The Nocturne Connection
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"Nocturne" (1878) by American artist James McNeill Whistler
Franz Liszt--never a master of understatement--wrote “It bears our thoughts toward those hours wherein the soul, released from all the cares of the day, is lost in self-contemplation, and soars toward the regions of a starlit heaven.”
In this hour, an appreciation of the Nocturne, with music by Liszt, Field, Chopin, Borodin, Debussy, Copland, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Performer |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Debussy Orchestral Works |
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink |
Philips 438 742-2 |
028943874229 |
| Chopin Nocturnes |
Ivan Moravec |
Nonesuch 979233-2 |
075597923322 |
| Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik |
Prague Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras |
Telarc CD-80108 |
089408010828 |
| Field: Nocturnes |
John O’Conor |
Telarc CD-80199 |
089408019920 |
| A Gentle Prelude to Sleep (‘Moonlight’ Sonata) |
Claudio Arrau |
Philips 464 852-2 |
028944648522 |
| Debut (Liszt Liebestraum) |
Sophie Cashell |
Universal 476 6459 |
028947664598 |
| Faure Piano Music |
Jean-Philippe Collard |
Brilliant Classics BLC 93007 |
028947664598 |
| The Romantic String Quartets [Borodin] |
Emerson String Quartet |
Deutsche Grammophon DGG E4455512 |
028944555127: |
| Copland: Billy the Kid/Rodeo |
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin |
EMI CDC 7 47382 2 |
0094638149828 |
| Barber: Works for Solo Piano |
Eric Parker |
Chandos CHAN 9177 |
095115917725 |
| Palomo: Andalusian Nocturnes |
Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. |
Naxos 8.557135 |
747313213528 |
