Nocturnes For Piano - Various Artists - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

The largest collection of piano nocturnes on CD, celebrating the art of the romantic piano song without words. Over a century of repertoire in all modern recordings, plus a new booklet essay exploring the history and context of the nocturne. This new box also features an essay by Peter Quantrill outlining the history of the nocturne and its lasting hold upon our affections and imaginations. All the featuring composers on this 11CD boxset: John Field, Frédéric Chopin, Gabriel Fauré, Michael Glinka, Karl Eduard Hartknoch, Anton Rubinstein, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Scriabin, Konstantin Antipov, Alexander Glazunov, Vasily Kalinnikov, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Claude Debussy, Louis Vierne, Reynaldo Hahn, Francis Poulenc, Erik Satie, Louis Aubert, Germaine Tailleferre, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Anton Rubinstein, Mily Balakirev, Alexander Borodin, Edvard Grieg, Dora Pejačević, George Enescu, Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Giovanni Sgambati, Giuseppe Martucci, Amilcare Ponchielli, Amy Beach, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Francesco Cilea, Ottorino Respighi, Sergei Bortkiewicz, jjjjjj- Sergei Rachmaninoff, Franz Liszt, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Camille Pleyel, Frederic Kalkbrenner, Clara Schumann, Louis Lefebure-Wely, Edmond Weber, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Mikhail Glinka, Maria Szymanowska & Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski.

Label: Brilliant Classics | Origin: Holland