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Chopin Nocturne 55.1

You probably were all wondering when I’d get to some Chopin, no? Well, wonder no longer! Voici!

Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne Op 55 No 1 (in F minor)


Download (6:04 / 7.0 M)

I especially hope Nick enjoys this one!

Comments (Please add your own!)

  1. 2004/9/9 7:47 PM

    With a postscript like that how could I not comment?

    Beautifully restrained and poised, Paul. And this recording, even more than the others, impresses me with the evident balance and sensitivity of your recording apparatus; rarely indeed, for example, does one hear the left hand so cleanly reproduced, without a hint of fuzz. Lovely.

    — Nick Weininger
  2. 2004/12/29 7:28 PM

    I am learning this piece myself- and it is such a beautiful piece. This is the third recording I have heard of it, and the other two were quite similar to eachother. But your recording was quite different- much slower to open (perhaps a little too slow- while theirs was a little too fast i think) and the two handed octave part they played much too fast- while yours was more restrained and I could feel the music much more. The other two played the triplet section very fast- in much of a show off style i thought, but i liked how you played it (though it could have bee a little faster). Overall i really did love your recording- and i love this piece.

    — Steven Murray
  3. 2004/12/29 10:35 PM

    Thanks for your comments, Steven – especially for being brave enough to say what you didn’t like! I actually tend to agree with you on the triplet section. Also, I’m not satisfied with my voicings there. No piece is ever really finished!

    I hope you’ll keep coming back to listen, and maybe I’ll get to hear your version one day too.

    — Paul
  4. 2005/9/8 8:51 PM

    I prefer to get the examples of pieces of Etude,Prelude,Fantasia,nocturne…etc with music sheet and song file.

    — Nidhin
  5. 2005/9/12 2:48 PM

    I love this piece. I’ve been looking for it. Did you ever see the movie, The Inheritance? She plays this song…possibly a simpler version. But it’s so beautiful.
    Thanks

    — Blue
  6. 2006/2/26 11:30 PM

    With this pray of the muses You mediate the tears of man and hopes of heaven. Thank You!

    — Paul Agnidakis, Sweden
  7. 2007/4/23 2:21 AM

    I am a novice. Yet this piece was simply beautifully played even to my simple ears. I was wondering what kind of piano you used to record this. Was it done in a sound studio enviroment?

    — minh le
  8. 2007/4/23 9:34 AM

    minh: I recorded it in my home. Here is a detailed description.

    — Paul
  9. 2008/11/17 6:48 PM

    What is the tempo and dynamics of this song?? And what are some instruments being used in this piece?? I am doing a project on him so I need these in information on it. Thank you.

    — Wau Han

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