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Track(s) taken from CDA66341/2

Lento con gran espressione in C sharp minor 'Nocturne', KKIVa/16

composer
No 20; composed as a wedding gift for the composer's sister Ludwika in 1830; published in 1875

Lívia Rév (piano)
Recording details: September 1988
Unknown, Unknown
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: November 1989
Total duration: 3 minutes 41 seconds
 

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A wedding gift composed for Chopin’s sister Ludwika in 1830, the ‘Lento con gran espressione’ in C sharp minor wraps its sober nocturne-like principal theme around a livelier middle section that is a self-pastiche, with themes borrowed from two of Ludwika’s favourite compositions by her brother, the Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor and the song ‘Życzenie’.

from notes by Jeffrey Kallberg © 2021

Cadeau de mariage composé en 1830 pour la sœur de Chopin, Ludwika, le «Lento con gran espressione» en ut dièse mineur enroule son thème principal sobre dans le style d’un nocturne autour d’une section centrale plus animée qui est un autopastiche, avec des thèmes empruntés à deux des compositions que Ludwika préférait dans l’œuvre de son frère, le Concerto pour piano nº 2 en fa mineur et la mélodie «Życzenie».

extrait des notes rédigées par Jeffrey Kallberg © 2021
Français: Marie-Stella Pâris

„Lento con gran espressione“ in cis-Moll war ein Hochzeitsgeschenk, das Chopin 1830 für seine Schwester Ludwika komponierte. Hier umhüllt das nüchterne nocturneartige Hauptthema einen lebhafteren Mittelteil, der ein Pasticcio eigener Themen ist. Diese Themen stammen aus dem Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 in f-Moll und dem Lied „Życzenie“—zwei von Ludowikas Lieblingswerken der Kompositionen ihres Bruders.

aus dem Begleittext von Jeffrey Kallberg © 2021
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel

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