Nocturne in B flat minor, Op 9 No 1

composer

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

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

Recordings

Chopin: Nocturnes

Lívia Rév (piano)

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Chopin: Nocturnes & Impromptus

Angela Hewitt (piano)

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Chopin: The Complete Works

Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

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Chopin: Nocturnes & Impromptus

Angela Hewitt (piano)

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Details

Angela Hewitt (piano)

Track 3 on CDA67371/2 CD1 [5'59] 2CDs

Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

Track 1 on CDS44351/66 CD8 [6'38] 16CDs Boxed set (at a special price)

Lívia Rév (piano)

Track 3 on CDD22013 CD1 [5'49] 2CDs Dyad (2 for the price of 1)

Angela Hewitt (piano)

Track 3 on SACDA67371/2 CD1 [5'59] 2CDs Super-Audio CD — 2CDs Deleted

Nocturne in B flat minor, Op 9 No 1

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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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