Chopin Intime

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Release Date
May 9, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Vincenzo Bellini, Frederic Chopin
    • PERFORMER
      Justin Taylor
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 09, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511329
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1132
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth.

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    2. No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    3. No. 16 in B-Flat Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    4. Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    5. Mazurka No. 19 in B Minor, Op. 30, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    6. Andantino in G Minor, Op. 74 (arr. of Wiosna, No. 2)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    7. No. 5 in D Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    8. No. 6 in B Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    9. No. 13 in F-Sharp Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    10. No. 14 in E-Flat Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    11. Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    12. Etude No. 13 in A-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1, "Harp Study"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    13. Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    14. Norma, Act I: Casta diva (arr. J. Taylor for piano)

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    15. No. 23 in F Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    16. No. 18 in F Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    17. No. 20 in C Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    18. Nocturne No. 21 in C Minor, Op. posth.

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    19. No. 1 in C Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    20. No. 2 in A Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    21. No. 3 in G Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    22. No. 4 in E Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    23. Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    24. No. 7 in A Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    25. No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    26. Contredanse in G-Flat Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    27. No. 9 in E Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    28. No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor

    29. Etude No. 19 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Justin Taylor


Justin Taylor has a passion for early keyboards and is always keen to match the works he tackles with the most appropriate historical instruments. Justin has always been fascinated by the music of Frederic Chopin, whose intimate musical world is presented here. We know that Chopin composed some of his preludes during his stay with George Sand in Mallorca, where he used a very special instrument. This was a Pleyel pianino - a small upright piano of six and a half octaves that was only made between 1835 and 1842 - with a beautiful natural resonance and a velvety timbre. Taylor has recorded the preludes composed on this Pleyel pianino along with a selection of etudes, nocturnes and mazurkas, all of which suit the sound of the instrument perfectly. A moving transcription of Bellini's Casta diva, an aria that Chopin much admired, is also included here.