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Rating: Hello everyone! I would like to begin my activity on DeBaser with a review of one of the greatest geniuses that music has ever had: Friedrich Chopin.
As a Polish pianist and composer, he still ties much of his fame today to the 21 Nocturnes: divided into 8 Opus numbers (3 nocturnes in Op9 and an equal number in Op15, 2 each for Op27, Op32, Op37, Op48, Op55, Op62, the nocturne Op72, and another 2 nocturnes published posthumously but without an Opus number), they are essentially short pieces (not exceeding 7 and a half minutes in length) that meet the need to put nocturnal atmospheres into music.
One of the most successful experiments in this sense is undoubtedly No. 7, Op27/1, in C-sharp minor, where the arpeggios accompanying the soothing and elegiac melody evoke the reflection of the moon on the calm waters of the sea.
The performance I most recommend for getting to know these pieces is that of Maurizio Pollini, recorded in 2005 for Deutsche Grammophon, unfortunately missing the 2 posthumous nocturnes. An excellent alternative to this recording is definitely that of Claudio Arrau (Philips, 1997), which incidentally includes the 2 posthumous nocturnes and (since there was still space) the 4 impromptus of Chopin himself.
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