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Track(s) taken from CDA66341/2

Nocturne in E minor, Op 72 No 1

composer
No 19; 1827; published in 1855 by Julian Fontana

Lívia Rév (piano)
Recording details: September 1988
Unknown, Unknown
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: November 1989
Total duration: 4 minutes 39 seconds
 

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The Nocturne in E minor, published posthumously as Op 72 No 1, is likely Chopin’s earliest, composed in Warsaw in 1827. The conceptual closeness of the vocal model is especially clear in those passages where Chopin set the melody in parallel thirds, a favourite technique in vocal nocturnes.

from notes by Jeffrey Kallberg © 2021

Le Nocturne en mi mineur, publié à titre posthume sous l’op.72 nº 1, est probablement le plus ancien de Chopin, composé à Varsovie en 1827. La proximité conceptuelle du modèle vocal est particulièrement claire dans ces passages où Chopin compose la mélodie en tierces parallèles, technique favorite dans les nocturnes vocaux.

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

Das Nocturne e-Moll, posthum veröffentlicht als op. 72 Nr. 1, ist wahrscheinlich Chopins frühestes Werk, das 1827 in Warschau entstand. Die Anlage ist dem vokalen Modell sehr nahe, was besonders in denjenigen Passagen deutlich wird, wo Chopin die Melodie in Terzparallelen setzt—eine beliebte Technik in vokalen Nocturnes.

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

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