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Track(s) taken from CDA67371/2

Nocturne in C minor, KKIVb/8

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No 21; 1837 (possibly 1827); published in 1938; not authorized for release by Chopin; primary composition is probably by Charlotte de Rothschild

Angela Hewitt (piano)
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Recording details: November 2003
Reitstadel, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany
Produced by Ludger Böckenhoff
Engineered by Ludger Böckenhoff
Release date: November 2004
Total duration: 2 minutes 46 seconds
 

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Reviews

‘In a catalogue boasting many distinguished Chopin Nocturne cycles, Angela Hewitt's commands attention’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘One of the most elegant pianists around, the Canadian virtuoso Angela Hewitt interrupts her epic Bach and Couperin cycles for Hyperion to explore some of Chopin's most refined music, the complete Nocturnes and Impromptus. Hewitt's innate sophistication and delicacy of touch are perfectly suited to these exquisite pieces, 25 of them over two discs, by a master of the genre at the height of his fragile powers. Spanning almost his entire creative life, the Nocturnes amount to a remarkable graph of Chopin's emotional maturity, touchingly reflected in the affectionate care Hewitt brings to what sounds like a labour of love’ (The Observer)

‘Hewitt is not given to grand effects, whether an extreme rubato or rude dynamic change. Still, she can play grandly as well, as we hear on her powerful performance of the great Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor. This new recording of the nocturnes is what Marlon Brando would have called, if he had cared, a contender. It's richly recorded and beautifully played: it has art's final seal’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Angela Hewitt is a sound buy … the delicacy of touch and manicured precision of the phrasing is a delight’ (The Scotsman)
Although we have three manuscripts in Chopin’s hand of the Nocturne in C minor, the Swiss musicologist Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger has recently established that both this nocturne and the Waltz in A minor, Op posth., were composed primarily by Chopin’s pupil Charlotte de Rothschild in 1847. Chopin’s manuscripts of these works offer rare insight into how he taught composition—and why he did so: a pupil’s thorough formation at the keyboard required some grasp of musical composition. For at least some of his skilled amateur students, then, ‘pianist’ likely meant ‘pianist-composer’, just as it did for their illustrious teacher.

from notes by Jeffrey Kallberg © 2021

Si nous avons trois manuscrits de la main de Chopin pour le Nocturne en ut mineur, le musicologue suisse Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger a récemment établi que ce nocturne comme la Valse en la mineur, op. posthume, furent composés essentiellement par l’élève de Chopin Charlotte de Rothschild en 1847. Les manuscrits de Chopin pour ces œuvres nous donnent un rare aperçu de la façon dont il enseignait la composition—et de la raison pour laquelle il procédait ainsi: la formation pianistique approfondie d’un élève impliquait une certaine maîtrise de la composition musicale. Pour au moins quelques-uns de ses élèves amateurs de talent, à l’époque «pianiste» signifiait probablement «pianiste-compositeur», comme pour leur illustre professeur.

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

Obwohl es drei Manuskripte des Nocturnes c-Moll in Chopins Handschrift gibt, hat der Schweizer Musikwissenschaftler Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger kürzlich festgestellt, dass sowohl dieses Nocturne als auch der Walzer a-Moll, op. posth., hauptsächlich von Chopins Schülerin Charlotte de Rothschild im Jahr 1847 komponiert wurden. Chopins Manuskripte dieser Werke bieten einen seltenen Einblick, wie er Komposition lehrte, und warum er dies tat: die gründliche Ausbildung eines Klavierschülers erforderte ein gewisses Verständnis für Komposition. Zumindest für einige seiner begabten Laienschüler bedeutete „Pianist“ also wahrscheinlich „Pianist und Komponist“, genau wie für ihren berühmten Lehrer.

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

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