

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Label: MDG (Dabringhaus und Grimm)

Cat No: MDG6181850

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 18th September 2015

Contents

Works

Field, John

Andante (Nocturne) for piano in E flat major, H64
Nocturnes (18)
» Playing-with-Field no.4 (Nocturne no.11)
» Playing-with-Field no.5 (Nocturne no.13)
» Playing-with-Field no.6 (Nocturne no.15)
» no.9 in E flat major, H55
» no.10a, H63 (Andantino)
» no.10b, H63 (Andantino)
» no.11 in E flat major, H56
» no.12 in G major, H58
» no.13 in D minor, H59
» no.14 in C major, H60
» no.15 in C major, H61
» no.16 in F major, H62
Pastorale (Nocturne) for piano in A major, H14
Serenade: Poco adagio (from Piano Concerto no.2), H31

Artists

Stefan Irmer (piano)

Works

Field, John

Andante (Nocturne) for piano in E flat major, H64
Nocturnes (18)
» Playing-with-Field no.4 (Nocturne no.11)
» Playing-with-Field no.5 (Nocturne no.13)
» Playing-with-Field no.6 (Nocturne no.15)
» no.9 in E flat major, H55
» no.10a, H63 (Andantino)
» no.10b, H63 (Andantino)
» no.11 in E flat major, H56
» no.12 in G major, H58
» no.13 in D minor, H59
» no.14 in C major, H60
» no.15 in C major, H61
» no.16 in F major, H62
Pastorale (Nocturne) for piano in A major, H14
Serenade: Poco adagio (from Piano Concerto no.2), H31

Artists

Stefan Irmer (piano)

About

A whole generation before Chopin, John Field invented the nocturne as the quintessence of musical poetry in which vast dream landscapes spread out in the listener’s imagination.

A gifted pianist, Field reinvented his compositions during every performance, depending on the ambiance, audience and mood of the moment, so that numerous versions of the same piece were produced. Stefan Irmer’s interpretation of these gems enables us to experience them in an especially personal way.

On Vol.2 of his complete recording of Field’s nocturnes, Irmer brings together different versions of one and the same nocturne. Stefan Irmer has recorded six additional works covering the composer’s very first creative phase, as well as his final years.

Together with the sixteen nocturnes, the result is a richly faceted portrait of a romantic composer who was far ahead of his times and much more than a mere forerunner. Field was an individual artistic personality of the first order.

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