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Piano Classics

Chopin: Nocturnes (Complete)

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Composer
Frederic Chopin
Artist
Vincenzo Maltempo
Format
CD
Label
Piano Classics
Released
Sep 06, 2024
Catalog #
PCL10312
UPC
5029365103121

About

Deeply felt new recordings of these landmarks in Romantic piano literature on a modern Steinway grand, by an Italian artist with an active interest in the lineage of piano history. On recordings for Piano Classics ranging from Beethoven to Alkan and beyond, the Italian pianist Vincenzo Maltempo has demonstrated a deeply informed understanding of Romantic piano literature, both in the nuts and bolts of it's composition and in the field of it's reception. According to a Fanfare review for album of Schumann, 'This impressive young Italian pianist displays a great love and dedication towards this music. Maltempo, who was born in 1985, begins with smouldering technique, no surprise for someone who has made a name for himself as a fearless interpreter of the briar-patch scores of Alkan. ' In his own booklet introduction to his latest recording, Maltempo explores the nature of a Chopin tradition, as handed down to us from accounts of the composer's own playing, his instructions to his students, and then the early recordings made by renowned interpreters such as Cortot and Pugno. 'What their recordings share is a relatively free or liberal interpretation of elements in the score that are now treated more rigidly. Their application of rubato is more subtle, their pedal technique does not cloud the sound but clarifies melodies and harmonies. They communicate a wide and infinitely varied dynamic range, and a diaphanous warmth of phrasing, without falling into mannerism or "sentimentality". ' These qualities, therefore, are the guiding lights to his own playing of the Nocturnes. Maltempo has chosen to record them on an 1888 Steinway piano, distinguished by the clarity of articulation which has always been a Steinway hallmark, but bestowing on these quintessential pieces of nocturnal poetry a softer and more rounded palette than we are accustomed to find on modern pianos. These recordings are, in the best possible sense, 'historically informed', without being bound either to the barline or to doctrinal notions of a 'correct' Chopin performance. They are, instead, as free and as personal, yet as imbued with the inner spirit of the score, as it seems the composer wished to find in his performers. - Any new recording of the complete Nocturnes by Frederic Chopin rouses the interest: in the field of countless existing recordings, does the pianist have something new to say? Inspired by but not imitating the great masters of the Golden Piano Age, Vincenzo Maltempo presents the Nocturnes as dramatic tone poems with a strong narrative, based on the art of rhetoric and Belcanto. As a means to the expression of his ideas, he found an 1888 Steinway grand with an exceptionally wide dynamic range and singing tone. The result is an enervating and moving journey through these eternal masterpieces! - Italian pianist Vincenzo Maltempo, one of the most interesting pianists of the young generation, made his name in his staggering recordings of unjustly forgotten romantic repertoire: Transcendental Studies by Lyapunov (Piano Classics, PCL0124) received 5 stars in several classical magazines (a. o. The French Diapason). His recording of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies received rave reviews, a Gramophone Editor's Choice: "extraordinary breadth and nobility... little short of perfection... ", "9/9, close to ideal" (Jed Distler Classicstoday. Com). His recordings of Alkan have "confirmed his place in the restricted circle of Alkan's best performers, 5 stars" (Diapason), "Exhilarating, thrillingly demonic, 5 Stars" (Andrew Clement in The Guardian).

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1 05:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  2. 2 Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 04:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  3. 3 Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3 06:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  4. 4 Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15, No. 1 04:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15, No. 1
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  5. 5 Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15, No. 2 03:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15, No. 2
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  6. 6 Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 3 05:43
    Track
    6
    Title
    Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 3
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  7. 7 Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1 05:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  8. 8 Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 05:14
    Track
    8
    Title
    Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  9. 9 Nocturne No. 9 in B Major, Op. 32, No. 1 05:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    Nocturne No. 9 in B Major, Op. 32, No. 1
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  10. 10 Nocturne No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 32, No. 2 05:37
    Track
    10
    Title
    Nocturne No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 32, No. 2
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  11. 11 Nocturne No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 37, No. 1 06:22
    Track
    11
    Title
    Nocturne No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 37, No. 1
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  12. 12 Nocturne No. 12 in G Major, Op. 37, No. 2 05:22
    Track
    12
    Title
    Nocturne No. 12 in G Major, Op. 37, No. 2
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  13. 13 Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1 06:31
    Track
    13
    Title
    Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1
    Duration
    06:31
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  14. 14 Nocturne No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 48, No. 2 06:04
    Track
    14
    Title
    Nocturne No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 48, No. 2
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  15. 15 Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 04:59
    Track
    15
    Title
    Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  16. 16 Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, No. 2 04:56
    Track
    16
    Title
    Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, No. 2
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  17. 17 Nocturne No. 17 in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1 07:34
    Track
    17
    Title
    Nocturne No. 17 in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1
    Duration
    07:34
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  18. 18 Nocturne No. 18 in E Major, Op. 62, No. 2 06:33
    Track
    18
    Title
    Nocturne No. 18 in E Major, Op. 62, No. 2
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  19. 19 Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1 03:49
    Track
    19
    Title
    Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  20. 20 Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth. 03:58
    Track
    20
    Title
    Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth.
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo
  21. 21 Nocturne in C Minor, Op. posth. [KKIVb/8] 02:33
    Track
    21
    Title
    Nocturne in C Minor, Op. posth. [KKIVb/8]
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vincenzo Maltempo