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Frédéric Chopin
Chopin: Nocturnes for piano, for piano
Herausgeber: Jan Ekier
UT50065
Release info: Edited from the autographs, manuscripts and Original Edition and with fingering by Jan Ekier
Type: Urtextausgabe
Series: Wiener Urtext Edition
Difficulty: 5 - 8
Format: 231 x 303 mm
ISBN: 9783850550642
Pages: 160
ISMN: 979-0-50057-065-3
Description
Chopin seems most romantic in his Nocturnes. Aside from the mazurkas, they belong to the group of works that are accessible also to the less experienced players. Both may explain the continuously high popularity of these richly nuanced miniatures. Like all Chopin publications by Wiener Urtext Edition that are edited by Jan Ekier (soloist, pedagogue and scholar), the present edition is thoroughly commented. In addition to critical notes and remarks on the interpretation, “authentic variants” – a general characteristic of Chopin – are given as footnotes to the musical text. Most of them are found in the famous E-flat major Nocturne (Op 9, No. 2), which appears twice in our edition: in the second version the variants are reproduced in their entirety. They point out the improvisational moment of Chopin's art in an impressive way.
The edition comprises the 18 Nocturnes of Opera 9, 15, 27, 32, 37, 48, 55 and 62, as well as three posthumous Opera: the very early Nocturne in E minor, the Nocturne in C minor (presumably from the Master's last year of life) and the “Lento con gran espressione” (Nocturne in C sharp minor), in which Chopin quotes from other of his works.
Contents
Nocturne b-Moll op. 9/1 (vor 1832)
Nocturne Es-Dur op. 9/2 (vor 1832)
Nocturne H-Dur op. 9/3 (vor 1832)
Nocturne F-Dur op. 15/1 (vor 1833)
Nocturne Fis-Dur op. 15/2 (vor 1833)
Nocturne g-Moll op. 15/3 (vor 1833)
Nocturne cis-Moll op. 27/1 (1833-1836)
Nocturne Des-Dur op. 27/2 (1833-1836)
Nocturne H-Dur op. 32/1 (1835-1837)
Nocturne As-Dur op. 32/2 (1835-1837)
Nocturne g-Moll op. 37/1 (1837-1838)
Nocturne G-Dur op. 37/2 (1839)
Nocturne c-Moll op. 48/1 (1841)
Nocturne fis-Moll op. 48/2 (1841)
Nocturne f-Moll op. 55/1 (1843)
Nocturne Es-Dur op. 55/2 (1843)
Nocturne H-Dur op. 62/1 (1845-1846)
Nocturne E-Dur op. 62/2 (1845-1846)
Nocturne e-Moll op. post. (1828-1830)
Lento con gran espressione (Nocturne) cis-Moll op. post. (1830)
Nocturne c-Moll op. post. (1847-1848)
More information
Release info: Edited from the autographs, manuscripts and Original Edition and with fingering by Jan Ekier
Type: Urtextausgabe
Series: Wiener Urtext Edition
Difficulty: 5 - 8
Format: 231 x 303 mm
ISBN: 9783850550642
Pages: 160
ISMN: 979-0-50057-065-3