Alain Planes - Chopin: Nocturnes (CD)

His Debussy and Chopin recordings for harmonia mundi already offer ample evidence that Alain Planès is highly adept at selecting a period instrument best suited for the repertoire. For this complete recording of the Chopin Nocturnes, he has chosen a superb 1836 Pleyel - dating from the same decade during which many of these masterpieces saw the light of day. With this instrument's unique color palette at his fingertips, our poet of the keyboard deftly recreates the delicate magic of these immortal pages in which the composer, fascinated by the art of bel canto, developed a new approach to making the piano sing.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Chopin: Nocturne No.1 in B-Flat minor, Op.9 No.1
2. Chopin: Nocturne No.2 in E-Flat Major, Op.9 No.2
3. Chopin: Nocturne No.3 in B Major, Op.9 No.3
4. Chopin: Nocturne No.4 in F Major, Op.15 No.1
5. Chopin: Nocturne No.5 in F-Sharp Major, Op.15 No.2
6. Chopin: Nocturne No.6 in G minor, Op.15 No.3
7. Chopin: Nocturne No.15 in F minor, Op.55 No.1
8. Chopin: Nocturne No.16 in E-Flat Major, Op.55 No.2
9. Chopin: Nocturne No.7 in C-Sharp minor, Op.27 No.1
10. Chopin: Nocturne No.8 in D-Flat Major, Op.27 No.2
11. Chopin: Nocturne No.9 in B Major, Op.32 No.1
12. Chopin: Nocturne No.10 in A-Flat Major, Op.32 No.2
13. Chopin: Nocturne No.11 in G minor, Op.37 No.1
14. Chopin: Nocturne No.12 in G Major, Op.37 No.2
15. Chopin: Nocturne No.17 in B Major, Op.62 No.1
16. Chopin: Nocturne No.18 in E Major, Op.62 No.2
17. Chopin: Nocturne No.13 in C minor, Op.48 No.1
18. Chopin: Nocturne No.14 in F-Sharp minor, Op.48 No.2
19. Chopin: Nocturne No. 21 in C minor, Op. Posth
20. Chopin: Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. Posth. 72 No. 1
21. Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp minor, Op. Posth