Nocturne in B flat minor, Op 9 No 1 (Chopin) - from CDD22013 - Hyperion Records

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The Nocturne in B flat minor is sombre and plaintive, though Chopin ends the piece in major mode. The middle section is the most original: a melody presented in octaves with startling and rapid changes of harmony. It builds up to a pedal point (shadows of Bach) where for sixteen bars the harmony stays in D flat major, then chromatically returns to the tonic key. Sonority is of crucial importance here.

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Recording details: September 1988
Unknown, Unknown
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: November 1989
Total duration: 5 minutes 49 seconds

Nocturne in B flat minor, Op 9 No 1

composer

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

1830/2; published in 1832; dedicated to Camille Pleyel

Lívia Rév (piano)

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