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Impressions on Chopin’s Nocturnes

Jacques Loussier

Composer
Chopin
Released
2004
Label
Telarc
Forces
Piano, Solo
Personnel
Jacques Loussier

For his first solo Telarc album, Loussier deliberately left the trio behind.

He felt Chopin’s concentrated piano writing did not need bass and drums, so the absence of his usual partners was an artistic choice rather than a reduced version of a trio session.

Hear both

The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.

The originalsChopin · complete Nocturnes

Ivan Moravec’s complete nineteen-nocturne cycle is followed by separate performances of the two posthumous nocturnes, preserving the album’s source-work order.

Jazzed upJacques Loussier · 2004
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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. Nocturne No. 1 in B-flat minorNocturne, Op. 9 No. 1
  2. Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat majorNocturne, Op. 9 No. 2
  3. Nocturne No. 3 in B majorNocturne, Op. 9 No. 3
  4. Nocturne No. 4 in F majorNocturne, Op. 15 No. 1
  5. Nocturne No. 5 in F-sharp majorNocturne, Op. 15 No. 2
  6. Nocturne No. 6 in G minorNocturne, Op. 15 No. 3
  7. Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp minorNocturne, Op. 27 No. 1
  8. Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat majorNocturne, Op. 27 No. 2
  9. Nocturne No. 9 in B majorNocturne, Op. 32 No. 1
  10. Nocturne No. 10 in A-flat majorNocturne, Op. 32 No. 2
  11. Nocturne No. 11 in G minorNocturne, Op. 37 No. 1
  12. Nocturne No. 12 in G majorNocturne, Op. 37 No. 2
  13. Nocturne No. 13 in C minorNocturne, Op. 48 No. 1
  14. Nocturne No. 14 in F-sharp minorNocturne, Op. 48 No. 2
  15. Nocturne No. 15 in F minorNocturne, Op. 55 No. 1
  16. Nocturne No. 16 in E-flat majorNocturne, Op. 55 No. 2
  17. Nocturne No. 17 in B majorNocturne, Op. 62 No. 1
  18. Nocturne No. 18 in E majorNocturne, Op. 62 No. 2
  19. Nocturne No. 19 in E minorNocturne, Op. 72 No. 1
  20. Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minorNocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.
  21. Nocturne No. 21 in C minorNocturne in C minor, Op. posth.