pulse, fluidity, and counterpoint that are trademarks of those composers are all present in these works by Chopin. Nobody’s life has been romanticised more than Chopin’s, yet at heart he was a classicist and adored Bach and Mozart above all other composers.

Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor Op 66 (5’22) Impromptu No 3 in G flat major Op 51 (5’48)ġ1.

Impromptu No 2 in F sharp major Op 36 (6’20)ġ0. Impromptu No 1 in A flat major Op 29 (4’19)ĩ. Nocturne in E flat major Op 55 No 2 (4’57)Ĩ. Nocturne in F sharp minor Op 48 No 2 (6’56)Ĥ.

Nocturne in A flat major Op 32 No 2 (5’21)ġ3. Nocturne in D flat major Op 27 No 2 (6’05)ġ1. Nocturne in C sharp minor Op 27 No 1 (5’41)ġ0. Nocturne in F sharp major Op 15 No 2 (3’32)ĩ. Nocturne in E flat major Op 9 No 2 (4’34)ħ. Nocturne in B flat minor Op 9 No 1 (5’59)Ĥ. “What we get in many of these riveting performances is deep, raw emotion, of a sometimes agonising immediacy, all the more painful for the almost impossible beauty and elegance of its expression.”ġ. Angela Hewitt takes a well-deserved break from her mammoth Bach and Couperin surveys to present us with this enthralling set of Chopin’s complete Nocturnes and Impromptus, recorded on her own Fazioli concert grand piano.

Nocturne e flat major